Piate XLVIi. 
ARUM arisarum, Linn. 
Natural Order ARoImpEs. 
Section of genus Arum having a tubular spathe, 1-celled anthers, anda 
stigma borne on a distinct style. 
Grn. Cuar.—Spathe hooded. Spadiv naked above. Perianth wanting, 
male flowers consisting of a stamen only and the females of a pistil. , 
Stamens in several rows, placed above. Pistils placed below at the 
base of the spadix. Berry 1- or many-seeded. 
Spec. Cuar.—Spathe nearly cylindrical, bent above, borne on a 
peduncle often as long as the leaves. Spadizx scarcely shorter than the 
spathe, bent above. Berries few, angular. Leaves cordate or hastate 
at the base; auricles obtuse. 
Arum arisarum, Linn. Sp. p. 1370; Gren. et Godr. FI. de Fr. iii. 
331; Woods, Tour. Fl. p. 378. 
Hapitat.—From shore-level to between 3000 and 4000 feet eleva- 
tion. Autumn and winter. 
Remarks.—Almost every traveller along the Riviera notices the 
strange appearance of this plant, and not a few bestow upon it some 
fanciful name of their own. At Mentone the country-people call the 
flowers Capucini, in quaint allusion to the brown-hooded Frati of the 
neighbouring town of Ventimiglia. We have at Mentone but one 
other species of Arum, A. italicum, Mill. (Dict. ns 2), a plant which 
closely resembles our own A. maculatum, Linn. (Sp. Plant. p. 1370). 
A. arisarum, Linn., grows in Granada, Lusitania, the Balearic Isles, 
South France, Italy, Dalmatia, and Greece (Nyman, Syll. Fl. Eur.). 
Expianation oF Pirate XLVII.—Fig. 2, the lower part of the 
spadix, bearing the flowers, the spathe being cut away. 
