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ARUM venosum. 
Purple-flowered, Arum. 
MON(ECIA POLYANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. Aroide*. 
ARUM L. Suprd, vol. 6.fol. 450. 
A. venosum; foliis pedatis integerrimis, spadice spatha lanceolata breviore. 
Willd. sp. pi. 4. 479. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 5. 307. 
A. acaule, foliis pedatis, foliolis subovalibus integerrimis, lamina lanceolata 
spadice longiore. Ait. Kew. 3. 315. 
A. foliis pedatis integerrimis, spatha lanceolata spadicem superante. Spreng. 
syst. 3. 769. 
Herba acaulis. Folia pedata, plana, radicalia, erecta, longe petiolata, 
foliolis ovalibus, acutis, basi attenuatis, venis primariis ramosis rectiusculis, 
arcuatis majoribus in lineam confluentibus margine parallelam. Scapus 
radicalis, erectus , sguamis lineatis, olivaceis maculatis, laxis, intiis albis , 
vaginatus. Spatha maxima, basi cucullata, lamina lanceolata, acuminata, 
subspirali, refiexa, extiis viridis, intiis purpureo-brunneo maculata. Spadix 
erectus, teres, clavatus, purpureo-brunneus, spatha brevior. 
Stated in the Hortus Kewensis to have been introduced 
to this country by Mr. William Malcolm, in 1774, but 
from whence, was, even at the publication of the last 
edition of that work, unknown. Its geographical station 
is now, however, ascertained by the individual here repre¬ 
sented, which was imported from Brazil, by Mr. Lee, 
of the Hammersmith Nursery, where our drawing was 
made, in March last. 
A tender stove plant, of much beauty when m flower; 
propagated by offsets, which are sparingly produced. 
Stem none. Leaves pedate, flat, proceeding fiom the 
root, erect, on long stalks; leaflets oval, acute, narrowe 
at the base; the venae primariae being branched and 
