92. ARACE-i;. 
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Order XCII. ARACE.E. 
FL monoecious or perfect, placed on a spadix and usually in 
a spath. Barren and fertile n. usually on diiferent parts of the 
spadiz. Perianth none, or of 4 — 8 scales. Stam. many or 
deiinite. Anth. tiu-ned outsvards. Ovary &-ee, -with 1 or more 
cells. Stigma sessile. Fr. succulent. Embryo slit on one side. 
Tribe I. OMONTEJE. No spath. Fl. perfect. 
1. AcoHus. Fl. on a sessile spadix. Perianth 6-leaved, 
inferior, persistent. Stam. 6, tilifonn. 
Tr. n. ASEJE. A spath convolute at the base. Fl. monoe- 
cious. 
2. Aktim. Perianth 0. Male fl. of 1 sessile 2-celled anther. 
Fern. fl. placed lower, of 1 pistil. Top of spadix naked. 
1. Ac'oEus. Sweet Flag. 
1. A. Cal'amm (L.) ; st. with a long leaf-like prolongation 
beyond the spadix.—^. B. .356. R. x. 429.— St. 5—6 feet high, 
resembling the 1., swordshaped, flattened. Spadix completely 
covered by the flowers, 2 — 3 in. long, lateral. St. and 1. sweet- 
scented when crushed. — In water, rare ; more common in Noif. 
and Sufi-. P. \1. E. S. 
2. A'eum Linn. Cuckoo-pint. 
1. A. mactddtum (L.) ; I. all radical hastate-sagittate with 
defle.red lobes, spadix clubshaped straight falling short of the 
spath. — E. B. 1298. R. vii. 8. — Root tuberous. L. venud, with 
branching veins, green or spotted with purple. Spath ventri- 
cose below and above, constricted in the middle, with inflexed 
edges when open. Spadix blimt ; with ovaries at the base ; above 
them whorls of stamens ; then a few filaments, probably abortive 
pistils ; club naked. Benies scarlet, remaining after the rest of 
the plant has disappeared ; seeds mostly 4 or 3, or rarely 2. — 
Hedge-banks and thickets. P. IV'. V. E. S. 1. 
2. A. ital'icum (Mill.) ; I. all radical triangular-hastate with 
divaricate lobes, spadix clubshaped straight falling short of the 
widely spread spath. — R. vii. 11. — L. aiypearing before the winter, 
of a dark blue-green, sometimes vdth yellowish veins, blunt. 
Spath ventricose below, opening nearly flat and very broad 
above. Abortive pistils veiy long, both above and below the 
stamens. Berries with not more than 3 large seeds. — Thickets 
in the Underclifi", Isle of Wight, and Channel Islands. P. \1. 
E. 
