Peltochelyidæ (pel tokeliide)

pl. [NL., Peltocochlides (pel-tō-kokʻli-dēz), n. pl. [NL., Gas coigne, A Gloze upon a Text. Pel to gaster (pel-to-gas'ter), n. [NL., The veriest pelter pilde maie seme To have experience thus. Kendall's Flowers of Epigram mes (1577). IMG:content-2588.png:[blocks in formation] tal veiny arrow-shaped leaves on long sheathing stalks, and flowers forming a tapering spadix, staminate above, inclosed in a green convolute and ruffled curving spathe, and enveloping a globose ma of leathery berry-like utricles, each separating in early spring as a ball of reddish tenacious jelly investing a green and conspicuous spheri cal fleshy embryo. thick fleshy rootstock contains an edible starch. Peltandreæ (pel-tan'drē-ē), n. pl. [NL. (Engler, 1879),