Mr. Talbot considers it to be the rare and little known 
H. spicatus of Smith, which Dr. Sibthorp also gathered in 
the island of Zante, where it is said to be called Borboi. 
As a species it is well marked by its crowned sessile half erect 
flowers, and the double membranous bracts that subtend it. 
These are unequal, attached as it were by one edge, and 
slightly toothed; they are correctly represented at fig. 2. 
Fig. 1, shews the structure of the perianth when cut open. 
