ing of the front. When purposely extended, after the 
bloom was over, we found it to measure nine inches in 
length by six in breadth. 
The curiously mottled leafstalk looks more like a stem 
than what it really is. It is after the entire decay of the 
foliage that the inflorescence appears. 
Dracontium ranks in the second division of Aroidew of 
Mr. Brown’s Prodromus, differing from the first division in 
having the stamens and pistil within the same corolla, 
and not situated on distinct parts of the spadix without any 
corolla, as in Arum and Carapium. The third division 
comprises the Typha of Jussieu, and is very distinct from, 
the other two. 
PuaTE A. jig. 1. represents the entire inflorescence on its short scape in its 
natural position. Natural size. — 
Jig. 2. vepresents the lower portion of two leafstalks. Natural 
size. 
B. jig. 1. The spadix removed from the spathe, after the bloom was 
over. Natural size, 
—-— jig. 2. The leaves with their footstalks. Diminished. 
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