POLYANDRIA. POLYGYNIA. Arum, 
Zs Seed-vessels on pedicles, olive-shaped. 
Lob. obs. 471.2, and ic. ti. 248. 2—Gers eme 1569. $—Park: 
1292. 1-7. B. iii. 794. 
Differs also from Z. marina, in the roots being matted into a 
ball. Linn. It varies much both in the length and breadth of 
the leaves}. » 
Shores of the Isle of Mersey. Portsea Island at Gatham 
Haven, ‘Ray. P. June—Aug. 
A’RUM. ais leaf, coiesshapls - fruitst. naked 
above, bearing germens at its Poteet and 
stamens in the middle. 
A. a halberd- Pact very entire : oe club- 
= Curt. 114-Riw. mon. 124. 1, Arum.-Mill. ill. pj pete 228 
Fl. dan. 505-Woadv. 25-Bulliard-Fuchs. Os-7. B 
11. 784—Dod, 329. 2-Lob. obs. 325. 2, and ic. 1. 597. i 
Ger, em. 834, 1-H. ox, xiii. 5, row 3. 1-Lonic. i. 1 200. 1 
~-Trag.774—Matth, 506—Park. 373. 1. 2 
§ pike-stalk, the u urple, sometimes buff-coloured, 
and sometimes Bunge vith b Pot and purple. Germens greenish 
yellow, the upper ak te in a hate ike or awl-shaped style 
or summit, purple at the end. cago with 2 open cells. Nec. 
taries, the row above the stamens xactly simi similar to the upper 
ermens. Leaves generally spottéd with black spots, and some- 
times with white streaks. "sheath conical ; pale green. Berries 
red, growing in anaked cluster. 
ake Robin. Cuckowpint. Lords and Ladies. Shady places, 
we banks and rough grounds. [Plentiful in the ees at Edg- 
baston. ] P. May.* 
* Fie berries ripen about the close of summer. Curt.-—The root ‘and 
the when recent, are so extremely acrid, that it is highly disagree- 
set o taste them. The root has been employed in medicine as a stimu- 
r 
from that plant, owes its virtues chiefly to the other in ts. ere 
no doubt but this acrid quality may be turned to very useful purposes, 
but we must first ae how to ascertain its dose.—~The root, dried and 
e acrimony of the roots is ex- 
tracted, either by boiling * baking, they sartiialy will wpa a very mild 
and “ ¢ nourishment. Many nations pepe | the they 
ants as acrimonious as this: st dsspatog The noxious 
qusthiee :- ae force of heat, Sar may be made from the roots. 
437. 
ocea‘nica. 
macula'tum. 
