ARALS. 385 ARADS, 
Leaves hastate-sagittate ; spadix straight, clavate, shorter than the spathe. 
Habitat. Hedgerows and plantations all over Europe. 
Quality, Acrid ; nutritious. 
Uses. Corms eatable, when the acridity is removed. Yields pure starch, known under 
the name of Portland Sago. 
Conocasia. fay. 
Spathe erect, convolute. Spadix naked at the point ; male flowers above, 
female below, with rudimentary organs both above and below the 
Stamens. Anthers opening by pores, with a very broad connective. 
Ovaries 1-celled, with 6 erect ovules rising in pairs from near the base. 
1. C. esculenta Schott. Caladium esculentum, Vent. 
Stemless ; leaves peltate, cordate ; spadix shorter than the ovate-lanceolate 
spathe. 
Habitat. Tropical America. 
Quality and Uses. As in the next. 
2. C. antiquorum Schott. Arum Colocasia Linn.—(Cocco. Eppoks.) 
Stemless ; leaves peltate, ovate, repand, half bifid at the base; spathe 
much longer than the spadix, cylindrical, erect. 
oe ‘onie — tropical countries ; Egypt, Greece, &e. 
Uses. When deprived of acridity by boiling and changing the water, the leaves are 
eaten as Spinach, and the corms are used for soup. 
AMORPHOPHALLUS. Blume. 
 Spathe with a spreading limb. Spadix protruded, naked, and fungoid at 
he end; male flowers above, female below, with no intermediate 3 
cirrhi, Anthers opening by 2 pores. Ovary Se 
solitary erect ovules. 
A. campanulatus Blume. Fig. 66. 
Fis. 66.—Reduond gure of Amorphophalins omnpastlei eee 
