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NEOPHYTON 
481. FROVENZALIA Adanson 1763. Raf. 
fl. teL 679. Calla L. and Authors which is -root 
of Cala-dium. Cala-mus $c .... Of this bo- 
real G. only one sp. is admitted said to be com- 
mon to both continents, but I shall now describe 
4. C. ethiopica is a peculiar Genus, which I 
call Otosma ; C< oculta of Loureiro another 
that I call Spirospattia, see fl. tel. Calla ought 
to have been written Callaion ! see Smith. 
482. Provekzalia (or Callaion) palustris 
Raf. Leaves similar cordate subacuminate, 
scape equal to petiols, spatha ovate cuspidate 
— in boreal Europe and America, Canada, <^c. 
Var. 1. parvifolia leaves uncial. 
483. Provenzalia (or Callaion) heterophy- 3 
la Raf. Leaves dissimilar reniform or cordate 
acute, or rounded cordate obtuse, scape equal to 
petiols, spatha elliptic cuspidate — Hudson bay 
and Sibiria. probably also Origon, rhizome or 
radicant stem articulated with fibres, leaves on 
long petiols unequal in size and shapes from 
1 to 3 inches long or broad. 
484. Provenz. (or Callaion) brevis Raf. 
Leaves ovate base subcordate subobliqual, apex 
acuminate, petiols very long, scape very short, 
spatha elliptic retuse cuspidate — Lakes and 
Swamps of the Alleghanies, Mt. Pocono and 
others. Roots fibrose matted very long, petiols 
thick 6 to 8 inches long, leaves 3 to 4 inches 
long, scape about 3 inches high. 
485. Pkovenz. (or Callaion) bispatha Raf. 
Leaves ovate base cordate end obtuse or hard- 
ly acute, scape equal to petiols, spatha double 
large ovate acuminate not cuspidate, divari- 
cate — -from Origon collected by Walton, pe- 
tiols and scapes thick : flowers very peculiar by 
the double divergent spathas (anomaly in the 
family of Aroides) foliaceous 2 or 3 inches long 
