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ARUM crinitum. — 
Hairy, Arum. 
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MONGOIA POLYANDRIA, 
Nat. ord. AROIDER. © Rich. analyse du Fruit. 
ARUM. Supra vol. 6. fol. 450. wih) aD 
A. crinitum, foliis pedatis integerrimis, spadice cylindr: 
plana interné pilosa breviore. Willd. sp. pl. 4.477 
A. muscivorum. Linn. suppl. 410. LUPE HAE 
A. crinitum. Hort. Kew. ed. 1. 3. 314; ed. 2. 5. 306 
Herba acaulis, 14 pedalis. Folia radicalia, erecta 
ora, glaberrima, sublucida, penninervia, pedata, lobo r 
zontali, lateralibus tripartitis, quast petiolatis: segmen 
mis, planis, convolutis, ovato-lanceolatis, acuminatis, 
(quoad axin folii) sensim angustiores: petiolo compresso, solido, viria = 
Sra medium pallidiore, in vagina firma maculis parallelipipedis sordide oliva- 
ceis undique dens adspersa, dilatato. Spatha maxima, undique extus colore 
et maculis vaginarum foliorum ; scapo erecto terete; tubo magno, erecto, co- 
nico; limbo maximo, explanato, cucullato, abrupte cernuo, coriaceo, citd 
post primas dies collapso, intis livido-purpureo, versus apicem pallidiore, 
pilis refractis, purpureis, complanatis, simplicibus, versus faucem densissi- 
mis vestito. Spadix teres, declinatus, spatha brevior, atro-olivaceus, undi- 
que tuberculis caudatis, porrectis, crinitus, longe Susiformis, basi appendict- 
bus longis, complanatis, subulatis, attenuatis, imbricatis, quasi involucra- 
tus. lores fominei ad basin spadicis, conferti, in cylindro brevi dens> dis- 
positi. Ovaria cuneata, perianthio 0, vertice hexagona, ovulis duohus a bast 
ima erectis, duobus a vertice pendulis; ad. summum cylindrum processubus 
quibusdam cornutis coronata. Flores masculi supra famineos in cono truncato 
aggregati. Anthere bast carnoso solide, 2-loculares, per apicem verticaliter 
dehiscentes. i eid BE ted 
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A most remarkable plant, in singularity of appearance 
Surpassing any of the same singular genus with which we 
are acquainted. It is very rare in this country, and, we 
believe, has seldom produced its flower, which resembles 
the huge flapping ear of some monstrous animal. We find 
no mention made of it in the French Floras of the south of 
France. It is, nevertheless, a native of Minorca. ° 
The plant from which our drawing was taken flowered 
in June last, in the garden of the Horticultural Society. 
Its roots were sent from the south of France, by George 
Bentham, Esq. who procured them from the garden of M. 
Audibert, of Tarascon. — 
