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this latter name is applied to Arisema heterophyllum, BI. 
‘The Ichang gazetteer says that it was formerly sent as tribute 
‘ from Hupeh to the Emperor. The root is occasionally used as a drug, 
but it does not apparently enter much into ordinary commerce. Porter 
Smith, ‘‘ Contr. Mat. feng prs al p. 46, wrongly identifies the drug 
as Caladium. "—A, H 
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