ARISARUM

(Lat.), n. n. A?r(aSr)-i3s‘a3-ru8m(ru4m). From épiapoy, an ancient name for some araceous plant. [Dioscorides (A, 311).] A genus of araceous plants closely related to Arisema, established by Tournefort. It is distinguished from Arum by the absence of glands on the spadix and by the distinctly marked filaments and style. [B, 19, 180.]—A, amboinense iPeRBiost The Typhonium divaricatum, var, robustum. [B, 216.|—A. australe [Richard]. See 4. vulgare.—A. azoricum [Schott]. A variety of A. vulgare. [B, 216.|—A. balansanum [Sci tT The A. vulgare, var. typicum. _ |B, 216.]—A. Clusii ieee. The A. vulgare, var. Clusii. [B, 2i6.}—A. cra i folium [Schott], A. Forbes i [Sehott, A. Jacquini echouls The A. vulgare, var. typicum. _ |B. 216.]— A. Libani [Scl ree ‘he A. vulgare, var. typicum and var. Veslingii. [B, 216.]—A. Sibthorpii [Schott], A. subalpinum [Kotschy]. The A. vulgare, var. aera B, 216.]—A. subexsertum [Webb], A. tingitanum enol ‘he A, vulgare, var. subexsertum. [B,216.]—A. Veslingli [Schott]. The A. vulgare, var. Veslingii. |B, 216.]—A. vulgare {Targioni-Tozz]. Syn.: Arum a. [Linnæus]. A species indigenous to southern Europe and northern Africa, Its tuberous root was formerly official as radix arisari and used for the same purposes as that of the Arum maculatum. Four varieties are distinguished: 1. Var. a typicum, in which the appendix of the spadix is slender and somewhat thickened toward its apex; found in Italy, eh Portugal, southern France, Corsica, Cyprus, Greece, and Asia Minor. 2. Var. B Veslingii, in which the lamina of the spathe about equals the tube in length, and is rather long-acuminate, the Srpendi being very slender and _ scarcely thickened at the apex; found in Morea, Cyprus, Egypt, Syria, and Palestine. 3, Var. y Ctusii, having the appendix of the spadix exserted a short distance beyond the spathe, and the apex decidedly thickened; found in Spain and Portugal. 4. Var. & subexsertum, having the lamina of the spathe a little shorter than the tube, and the apex of the spadix dilated into a club-shape; found in Algeria, the Azores, and Teneriffe. [B, 188, 216.]—Radix arisari. The rhizome of A. vulgare. [B, 180.]