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BOTANY. 



Some of the species have been used in medicine, among which are 

 the Indinii Turnip {Ariscema), and Sweet Flag (Acorus). 



Galdcasiamitiqvorum, a large plant of the tropics, is tbt-re grown for 

 its fleshy farinaceous corm. It is grown with us for its fine foliage. 



Richardia Afiicana, the so-called Calla-lily, or Ethiopian Lily, a na- 

 tive of the Cape of Good Hope, is a common green-house plant. 



Symplocarpus fwtidus, the Skunk-cabbage of the Northern United 

 States, is remarkable for the mephitic odor of its bruised leaves. 



Amorpliopliallus Titanum, an Aroid discovpred in 1878 by Beccari in 



Figs. 350-S.— Illustbations of Lemka. 



M 



Fig, 350. 



FiQ. 351. 



Fio. 3S2. 



Fig. 350. — Two plants of L. minor. Magnified. 

 Fig. 351. — Three flowers in a spatbe. 

 Fig. 852.— Section of pistil. 



Sumatra, has an enormous spathe, 1.7 metres (6 feet) in depth, and 83 



cm. (2J leet) in diameter. 



Order Typhacese, represented by the two genera Typha and Spa/r- 



ganium. 



Order Pandanaceae. — Mostly tropical plants, some of them of a 

 tree-like aspect. 



Pandanus includes the Screw Pines of the East Indies, so called frc»u 

 the spiral arrangement of their clustered leaves. 



VaHudomca palmala, a Central American plant, with palmate radical 

 leaves borne on petioles three metres (8-10 feet) lony, is important as 

 furnishing the material from which the famous Panama hats are 

 made. 



558.— Cohort VII. Palmales. —Shrubs or trees with di- 

 vided (rarely simple) leaves. Flowers in a spadix. 



