ARUM 



THE 13UI.B BOOK 



ASARUM 



almost blackish velvety purple on 

 the inner surface. From the centre 

 springs a blackish spadix about 6 to 

 8 ins. long. There is a form with 

 variegated leaves. 



A. pictum (A. corsicum). — A native 

 of the Balearic Isles. It grows about 

 2 ft. high, and has long-stalked heart- 

 shaped lobed leaves, and deep dull 

 purple spathes. 



ing, more or less knotty rhizomes, 

 solitary hermaphrodite, bell-shaped, 

 or urn-shaped flowers with three lobes; 

 stamens twelve, of which six are 

 longer than the others. The style 

 has six stigmatic lobes. 



A. canadense {A. carolinianttm ; 

 A. latijolium). — A curious look- 

 ing N. American plant known as 

 the Canadian Asarabacca or Wild 



Fig. 04. — Arum macnlatum, viir. 



A. spectalile. — A native of Asia 

 Minor, about 1 ft. high, having 

 broadly hastate sagittate leaves, and 

 deep purple oval oblong spathes. 



A. spirale. — A somewhat tender 

 species from China, about 1 ft. high, 

 having linear lance-shaped leaves and 

 brown spathes in May and June. 



ASARUM (asaro7i, the Greek name). 

 Nat. Ord. Aristolochiaceiie. — A genus 

 containing over a dozen species of 

 peculiar-looking plants, having creep- 



Ginger, and also Snake Root. It has 

 roundish, more or less fleshy, creeping 

 root-stocks, from which spring round- 

 ish heart-shaped, hairy -stalked leaves. 

 The purple, three-lobed, tubular 

 flowers with stalks a little over 1 in. 

 long appear in April and May. (JJot. 

 Man. t- 2709.) This peculiar little 

 plant is perfectly hardy. 



A. caudigerum.— A pretty little 

 species from S. China, having heart- 

 shaped hairy leaves and brownish-red 

 speckled flowers, the three triangular 



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