CONSPECTUS OF ORDERS AND FAMILIES. U1 



nded, not distichously appressed face to face. Spadix usually 

 shy and bearing a coriaceous or fleshy spathe enclosi.V- 

 least when young. 



2. The Aroid Family. 



Herbs, frequently tuberous or rhizomatous with annual shoots, 

 J, rarely aquatic, amuSt} 



bb well-developed simple or p 



colour.- i 





I beyond the fis. Periantl 



Ovules l-several in each cell, anatr 



ntlrin with t lie conn. 



133. The Duckweed Family. 



"ting aquatics with the shoot consisting of a green thall 

 easing copiously by gemmati 



134. The Screw Pine Family. 



Shrubs sometimes nearly stemless, or trees, often with stilt roots. 



* ve * s P ir ally arranged spit were dioecious, 



numr ° n Sin,i Perianth 0. Mah » » 

 °jary of one to several carpel I stinct Ovules 



solitary and suberect or manv paneul. Fr.r.t . 

 l°ody or fleshy drupes, the whole forming a large ew 

 minute Pandas 



