Curtis Botanical – Plate 5551 – Tasman Flax Lily / Tasmanian Blue Berry Lily

Original antique black-and-white print from Curtis's Botanical Magazine — Plate 5551.

An Australian and Tasmanian native bearing sprays of small blue-purple flowers followed by brilliant, glossy cobalt-blue berries — one of the most vivid berry colours in the plant world. The Dianella genus is named for Diana, the Roman goddess of the hunt.

Southern CA, Pacific NW (OR, WA) — increasingly common landscape plant.

Uncolored plate. Condition consistent with age of volume. Each print is a unique piece of botanical history, printed on paper aged over a century.

This is an original uncolored (plain) plate from leftover publisher stock of Curtis's Botanical Magazine, printed in London. It was issued uncolored and never bound. We bought the holding at the estate of a Chicago rare bookseller. Labels and stock papers from the British dealer Wheldon & Wesley came with it. Library stamps, when present, are noted on the listing.