No. 429. 
ARUM ORIXENSE. 
Class. Order. 
MONŒCIA POLYANDRIA. 
A native of India, whence we received it 
last year, and it flowered in the month of 
April, and again in June. It is a low- 
growing herbaceous plant, having a bulbous 
root, about the size of a large walnut. It 
possesses an acrid quality, and is said to be 
used by the natives as a cure for the bite of 
venomous reptiles, d 
It requires the stove heat, and may 
