CALLED

(Lat.), n. f. pi. Ka2l(ka3l)'le2-e(a3-e2). Fr., codecs. 1. Of Reichenbach U828) and Bartling, a subdivision of the Callaceae,, comprising Am bros in i a, Cryptocoryne, Arisarum, Arum, Symplocarpus, Calla, Richard i a, and Caladium. Afterward by Reichenbach divided into the C. (2d def.) and the Orontieae. 2. Of Endlicher, Spach, Kunth, Lindley, and others, a tribe of araceous plants (Callaceae,, Orontiacece), comprising Calla, Monstera, Scindapsus, and other genera characterized, according to Bentham and Hooker, by the in appendiculate spadix and by the hermaphrodite naked flowers with 4 or more stamens, which are distinct and have flattened linear filaments and terminal anthers, and with an ob-pyramidal or prismatic ovary upon whose dilated vertex is placed the depre ed subse ile sulcate stigma. Cf. CALLACEAE [Schott]. By Schott it is divided into the subtribes Callinece and Monsterinece. 3. Of Engler, a tribe of the AraceCK (suborder Calloidece), consisting of the single genus Calla, distinguished by its naked flowers, albuminous seeds, and parallel-veined leaves. [B, 42, 121, 170; Engler (B, 245).] [s. 30]