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ARACEAE 
(Arum Family) 
ACORUS CALAMUS L. Synonym: Calamus aroma ticus Guelrienst. Calamus. 
Evteetflae. 
The lesves were said to be noxious to insects .--Prury ( 122 , p. 14). 
In India the sweetflpf? was used by the natives chiefly for pro- 
tecting woolen »nd flpnnel clothing from insects. — Dalzell and Gibson 
(111 , sup, p. 96). 
In India the aromatic rhizome was held in high esteem as an 
insectifuge, especially for fleas and moths. An infusion of the roots 
sprinkled in infested places also drove away vermin. The rhizome was 
used to keep moths from woolen goods and fleas from rooms.— Watt (422 , 
v. 1, pp. 99-101). 
In Malaya and Java the roots were dried and made into powder, 
which was scattered around fruit trees to protect them against ants.— 
Ridley (324); Krausse (234 , p. 158). 
The aromatic rhizome was held in high esteem as an insecticide 
and insectifuge. — Kirtikar and Basu (230, v. 2, pp. 1350-1352). 
Paper is rendered insect proof by adding a decoction of sweet- 
flag to the pulp during the process of manufacture. Fabrics are also 
rendered insectproof with this preparation (Brit, patent 13,071) .— 
Roark ( 333 , p. 6). 
Extracts of sweetflag were not repellent to the Japanese beetle.-- 
Metzger and Grant ( 277 ) • 
ACORUS GRA1'P T EUS So land. 
In Tndifl the roots were strted to be used ps an insecticide and 
insectifuge.— Chopra find Bpdhwar (98). 
AMORPHOPHALLUS CAMPANULATUS (Roxb.) Blume. 
As the flower stalk matures it emits an odor of putrid flesh, 
inviting hordes of bluebottle and other large flies, which cover the 
whole mass with their eggs; and the subsequent maggots, which thickly 
beset it for the next 4 or 5 days, render the flower stalk as dis- 
gusting to the eye and nose as carrion. — Kirtikar and Basu (230, v. 2, 
p. 1337). 
ARISAEMA DRACONTIUM (L.) Schott. Synonym: Arum dracontium L. 
Indian turnip. Dragonroot. 
The corn is used to kill insects. — Pammel (299, p. 103). 
