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the former to which it bears the greater resemblance, both in colour 
and characters. In a fertile state it may be most readily known by 
its curious nephroma-like apothecia. It is also considerably less 
crisped and laciniated than C. nivalis, and the base is purplish instead 
of golden yellow. 
Joun G. Baker. 
Market Place, Thirsk, 
June 10, 1854. 
Notice of the Occurrence of Arum Italicum at Steephill, Isle of 
Wight. By AtserTt HamBroued, Esq., F.B.S. of Edinburgh 
London.* 
Some three or four years ago, when wandering, in company of my 
much-lamented friend, the late Dr. Bromfield, amongst the broken 
rocky ground in the Undercliff of the Isle of Wight, I recollect our 
attention being attracted by the unusually large size of the leaves of 
an Arum, and also by the peculiar divarication, or divergence, of the 
lobes of its sagittate leaf. This was in either April or May, and the 
plant showed no sign of flower. Dr. Bromfield at the time was much 
struck by its appearance, and requested me to watch it, as he sus- 
pected it might prove to be Arum Italicum. It has, however, so 
happened that until the present year I have not been in that part of 
the island at the time the; plant produces its flower ; and, indeed, the 
circumstances above mentioned had altogether escaped my memory, 
until it was recalled to my recollection, in June last, by the appear- 
ance of an Arum, in flower, near the spot where it was first observed 
by Dr. Bromfield. The bright yellow colour of the spadix, so diffe- 
rent from the dull purple of the same part in Arum maculatum, at 
once led me to examine it closely ; and upon comparing it with the 
description of Arum Italicum given by Koch, in his ‘ Synopsis Flore 
Germanice et Helvetice, I found it exactly to correspond, with the 
exception of the time of flowering, which, according to Koch, should 
be in April; whereas my plant produces its flowers in June; but the 
warm springs of South Germany and Italy will sufficiently account 
for the greater forwardness of the Arum in the above-mentioned coun- 
tries, of which I believe it is a native. Fearing that the plant might 
be a mere settler, accidently introduced, my next step was to examine 
* Read before the Isle-of-Wight Philosophical and Scientific Society, Feb., 1854. 
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