origin ; but the characters are so o finely drawn, that I cannot. say 
with certainty that our plant well accords with any of them. 
_ The tubers were brought from the Lake of Tiberias, by Dr. 
Hooker, in 1861, and the flowers were produced in a warm 
nhouse, in January, 1862, and were soon succeeded by the 
foliage, which has considerable resemblance to that of Calla pa- 
Fig. J. Spadix :—natural size. 2. Anther. 3. Pistil. 4. Pistil; the ovary 
laid open :—magnified. 
