146 MONOECIA— POLYANDRIA. Arum. 



voluted at the base ; converging above ; contracted to- 

 wards the middle ; coloured within ; containing thejlow- 

 ers and iheiv common stalk; the latter terminating above 

 in a coloured, nearly cylindrical, naked appendage, fi- 

 nally withering. Cor. none. 



Barr. fl. Filam. numerous, very short and thick, disposed 

 in a dense ring, of several rows, round the stalk, within 

 the convoluted part of the calyx, and surmounted, at a 

 small distance above, by another aggregate ring, of ap- 

 parently abortive, slender-pointed, filaments, ylnth. of 

 2 lateral, elliptic-oblong, single-celled lobes, opening by 

 solitary pores. 



Fe'rt.Jl. Germ, sessile, obovate, rather more numerous, in 

 a dense compound ring, round the lower part of the 

 stalk, at a small distance from the barren flower. Styles 

 none. Stigm. downy. Berry juicy, globose, of 1 cell. 

 Seeds several, roundish, or angular, with a simple embryo. 



Smooth herbs, acrid until they are dried, rarely caulescent. 

 Leaves either arrow-shaped, or many-lobed. Fl. soli- 

 tary, in some species very fetid. 



1 . A. maculatum. Common Cuckow-pint, or Wake 

 Robin. 



Stem none. Leaves halberd-shaped, entire. Common 

 stalk of the flowers club-shaped, obtuse. 



A. maculatum. Lin«. Sp. P^. 1370. Wmd.vA.A%2,. Fl. Br. 1024. 



Engl.Bot. V. 19. t. 1298. Hook. Scot. 272. Curt. Lond.fasc. 2. 



t. 63. Woodv. t. 25. Mill. Illustr. t. 76. FL Dtm. t. 505. Bull. 



Ft. t.25. 

 Arum. Rail Syn. 266. Riv. Monop. Irr. t. 124. Frichs. Hist. 69./. 



Ic. 40. f. Matth. Valgr. v. 1 . 545./. Camer. Epit. 365, 366./,/. 



Du Gort, Bene/. Comm. 18./ 

 A. n. 1302. Hall. Hist. v. 2. 160. 

 A. vulgare. Ger. Em. 834./. Mill. Ic. 35. t. 52./ 1. 

 A. officinarum. Lob, Ic. 597./ 

 ApccxovtEO, y^ixprj. Diosc. Ic. t. 131. 



In groves, bushy places, borders of fields, and hedge banks, com- 

 mon. 



Perennial. May. 



Root tuberous ; when fresh, mucilaginous and acrid ; when dried, 

 affording plenty of white, wholesome, nutritious flower, fit for 

 making bread. Herb of a shining green. Stem none. Leaves 

 stalked, broadly arrow-shaped, more or less hastate, acute, erect, 

 spotted variously with black. Floivers solitary, on a simple ra- 

 dical stalk, erect, pale green, with a red tint, and some occa- 



