891 
ARUM crinitum. 
Hairy Arum. 
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MON(ECIA POLYANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. AROIDEZ. Rich. analyse du Fruit. 
ARUM. Supra vol. 6. fol. 450. 
A. crinitum, foliis pedatis integerrimis, spadice cylindraceo spatha ovata 
plana interne pilosa breviore. Willd. sp. pl. 4. 477. 
A. muscivorum. Linn. suppl. 410. 
A. crinitum. Hort. Kew. ed.1. 3. 314; ed. 2. 5. 306. Pers. syn. 2. 574. 
Herba acaulis, 14 pedalis. Folia radicalia, erecta, spatha paulo longi- 
ora, glaberrima, sublucida, penninervia, pedata, lobo medio hastato hori- 
zontali, lateralibus tripartitis, quasi petiolatis: segmentis tribus strictissi- 
mis, planis, convolutis, ovato-lanceolatis, acuminatis, quorum exteriores 
(quoad axin folii) sensim angustiores: petiolo compresso, solido, viridi, in- 
fra medium pallidiore, in vagina firma maculis parallelipipedis sordide oliva- 
ceis undique densè adspersa, dilatato. Spatha maxima, undique extus colore 
et maculis vaginarum foliorum ; scapo erecto terete; tubo magno, erecto, co- 
nico; limbo maximo, explanato, cucullato, abrupté cernuo, coriaceo, citò 
post primas dies collapso, intüs livido-purpureo, versus apicem pallidiore, 
pilis refractis, purpureis, complanatis, simplicibus, versus faucem densissi- 
mis vestito. Spadix teres, declinatus, spatha brevior, atro-olivaceus, undi- 
que tuberculis caudatis, porrectis, crinitus, longè fusiformis, basi appendici- 
bus longis, complanatis, subulatis, attenuatis, imbricatis, quasi involucra- 
tus. Flores fceminei ad basin spadicis, conferti, in cylindro brevi dense dis- 
positi. Ovaria cuneata, perianthio O, vertice hexagona, ovulis duobus a basi 
imã erectis, duobus à vertice pendulis; ad summum cylindrum processubus 
quibusdam cornutis coronata. Flores masculi supra femineos in cono truncato 
aggregati. Antherz basi carnoso solido, 2-loculares, per apicem verticaliter 
dehiscentes. 
be — — 
A most remarkable plant, in singularity of appearance 
surpassing any of the same singular genus with which we 
are acquainted. It is very rare in this country, "and, we 
believe, has seldom produced its flower, which resembles 
the huge flapping ear of some monstrous animal. We find 
no mention made of it in the French Floras of the south of 
France. It is, nevertheless, a native of Minorca. 
The plant from which our drawing was taken flowered 
in June last, in the garden of the Horticultural Society. 
Its roots were sent from the south of France, by George 
Bentham, Esq. who procured them from the garden of M. 
Audibert, of Tarascon. 
