38 28- Arum. 7. AROIDEiE. PLend.ph. 
ovaries separate from the stamens, in the lower part of the 
spadix ; henry round, one-celled ; seed albuminous ; cor- 
culum straight, in the centre of the perisperm ; radicle be- 
low. — Plants herbaceous, stemless ; leaves radical, petiolate, 
base slightly sheathing; spadix inclosed in a spatha, ter- 
minal; scape radical; spatha. hooded, convolute at the base. 
Roots contain much fecule mixed with a very acrid, vo- 
latile matter, which may be separated by heat or washing ; 
fecules nutritious, used for food ; acrid matter stimulant, 
used as a vesicatory or escharotic; and internally, much 
diluted, in consumptive cases. Leaves stimulant and acrid. 
28. ARUM. Dioscorides, 2, 197. Cuckowpint. 
Spatha one-leafed, cucullate, convolute at bottom ; spadix 
naked at the tip, bearing the stamens in the middle, and 
ovaries at the base ; anthers in several rows ; herry one- 
celled, one-seeded. 
Arum vulgare. Common cuckowpint. 
Radical leaves hastato-sagittate, lobes deflexed ; spadix 
clubshapc, shorter than the spatha. 
Arum, Raii Syn. 266. 
A. vulgare, Ger. era. 834; Park. 373. 
A. macul^tum, Lin . 8. P. 1370. 
Wake Robin, Lords and Ladies. 
Woods and hedges; perennial; May. 
Root tuberous, fleshy ; herb stemless ; leaves radical, pe- 
tiolate, spotted ; scape simple, a foot high, terminated by 
the spatha; spatha erect, bellied, pale green, coloured 
within ; spadix coloured at the tip, having numerous sterile 
filaments? just above the ring of anthers; anthers sessile, 
crowded ; ovaries sessile ; berries fine red, juicy. 
Root stimulant, and starch is made from it. 
|3. immaculatum . Leaves not spotted. 
III. 8. TYPHACEiE. De Candolle; Typhce , Jussieu. 
Aroidcearum sectio , Brown. 
Flowers monoicous, aggregated in unisexual aments; 
perigomum three-parted ; stamens 3, opposite to the lobes 
of the perigonium ; anthers inverse ; ovaries free, one- 
seeded; ovule pendulous; style one', stigma one; akenium 
drupaceous ; perisperm fleshy ; corculum central, straight ; 
radicle below, inverse. — Plant gramineous, perennial ; root 
tuberous ; leaves sheathing, alternate, ensiform ; aments 
terminal or lateral, naked. 
