AROHOT

n. An alchemical name for mercury. [B, 50.] AROIDÆ (Lat.), n. f. pl. A®r(a’r}-0-i(e)'de(da*-e2). Fr., aroïdes. Ju ieu’s name for the Araceæ. [B, 170.) AROIDEÆ (Lat.), n.f. pl. A?%r(a%r)-0-i2d’e?-e(a5-e2), From äpov (see Arum), and el8os, an appearance. Fr., aroïdées, aroïdes. Of many authors, the Araceæ, 2. Of others, a division, tribe, or section of the Araceæ, including Arum and one or two related nera. 3, Of Engler, a suborder of araceous plants, corresponding to the tribes Stilochitoneæ, Zomiocarpeæ, Spathicarpeæ, and Arinee (except the genus Pistia), and in part to the thonieæ, Colocasieæ, and Dieffenbachieæ, of Bentham and Hooker*s cla ification, It is divided by Engler into the tribes Stylo chit oneæ, Zomiocarpeæ, Ariopsideæ, Spathicarpeæ, Aree, Ambrosinieæ, and Cryptocoryneæ. 4, Of Schott, a cla of plants comprising the orders Cyclantheæ, Pandaneæ, Araceæ, and Acoroideæ. 5. Of Brougniart, a cla of plants comprising the families Araceæ and hacee. 6. Of Bartling, a cla of plants comprising the orders Callaceæ, Orontiaceæ, Pandaneæ, and Typhaceæ. f, 1, 170, 216.) —A. diclines [Schott]. The diclinous Araceæ. [B, 170.] See ARACEÆ—A. genninæ [Reichenbach.] A section of araceous plants of the Dracunculineæ, comprising Arum, Biarum, Dracunculus, Sauromatum, Typhoniuin and two other genera. |B, 170.]— A. monoclines [Schott]. The monoclinous Araceæ. Ps 170.) See ARACEÆ—A. vere. 1. Of R. Brown, a division o! (Araceæ) including Arum and Caladium. 2. Of Kunth, a suborder of the A. (Araceæ) including the tribes Lemnaceæ, Pistiaceæ, Crypto cory nee. Dracunculineæ, Caladiew, Anaporee, and Calleæ (i.e., all the Araceæ except the Orontiacee). 3. of Richard, a tribe of the A. (Araceæ), including the genera not comprised under the Orontiaceæ and Pistiaceæ. [B, 170.)