66 Anuat. iNo.ii. 



No. 11. 



ARUM TRIPHYLLUM. 



English Name^THREE-LEAVED ARUM. 



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French Name — Pied-de-Veautriphyi-le. 

 German Name — Dreyblattrige Aron. 

 Officinai. Name — Arisarum trifolium, Arum ra- 



dix* 



Vulgar Names — Indian Turnip, Dragon Root, 

 Dragon Turnip, Pepper Turnip. 



Authorities — ^Linnaeus, Michaux, Pursh, Elliotj 

 Schoepf, Dispensaries, Bigelovv fig. 4, Sequel, &c. 



Genus Arum — Spathe univalve cucuUate, convo- 

 lute at the base* Spadix naked above : no perianthe. 

 Stamina and pistils naked separated at the base of the 

 spadix : filaments with two or four anthers ; berries 

 conglomerate, one celled, few seeded. 



Species A. triphylluTn — Leaves radical, ternate, 

 folioles sessile, oval, acuminate, entire and smooth : 

 scape with one spathe ovate acuminate, inflexed : spa- 

 dix club shaped, shorter : flowers polygamous, trioi* 

 cious. 



DESCRIPTION— Root perennial, round, flatten- 

 ed, tuberous, with many white fibres around the base: 

 skin dark, loose, and wrinkled. — Leaves one or two 

 on long sheathing petiols, three folioles very smooth 

 and sharp, pale beneath, oval or rhomboidal or ob- 

 long, entire or undulated, with re^lar oarallel nervesv 



