No. 11. ARUM. 6§f 



In these forms it is used for flatulence, cramp in the 

 stomach, asthmadc and consumptive aifections. It 

 quickens circulation, and promises to be a useful to- 

 pical stimulant when the acrid principle may be ren- 

 dered available. It has been found beneficial in lin- 

 gering atrophy, debilitated habits, great prostration 

 in typhoid fevers, deep seated rheumatic pains, or 

 pains in the breast, chronic catarrh, &:c. 



Substitutes — Capsicum — Salep — Erythronium 

 Squill — Arrow-root — Polygonum hydroptper — Salvia 

 iirtidfolia — Cyclamen europeum — Arum dracontium, 

 and other native Arums — besides Ranunculus bulbo- 

 misy and some other acrid pungent substances. 



Remarks — A^ dmcontium has a large pedate leaf, 

 with five to fifteen oblong segments, and grows in the 

 Southern and Western States- 



A. virginicum has sharp, wide, cordate leaves, and 



grows in Virginia, &c. 



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gron\s from Ne 



All these 



have similar roots, seedsy and ^roiperiies. 



Henry has assumed the name and figure of the Eu 

 ropean A. mactilatum for this plant* 



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