Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 December 1891 — A PECULIAR PRODUCT. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

A PECULIAR PRODUCT.

Nicaragua LLas a I'ialii with a Single Leaf Thirteen Feet Long. Nicaragua has one of the most peculiar plants to be found anywhere. In 1869 Dr. Berthold Seeman discovered it and in 1872 it was forwarded to Mr. Hull, an English horticulturist. It was a plant with a single leaf and the latter was thirteen feet

and eight inches long. It somewhat resembles the Indian turnip. The spathe of the plant contained a flowering portion over four feet in length. In honor of a Mr. Godwin, an intimate friend of Dr. Seeman, the plant was called the Godwinl. During the flowering time the plant has a most disagreeable odor.