The treasury of botany: a popular dictionary of the vegetable kingdom; with which is incorporated a glossary of botanical terms . s. [M. T. M.] ACONTIAS. A genus of plants so namedin allusion to the spots on the stem, whichresemble those of a species of serpent socalled. The genus belongs to the Caladiumtribe of the arum family, and has tuberousrootstocks, lobed pedate leaves, greenerect spathes, enclosing a spadix or fleshyspike, with female flowers at the lowerportion, and male flowers at the species inhabit Brazil. [M. T. M.] ACORE ODORANT. (Fn) Acorus Cala-mus. ACORIDIUM. A genus
The treasury of botany: a popular dictionary of the vegetable kingdom; with which is incorporated a glossary of botanical terms . s. [M. T. M.] ACONTIAS. A genus of plants so namedin allusion to the spots on the stem, whichresemble those of a species of serpent socalled. The genus belongs to the Caladiumtribe of the arum family, and has tuberousrootstocks, lobed pedate leaves, greenerect spathes, enclosing a spadix or fleshyspike, with female flowers at the lowerportion, and male flowers at the species inhabit Brazil. [M. T. M.] ACORE ODORANT. (Fn) Acorus Cala-mus. ACORIDIUM. A genus of csespitoseplants, natives of Manilla. They have slen-der stems, sheathed at the base, and beardioecious flowers in a linear spike. Theyare too little known to refer them satis-factorily to their position, although theyseem to be allied to Burmanniacece andXyridacea:. [W. C] ACORN. The fruit of the Oak or Quercusfamily. —, SWEET. The fruit of QuercusBallota. ACORUS. The name of a genus of plantsreferred by some .to the Aracece, and byothers to the Orontiacece. The most interest-ing plant of the genus is Acorus Calamus,. Acorus Calamus. or sweet flag, a plant apparently knownto the Greeks, though not to be confoundedwith the Calamus aromaticus, which, ac-cording to Royle, was a species of grass. and the shape of the upper sepal is that The sweet flas? grows in ponds, by the banksof an extinguisher, with a thick rounded I of rivers, and other wet places in England. 13 Cijc Crcasuni of 2S0tauj). [acko It is also found in the cooler parts ofEurope, of India, and of North the lower part of the thick jointedstem or rhizome, the plant sends downnumerous roots, while from the upper sur-face it pushes upwards a number of lance-shaped leaves from two to three feet inlength, sheathing at the base, also a longleaf-like stalk, from one edge of which, afoot or more above the rootstock, issues aspike of densely packed greenish flowers,each provided with a perianth of six pie
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