500 . STRUCTURE AND LIFE HISTORIES 



Fig. 385. — Skunk cabbage {Symplocarpus fatidus). Inflorescence, 

 with portion of the fleshy spathe removed, showing the perfect flowers 

 covering the globose spadix. (Photo by Elsie M. Kittredge.) 



Fig. 386.— Flower of an orchid {Cattleya Sp.). (Cf. Fig. 387.) 



