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MONCECIA POLYANDRIA. 
Class XXL 
2006. A'RUM. W. 
13461 crinitum W. 
13462 Dracunculus W. 
13463 Dracontium W. 
13464 venosum W. 
13465 triphyllum W. 
13466 atrorubens W. 
13467 ternatum W. 
13468 Colocasia W. 
13469 macrorliizon W. 
13470 divaricatum W. 
13471 trilobatum JV. 
13472 maculatum W. 
13473 orixense R. Br. 
13474 italicum W. 
13475 minutum W. 
13476 virginicum W. 
13477 Arisarum W. 
134"'8 tenuifolium 
13479 cucuUatum Lour. 
13480 indicum Lour. 
13481 obtusilohum 
13482 sagittifolium Link. 
13483 viviparum Lodd. 
13484 integrifolium LiwA:. 
13485 rani6sum Link. 
13486 hederaceum fT. 
13487 lingulatuni W. 
13488 bulb'iferum i?. M. 
13489 spirale 7F; 
13490 flagelliforme Lodd. 
2007. CARYO'TA. JF. 
13491 urens W. 
13492 mitis Lour. 
Arum. 
liairy-sheathed 
Comm. Dragon 
Green Dragon 
purple-flower'd ^ 
three-leaved ^ 
purple-stalked 
Japan 
Egyptian 
long-rooted 
divaricated 
three-lobcd 
common 
Orixian 
Italian 
small 
Virginian 
Friar's Cowl 
Grass-leaved 
hooded 
Indian 
blunt- lobed 
arrow-headed 
viviparous 
entire-leaved 
branched 
Ivy-leaved 
tongue-leaved 
bulb-bearing 
spiral 
whip-lash 
Caryota. 
torn-leaved 
unarmed 
Aroidea:. Sp. 30—45. 
cu 1 mr.ap Br Minorca 1777. 
A or 3 jn.jl Br S. Europe 1.548. 
A or 2 jn G N. Amer. 1759. 
Ea cu lA mr Pu 1774. 
A cu f my.jn Br N. Amer. 1664. 
A cu 1 jn.jl Br N. Amer. 1758-. 
Al cu f my.jl Pu Japan 1774. 
[Za cul 2 ... G Levant 1551. 
CZa cu 2 ... G E. Indies 1803. 
[AJ cu 2 jn.jl G E. Indies 1759. 
[23 cu 1 my.jn Pu Ceylon 1714. 
Aw 1 my.jl W Britain sha.pl. 
23 or 1 au.o Pu E. Indies 1802. 
A or If my.jn L.Y Italy 1683. 
123 cu I my.jl Pu E. Indies 1812. 
A cu 1 jn.jl R N. Amer. 1759. 
_AJ cu 1| ap.jn L.Y S. Europe 1596. 
A cu 1 ap.jn W S. Europe 1570. 
□ cu 2 ... G China 1S24. 
□ cu 5 ... Br Chma 1824. 
FA] or 2 1824. 
[23 or 2 1824. 
[23 or 11 my G 1817. 
□ or 3 my.in G 1825. 
□ or 3 my.jn 1810. 
[23 cu 6 my.jn Pu W. Indies 1793. 
□ cu 6 W. Indies 1793. 
[23 or 3 my Pa Bengal 1813. 
f73 or 1 my Br China 1816. 
[23 cu 1 my Br Bengal 1819. 
Palmes. Sp. 2—3. 
□ or 20 ... W E.Indies 1788. 
□ or ... China 1820. 
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Bot. reg. 831 
Mor.s.l3.t.5.f.46 
Bot. rog. 668 
Bot. mag. 950 
Pluk.al. t.l48.f.6 
Herm. parad. 73 
Rhc.mal.ll. t.20 
Bot. mag. 339 
Eng. bot. 1298 
Bot. reg. 450 
Bot. mag. 2432 
Rhe.mal.ll. t.l7 
Jac.schoe.2.t.l92 
Bot. reg. 512 
Bot. cab. 281 
Jac. amer. 1. 152 
Plum. ic. 26. t.37 
Rot. mag. 2i)72 
Bot. mag. 2220 
Bot. cab. S9{i 
S r.m Rhee.mal.l. t.11 
S r.m 
MONADELPHIA. 
2008. NI'PA. Thunb. Nipa. Pahnce. Sp. 1. 
13493 fruticans Thunb. shrubby £ □ or 10 ... W E. Indies 1822. S r.m Rumph. 1. 1. 16 
2009. ARE'CA. W. Cabbage-Tree. Pahnce. Sp.5—9. 
History, Use, Propagation, Culture, 
2006. Arum. Formerly aron ; supposed to be an ancient Egyptian word by which the A. colocasia was 
known. The last mentioned name is an alteration of its Arabic denomination qolqds, according to Forskahl. 
Perennial herbaceous plants, mostly natives of hot climates. The roots are fleshy, hot, and acrid, but in many 
species eatable ; they are generally without stems, and altogether, with the Caladiums, form a very singular 
family. A. Dracunculus, Serpentaire, Fr., Drachenwarz, Ger., and Dracunculo, Ital., is a very remarkable plant ; 
the stalks of the leaves being spotted with brown and purple, like the belly of a snake. The flower, which, like 
others of the genus, has a very singular appearance, smells so strongly of carrion, that few persons can endure 
it. It might be used in medicine and domestic economy for the same purposes as A. maculatum. A. Colocasia 
has a tuberous thick large oblong root, and leaves resembling those of the water-lily. In Egypt and the Levant, 
this plant is esteemed a wholesome food, though not very delicate. The roots and petioles are boiled, and the 
leaves when young are sometimes eaten raw. A. trilobatum, and various others, are similarly used in the West 
Indies. There and in Europe the culture of all the species is of the simplest kind. 
A. maculatum, Goiiet, Fr., Aronswartxel, Ger., and Aro, Ital., has a tuberous whitish root about the size of 
a large nutmeg, which is used both as food and medicine. On tasting them, they seem to be merely mucila- 
ginous and insipid, but they soon affect the tongue with a pungency as if pricked by needles ; this uneasy 
sensation may be alleviated by milk, butter, or oil. The acrimony is lost in drying, and the roots become 
farinaceous, insipid, and fit for boiling or baking. In the Isle of Portland, where the plant is very abundant, 
the roots are generally eaten by the country people ; they are macerated, steeped, and the powder so obtained 
is dried and sent to London, and sold under the name of Portland sago. Medicinally, the root in its recent 
state is stimulant, diaphoretic, and expectorant. Though retained in the Materia Medica,' it is seldom used. 
The berries which succeed the flower are devoured by birds ; and Mr. Curtis thinks, that even the roots are 
eaten by them, particularly pheasants. Dried and powdered, they are used by the French as a wash for the 
skin, under the name of cyj^ress powder. 
2007. Caryota. The Greeks gave this name to a kind of cultivated date. Pliny says, it was so called, 
