SAUKOMATUM 



THE mJLB BOOK 



SAUROMATUM 



three circles. {Bot. Mar/, t. 162.) 

 The variety grandijlora has larger 

 flowers. 



Fig. 807. — Sanguinaria cariadensis. (J.) 



The Blood Root flourishes in a 

 moist loamy soil in somewhat shaded 

 places in the rock-garden or border, 

 and may be increased by division 

 of the root-stocks in early autumn 

 or spring. Seeds may also be so^vn 

 in pots or pans when fully ripe, or 

 in spring in a cold frame, and should 

 be left for a year before transplant- 

 ing, as the roots are so brittle. 



SAUROMATUM (savru, a lizard ; 

 in allusion to the s])cckled interior 

 of the spathe). Nat. Ord. Aroideae.— 

 A genus containing about half a dozen 

 species of herbaceous perennials 

 having tuberous root-stocks, solitary, 

 deeply divided leaves with long 

 stalks, and somewhat evanescent 

 spathes in the centre of which is the 

 spadix bearing the male and female 

 flowers. 



The species mentioned below 

 flourish in a warm greenhouse in a 

 compost of light rich sandy loam and 

 peat or leaf -soil, and like plenty of 

 moisture when in growth. They 

 may be increased by offsets from the 

 older tubers. 



S. gnttatum (Arum venosum). — 

 A Himalayan species about 2 ft. high 



Fig. ZQS.—Sauromaium guttalum, 

 sprouting tuber. (J.) 



Fig. 309. — Sauromaium guttatum. (J.) 



with round flattish tubers, and leaves 

 deeply divided into pointed oblong 

 lance-shaped segments. The greenish 

 spatheSj washed with yellow inside 



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