728 ORD. XLIV. Piperite. _ARUM MACULATUM. 
Varietates sunt. 
« Arum vulgare non maculatum. Bauh. Pin. 
6 Arum maculatum, maculis candidis, vel nigris. Bauh. Pin. 
y Arum italicum, foliis hastatis acutis, petiolis longissimis, 
spatha maxima erecta. Mill. Dict. 
Class Gynandria. Ord. Polyandria. LZ. Gen. Plant. 1028. 
Ess. Gen. Ch. Spatha monophylla, cucullata. Spadix supra nudus, 
‘inferne feminetis, medio stamineus. 
Sp. Ch. A, acaule, foliis hastatis integerrimis, spadice clavato. 
THE root is perennial, tuberous, about the size of the thumb, 
sending off many long simple fibres: the Jeaves are commonly 
three or four, growing from each root; these are arrow-shaped, 
of a deep green or purplish colour, beset with many veins and 
dark spots, and stand upon long grooved and somewhat triangularly 
shaped footstalks; the flower stalk is'very short and channelled; 
the calyx is a sheath of one leaf, Jarge, oval, nerved, and enclosing 
the spadix, which is round, club-shaped, fleshy, above of a purple 
colour, below whitish, standing in the centre of the sheath, and 
supporting the parts necessary to fructification: on tracing it 
towards the base we first discover the nectaries, or several oval 
corpuscles, which are terminated by long tapering points; next to 
these are placed the anther, which are quadrangular, united, and 
of a purple colour; under these -we-find again more nectaries, and 
lastly the germina, which are very numerous, round, without styles, 
and crowned with small bearded stigmata. This*curious species of 
inflorescence displays itself early in spring, but: the berries do not 
ripen till late in the summer, when they appear in naked clusters, 
of a bright scarlet colour, making a conspicuous appearance under 
the hedges, where they commonly grow. 
{Arum, by a modern botanist, is arranged under the class Moneccia.] 
