500 STRUCTURE AND LIFE HISTORIES 
FIG. 385. Skunk cabbage (Symplocarpus fcetidus). 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 (Caltleya sp.). (Cf. Fig. 387.) 
