XVII. 



THE ARUM, CALOCASIA, ERYTHRINA, CANNA, DICENTRA, 

 SANGUINARIA, RICHARDIA, TRILLIUM. 



THE AKUM. 



OST of the plants of this family are 

 more curious than beautiful ; but the 

 foliage is generally effective, and the 

 flowers, from their peculiar appearance, 

 are worthy of a place in a large collec- 

 tion. 



Some plants once classed with this 

 genus have been separated to form a 

 new family called ApwIS^ema, and some 

 of the large stove species are now known as Alocasia and 

 Calocasia. There are about a dozen hardy, and some 

 twenty greenhouse or stove species. They all thrive in 



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