146 MONOECIA— POLYANDRIA. Arum. 



voluted at the base ; converging above ; contracted to- 

 wards the middle ; coloured within ; containing the jionxi- 

 crs and their common stalk ; the latter terminating above 

 in a coloured, nearly cylindrical, naked appendage, fi- 

 nally withering. Cor. none. 



IBarr.Jl. Filam. numerous, very short and thick, disposed 

 in a dense ring, of several rows, round the stalk, within 

 the convoluted part of the calyx, and surmounted, at a 

 small distance above, by another aggregate ring, of ap- 

 parently abortive, slender-pointed, filaments. Anth. of 

 2 lateral, elliptic-oblong, single-celled lobes, opening by 

 solitary pores. 



Fert.Jl. Germ, sessile, obovate, rather more numerous, in 

 a dense compound ring, round the lower part of the 

 stalk, at a small distance from the barren flower. Styles 

 none. Stigm. downy. Berry juicy, globose, of 1 cell. 

 Seeds several, roundish, or angular, with a simple em- 

 bryo. 



Smooth herbs, acrid until they are dried, rarely caulescent. 

 Leaves either arrow-shaped, or many-lobed. Fl. soli- 

 tary, in some species very fetid. 



1. A. maculatum. Common Cuckow-pint, or Wake 

 Robin. 



Stem none. Leaves halberd-shaped, entire. Common 



stalk of the flowers club-shaped, obtuse. 

 A. maculatum. Lmn. Sp. PL \370. JVilld. v. 4. 483. Fl. Br. 1024. 



Engl.Bot.v. 19. 1. 1298. Hook. Scot. 272. Curt. Lond.fasc. 2. 



t. 63. Woodv. t. 25. Mill. Illustr. t. 76. Fl. Dan. t.505. 

 Arum. RaiiSyn.266. Riv. Mojiop. Irr. t. 124. Fuchs. Hist. 69. f. 



Ic. 40. f. Matth. Valgr. v. 1.545./, Camer. Epit. 365, 366./,/. 



Du Govt, Bene/. Comm. 38./. 

 A. n. 1302. Hall. Hist. V. 2. \60. 

 A. vulgare. Ger. Em. 834./. Mill. Ic. 35. t. 52. f. 1. 

 A. officinarum. Lob.Ic.597.f. 

 Apauovrscc f^inpi]. Diosc. Ic. t. 131. 



In groves, bushy places, borders of fields, and hedge banks, com- 

 mon. 



Perennial. May. 



Root tuberous ; when fresh, mucilaginous and acrid ; when dried, 

 affording plenty of white, wholesome, nutritious flour, fit for 

 making bread. J/er6 of a shining green. Stem none. Leaves 

 stalked, broadly arrow-shaped, more or less hastate, acute, erect, 

 spotted variously with black. Flower solitary, on a simple ra- 

 dical stalk, erect, pale green, vith a red tint, and some occa- 



