ranging from 65° to 70° F. during the growing season. 
Corms potted at the beginning of March flower in April 
and May, when adequate water should be supplied till 
about the end of September, an occasional application 
of liquid cow manure being beneficial. After September 
the pots may be stored in heated frames with a minimum 
temperature of about 45° F., and should be kept quite 
dry. The corms are readily increased by offsets, and if 
one is fortunate enough to fertilize the flowers, seeds may 
be obtained which, if sown as soon as ripe, produce new 
corms which should flower about their third season. 
Description.—Herb, perennial, tuberous. Leaf solitary, erect, glabrous ; 
oe over 3 ft. long, green, blotched with greenish-white; lamina 8-sect, the 
ranches once forked, and pinnatisect ; lower segments 2-4 in. long, 1}—2} in, 
wide, elliptic or lanceolate; terminal segments 6-10 in. long, 24-3 in. wide, 
lanceolate, acute or acuminate, decurrent below in a wing 3-3 in. wide. 
Peduncle 10 in. long or ‘perhaps in wild plants taller, over } in. thick, dark 
green or.olive-brown with greenish-white blotches. Spathe erect, 6-9 in. long, 
2-23 in. wide, lanceolate, concave, slightly curved forward at the tip, acute, 
slightly convolute at the base, margins even, green, outside with greenish- 
white blotches. Spadia# stipitate, much shorter than the spathe; female 
portion 4-1 in. long, 2 in. thick, cylindric, green; male portion 2-1 in. long, 
4-3 in. thick or rather thicker, cylindric or ellipsoid, white; appendix 1}-13 in. 
long, 3-1 in. thick, subcylindric or bluntly trigonous-ovoid, smooth, milky- 
white or pale yellowish-green. Berries 2 in. long, over } in. thick, ellipsoid, blue. 
Tas. 8692.—Fig. 1, flowering spadix; 2, male flowers; 3, female flowers; 
4, ovary in vertical section, with ovules; 5, sketch of an entire plant :— all 
enlarged except 1, which is of natural size, and 5, which is much reduced. 
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