about two feet, is shrubby below, somewhat herbaceous above ; 

 branches terete. Leaves, the largest of them a span and more 

 long, deep-green, with a white line down the centre, broad 

 ovato-lanceolate, rather suddenly acuminate, the margin entire, 

 or only slightly sinuated, the base narrowly decurrent into a 

 stout petiole two to three inches long ; the upper leaves are 

 smaller and more acuminate, all opposite, and rather strongly 

 penniveined. Spike sessile, long (five to six inches), composed 

 of large, bright, orange-coloured bracts, arranged in four rows, 

 an inch and more long, broad-ovate or subobovate, obtuse, the 

 base concave and imbricated (not keeled), the upper half some- 

 what spreading, the back marked with three to five longitudinal 

 slightly elevated lines. Flowers small in proportion to the size 

 of the bracts, deep-yellow, red at the apex, scarcely exserted : 

 each has two small bracteolas at the base. Calyx of five ovato- 

 lanceolate, erect, equal sepals, much shorter than the corolla. 

 Tube of the corolla subcylindrical, but ventricose upwards, two- 

 lipped at the mouth : upper lip of a single undivided ligulate 

 piece, reflected on the tube ; lower one of three ovato-lanceolate 

 lobes. Stamens with the long, narrow, single-celled, nearly equal 

 anthers quite exserted. Ovary on a large globose disk/ Style 

 filiform, protruded a little beyond the stamens : stigma a little 

 dilated. 



Fig. 1. Calyx and corolla (the bracteoles being removed). 2. A stamen. 

 3. A pistil: — magnified. 



