blade ohionir-tri.-intnil: 

 tube pair wii III f:, I hi In 

 and color, 'i 

 short, im-lii 



with vari..u-l;, iniirl.i'il 



3. detruncitum. .Miyi 



the base, the blade sh'o 



green and purple-spotte 



or ovate-triangular : spathe 

 ii-s in. long, lanceolate-oblong, 

 iticular purple spots: spadix 

 I. .r. — Runs into many forms, 

 itlies. Pots. 



Lvs. more or less truncate at 

 r than in the last : yellowish 

 large (lO-l.i in. long) and 



short-stalked, the limb acuminate. Persia.— Hardy. 



4. Palaestinum 

 Calla S I M 

 broad am il 



middle 1 1 . 1 i 

 the length l t the 

 elongated lanes, oblou„ I 



iluLh 



ngth the 

 tthe about 

 jc and an 

 . greenish 



AKUXDO 



Var. angustatam, Eiigler, has a narrow light-purple 

 spaflii- 1.1. lull rniriliioii, Sehur. A. Mdiyi, Schott.). 

 Var. alplnum, En-l.r | .1 . niplniim, Schott. & Kotschy) 

 has pi. lull. ks I.jiiL,'.r, and an ovate-lanceolate spathe. 



7. Itilicum, Jlill.r (.1. ct/lindrt'icenm, Gasp.). Fig. 

 140. Larger than the hi^t : lvs. liM^iute, nearly truncate 

 below, light-veined : s|miIi. >. ^.n . I\ swollen below, the 

 limb erect and not ex].ai..iiiiL' ami in.-luding the short 

 spadix (tip sometimes .l.jl.x.'.l attir dowering). Yel- 

 lowish or white and faintly striate. Eu. B.M. 2432.— A 

 hardy species ; also grown in pots. In the open, the 

 lvs. appear in the fall. A very variable species. Var. 

 Canari6nse, Engler (A. Canurifnae, Webb. & Berth.), 

 has narrow leaf-lobes and spathe. Viir. concinnituni, 

 Engler (A. concinn&tum and marwwntmn. .Schott.), 

 has broad gray-spotted lvs. Var. Byzantinum, Engler, 

 (A. Bij2ant\num, Schott.), has si.atlic tub.- ohlong, 

 white inside and purple at the ni.. villi, ami an acuminate 

 purple or green limb. Var. alhisp&thum, Hort., has a 

 white spathe L H B 



ARUNCUS(oldname) EnsAce<r Till perennial herbs, 

 oft( n 1 t rr I to the genu Spin a with numerous small 



pi til inn iih 1h I 1 \ii ri inandJapane e. 



Sylvester K t ( s/ , I , , Linn ) Tall (o-7 



tt I t 1 I 1 1 \ I il h Iii„ 1-2 pinnate of 3-7 



111' I II I 1 II liuti KiLh woods N Amer., 



\li 1 \i -VI nil hard> border plant of 



astill il Ai s I r / Uotdes, 



Mi\ II I / Le- 



m II III than 



th I I rthan 



ARUNDINAEIA See Bamboo 



ARtfNDO (Latin teed) Gramtnea Till lcaf\ per- 

 ennial ^ra ses resembling bamboos -j-l > ft hi^h or 

 e%tn30ft in favorable locations Lvs bro id and grace- 

 fully arching sts leaf j to near the top terminating in 

 an immense plume 1-2 ft long spiltelets long and 

 pointed. • 



Ddnax, Linn. Giant Reed. Pigs. 147, 148. Towering 

 straight stems 8-30 ft. high, which grow very rapidly, 

 clothed with broad, pointed leaves at regular intervals. 

 Grown for lawn decoration and to conceal unsightly ob- 

 jects. In some countries used for l.iths, woven work, 

 and thatching, and the 



the outside and continuous black purple within, the 

 tip sometimes recurving spadix shorter than the 

 spathe, the upper part dark colored. Palestine. B.M. 

 5509. Gn. 45, p. 311. — Perhaps the most popular Arum at 

 present, being grown in pots as an oddity. 



5. orientaie, Bieb. A foot high : lvs. brownish, 

 broaillv liastate-sagitate, the front lobe oblong-acute : 

 spailii liii.. i.i.|.iii--..v..i.l aii.l white within, the limb 



JMiiii.r, lunniii:- int.. many f..niis. S..iii<. of the plants 

 reterred here are A. nigrum, rarioltitum, Nordmanni, 

 grafum, Schott.; A. elotujattim and A. albispathum, 

 Steven (not A. albispathum, Hort., which is A. Ital- 



BB. Tuber ovoid or oblong, propagating horizontally, 

 the lvs. and peduncles arising from the apex ; 

 lvs. appearing before or with the spathe. 

 6. ma.cxili.tam,'Linn. {A. vulgdre, ham.). Lords-and- 

 Ladies. Cuckoo Pint. Wake Robin (in England). 

 About a foot high : lvs. usually black-spotted, hastate 

 or sagittate, the front lobe triangular ovate, about as 

 high as the spathe : the sjiathe swollen at its base, the 

 margins of the lam-. ..vat.' limli l...i.iiiing inroUed, 

 spotted with purple : si.a.lix sln.rt. r than the spathe, 

 purple. Bu.— A lianly ^|,i .1. s, ,,f nnniv |..nns. A form 

 ■with spotless lvs. an. I a whiii-h till., witli a medial pur- 

 ple zone, is A. immatuldtum uud ZcUhdri, Schott. 



roots as a diuretic. The 

 tall, showy plumes are 

 reddish at first and last 

 a long time. Mediter- 

 ranean, Orient. Gn. 1, 

 p. 391; 3, p. 493; 8, p. 

 199 , 17, p 407 P f. 

 3 2 Var vanegAta, 

 Hort (^ar ihmicA.i 

 Hort ) Much d« utei 

 and less haiilN tli in 

 thet^,l. iisuilK 4-7 ci 



and green Gt 31, p 

 209 F S 14 1425 Var 

 macroph^Ua, Hort 

 has large, very gliu 





A rare and hanasonu // ^>^' j ».—,«,■ 



foim, be .ring silkN *,. , , '.^^^ fX-^ ' fSi; 



bemt.fill In inenths .^,^/.:'''' Ji,.% .H"» ' ' "' 

 Less hii.lx thill ! 



Dn)ui I mil with nil 147 Arundo Donax 



rowci hs L\s J-i ft 



long, veij slendei, nnolute, coinceous, deeply chan- 

 neled , upper surface, margins, and long, slender point 

 roughish. N. Zeal. B.M. 6232. Gn. 18, p. 479 , 49, p. 

 229. p. B. Kennedy. 



