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ARUM venosum. 
Purple-flowered Arum. 
MONCCIA POLY ANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. Aroiprnm. 
ARUM L. Supra, vol. 6. fol. 450. 
A. venosum ; foliis pedatis integerrimis, spadice spatha lanceolata breviore. 
Willd. sp. pl. 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 primaris ramosis rectiuscults, 
arcuatis majoribus in lineam confluentibus margine parallelam. Scapus 
radicalis, erectus, squamis lineatis, olivaceis maculatis, laxis, intits albis, 
vaginatus. Spatha maxima, basi cucullata, lamina lanceolata, acuminata, 
subspiralt, reflexa, extis viridis, intis 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 srauion 
is now, however, ascertained by the individual nae ae 
sented, which was imported from Ibesvail, Jeny AMS ies 
of the Hammersmith Nursery, where our drawing was 
made, in March last. 
A tender stove plant, of much beauty ae in Oe 
propagated by offsets, which are sparingly produced. 
Stem none. Leaves pedate, flat, proceeding ome 
root, erect, on long stalks; leaflets oval, acute, ae es 
at the base; the vene primar being branche 
