tate br ght green and somewhat e-^cee 1 ng tl e scape spathe 

 short and la her open e e mj wl te v th a black oi puiple 

 throat S Atr D st b ed by \Ia Le htl n (Germ my) in 

 1818 Thee e 1 vl r ds of th and R Ell o —BangiisU- 



\ Devoni 



ensis 11 t I / / 



ireyana I t 1 g au I flo a 



Pentlandi Wl 1 t j 



ofOe leaf hi d lasf te 



rati er flac 1 

 lobes separated 1 

 o n long (w th a 



Jaked C Smith. 

 1 /■ bas been 



red if 

 Cali- 

 1- that 



tip erect, black-purple at the base within, the lateral 

 nerves usually rather prominent above. B.M. 517G. 

 Gn. 18:202. 

 A'. ArUain!. Hort. Leichtlin. Stronggrowing, with Ivs. sagit- 



iity of 

 good 



cultivation 



..uI4..,llyan 

 1 which 

 I V of in- 



endiM^' > ■ ' I.I .. i I. il:.n /,'i,l,,, i^lni A fiicatia 



and su 1. Wii-n i;iM."iii.iM. «.■ tli..u-ht it di«a- 



cult to gn.w. It was first gn.wn in this ,-,,nntry by 

 William Robinson, gardener tn r. I,. Am. s. North 

 Easton, Mass., Mr. Harris, gardmi r i.. 11. II. llunne- 

 well, Wellesley, Mass., and Jlr. .I..si pli Tailliy, of 

 Wcllesley. The last named is a commercial grower, 

 who looked upon his importation as an investment. 

 The bulbs (corras or roots) were expensive,— a guinea 



