N» O. AR0IDE.*. 1335 



female. Berries scarlet, 1-seeded, in a globose head, more or 

 less enveloped in tbe withered base of the spathe. Flowers 

 when mature smell of carrion. (Collett.) Of late years the 

 tubers have been sold by most of the bulb growers in England 

 under the name of " Monarch of the East." They are advertised 

 to grow in a warm room, " without water or soil." (B.D.B.) 



Uses : — The tubers, which are like small potatoes, are used 

 as a stimulating poultice ; they are very acrid." fPymock.) 



1312. Typhonium trilobatum. Schott, h.f.b.l, 

 vi. 509. 



Syn :— Typhonium orixenze, Schott. Arum orixense, Eoxb. 

 627. 



Vern. : — Ghit-kochu ^Beng.) ; Karunaik-kizhangu (Tarn.); 

 Kanda-gadda (Tel.) ; Chena (Mai.) 



Habitat : — Lower Bengal, Burma, the Eastern and Western 

 Peninsula. Ceylon, where it is common in damp places, in moist 

 low country. Often a troublesome weed in cultivated ground, 

 says Trimen. 



Tuberous monoeoious herb, Stem 0. Tuber sub-globose, 

 about lin. diam. Leaves long petioled, hastately 3-lobed, with 

 a truncate or cordate or 2-lobed base, the lobes broad or narrow, 

 sinus sometimes very deep and narrow, or 3-partite, with 

 segments 5-7in. long, the central broadly ovate, acuminate, 

 lateral smaller. Petiole 6-12in. Spathe 3-8in. Peduncle l-4in., 

 tube oblong or pyriform, much, shorter than the broadly ovate, 

 caudate acuminate, expanded limb, which is dull red-purple 

 within, paler externally, with undefined green stripes; spadix 

 2-4in., sessile, erect, male inflorescence cylindric, female very 

 short, surmounted by a dense mass of filiform tortuous neuters, 

 fin. long, interspace between the neuters and male inflorescence 

 naked ; appendage shortly stipitate, slender, striate, acute or 

 obtuse, red, base truncate ; anthers minute ; ovaries crowded 

 in a hemispheric mass, stigma pulvinate. (Trimen.) 



Uses : — The roots are exceedingly acrid, and used in 

 poultices ; and also applied externally to the bite of venomous 



