OF v different spadix, ageregated: in those where the stamens 
aly pistil are borne in one flower, solitary within the calyx, 
“tached, 1-3-celled, 1-manyseeded, ovula upright, some- 
“Nes inverted or else inserted at the wall of the cell. Style 
her none, or simple. Stigma1. Seedvessel close, either ber- 
Md or else with a shell. Seeds with.an albumen (perisperm), 
S¢ldom (and then most probably only after germination has 
“eun?) without. Zmbryo (rudiment of the future plant) in 
\e axis of the albumen, straight, cylindrical, monocotyle- 
“nous (with one seed-lobe). Radicle (rostel) obtuse, point- 
Ny towards the umbilicus of the seed, seldom the contrary 
Way. Cotyledon (seed-lobe) cylindrical, having on one side 
Sutwardly where the seedvessel is manyseeded) a short 
NH eitudinal cleft situated near the radicle. Plumule (plume) 
+\3-leafletted, leaflets rolled inwards at the edge, the outer- 
ost one placed opposite to the cotyledon, embraced between 
\e edges of the cleft belonging to that viscus, more or less 
UYeovered and enfolding the inner mutually fronting ones. 
*lants either herbaceous or else suffrutescent. Root either 
\berous or else thick and fleshy. Leaves sheathing, simple 
Sr compound, all usually upon the root. Spadix terminal, 
iteral, or radical, mostly only one and shrowded by a 
Spathe; sometimes naked. 
Mr. Brown observes that the only distinctive character 
that marks the order throughout, is afforded by the embryo, 
Which is of a very different structure from that of any other 
Of the vegetable groups comprised in the monocotyledonous 
Class to which this order belongs. 
Axum belongs to the first section of its order, consisting 
of the genuine Arotdew, with androgynous naked flowers; 
and has received a geneyic definition from Mr. Brown, of 
Which the version is as follows. Spathe of one piece cucullate 
(cowled), convoluted at the base. Spadiz naked at the top, 
earing the stamens (consisting of numerous rows of an- 
thers) in the middle, and the germens at the bottom: gene- 
tally having barren stamens or barren pistils near to the fer- 
tile ones. Berries one-celled, manyseeded. Seeds inserted 
on one side of the loculament or cell. Radicle pointing to- 
wards the umbilical point of tle seed. 
It is suggested by the same author, that the genus will 
hereafter be to be divided into two, according to the struc- 
ture of the germen which is manyseeded in some, and clearly 
