102 ARUM 



blade oblong-triangular or o%-ate-triangnlar : spathe 

 tube pale within, the limb 6-8 in. long, lanceolate-oblong, 

 and colored with large lenticular purple spots : spadix 

 short, included. Asia Minor. — Runs into many forms, 

 with variously marked spathes. Pots. 



3. detrnnc4tum, Meyer. Lvs. more or less truncate at 

 the base, the blade shorter than in the last : yellowish 

 green and purple-spotted, large (10-15 in. long) and 

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





ARUNDO 



Var. angrustatum, Engler, has a narrow light-purple 

 spathe (^. intermidium, Schur. A. Mdlyi, Schott.). 

 Var. alplnum, Engler (A. alplnum, Schott. & Kotschy) 

 has peduncles longer, and an ovate-lanceolate spathe. 



7. It&licum, Miller (A. cylindr&ceum, Gasp.). Fig. 

 146. Larger than the last : lvs. hastate, nearly truncate 

 below, light-veined : spathe scarcely swollen below, the 

 limb erect and not expanding and including the short 

 spadis (tip sometimes deflexed after flowering). Yel- 

 lowish or white n,,.! fnintlv striate. Eu. B.M. 2432.-A 

 hardy speci.-^ ; :,|,,. r,, , i, in pots. In the open, the 

 lvs. appear in i > rv variable species. Var. 



Canariinse, Ti r i < nivnse, Webb. & Berth.), 

 has narrow i. : I !m~ :,,; i -[.^ithe. Var. concinn&tom, 

 Engli-r (.1. euinhuiritiiiii ;iiul marmoritum, Schott.), 

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

 (.1. Jli/sinitliiiim, Schott.). has spathe tube oblong, 

 white inside antl purple at the mouth, and an acuminate 

 puride or green limb. Var. albiBpithum, Hort., has a 

 white siiathe. L. h. B. 



ARtNCUS(oldname). Rosdcea. Tall perennial herbs, 

 often referred to the genus Spiraea, with numerous small 

 iliiecious white fls. in panieled spikes : stamens many ; 

 ] »i St ils commonly 3. Two species,American and Japanese. 



Sylvester, Kost. {Spirwa Ariineus, Linn.). Tall (5-7 

 ft. ) . erect Iiranchy herb : lvs. large, 1-2-pinnate, of 3-7 

 <.v;iti- Ifts.; follicles deflexed in fr. Rich woods, N.Amer., 

 N. V.n. and Asia.— A desirable hardy border plant of 



astilboides, Maxim. (Spirwa Anincus, var. astilboldes, 

 Maxim. .S. (istilbo)(les, Hort. Asttlbe astilboides, Le- 

 moiiie. Gn. 48, p. .SaS-O ) . Dwarfer and more graceful than 

 the above (2ft.): pedicels erect in fr. Japan. — Neater than 

 tlie -American species. See ^s(i76e for illustration. 



L. H. B. 



AEUNDINAEIA. See Bamboo. 



ARONDO (Latin. jTftJ). Gramlneai. Tall leafy per- 

 ennial L'lasses resembling bamboos, 5-15 ft. high, or 

 even ;:n ti. in la \"ratile locations. Lvs. broad and grace- 

 fully ar. liiii- : -t~. Irafy to near the top, terminating in 

 an inmn n^r ].iinn.- 1-2 ft. long: spikelets long and 



(XK). 



r'i-''. (.1. sdnctum, Hort.). Black 

 I <.\\. Lvs. cordate-hastate, 6 in. 

 ■ in.l about equal in length, the 

 ■ Mill nearly blunt : spathe about 

 1 1 , \\ itli a .short green tube, and an 

 in^'-tapering limb, which is greenish 

 continuous black-purple within, the 

 urving : spadix shorter than the 

 lart dark colored. Palestine. B.M. 

 — I'liiiaps the most popular Arum at 

 n in pots as an oddity. 

 I. A foot high : lvs. brownish, 

 ritat. , tlie front lobe oblong-acute : 

 .i\..iii and white within, the limb 

 Mill ii-i I laik -purple (rarely pale ) , 

 • ';".... - A liarily species from Asia 

 . inan> ii.jiiis. Some of the plants 

 1. (11.// (((,(, i\iriolatum, Nordmanni, 

 gratum, Schott.; ^1. elongatum and A. albispathiim, 

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



D6nax, 



ANT Reed. Figs. 147, 148. Towering 

 ) ft. high, which grow very rapidly, 

 pointed leaves at regular intervals. 

 1 and to conceal unsightly ob- 



5509. Cn.Ci.ii.: 

 present. 1m in- u'l 

 5. orientale, I 

 broadly Inistat.- 

 spathe tube obli 

 ovate to oblong : 

 resembling A . m 

 Minor, running : 

 referred here 



the 



I the 



ape. 



C. maculatuin, Lnin, , .1 . m/./,)/, . Lam. i. Lords-and- 

 Ladies. lu.kuo Jr'iNT. Wake KoBiN (in England). 

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

 or sagittate, the front lobe triangular ovate, about as 

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

 margins of the lance-ovate limb becoming inrolled, 

 spotted with purple : spadix shorter than the spathe, 

 purple. Eu.— A hardy species, .if nnmy forms. A form 

 with spotless lvs. and a whitisli tube with a medial pur- 

 ple zone, is A. immaculdtum and Zelebdri, Schott. 



jects. In some 

 and thatching, ai 

 rootsasadiureti( 

 tall, showy plum 

 reddish at first and lasi 

 a long time. Mediter 

 ranean. Orient. Gu. 1 

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

 199 ; 17, p. 407. P.O 

 3:2. Var. variegata 

 Hort. (var. rersicohn 



the type, usually 4-7 or 

 even 12 ft. high, with 

 elegant longitudinal 

 stripes of creamy white 

 and green. Gt. 39, p. 

 209. F.S. 14:1425. Var. 

 macrophy Ua, Hort.. 

 has large, very glau- 



consplcua, Forst. f. 

 A rare and handsome 

 form, bearing silky 



beautiful for months. 

 Less hardy than A. 

 Donax, and with nar- 

 rower lvs. Lvs. 2-4 ft. 



long, very slender, involute, coriaceous, 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 



*-t7, Anindo Donax. 



