tion above quoted, observes that the present species cc has 

 the habit of Kjempferia. Its flowers are smaller than those 

 of G. pulcherrima, from which it differs abundantly in being 

 stemless, and having long-petioled, cordate leaves, radical 

 spikes, and flowers with very long tubes/' 



Descr. Leaves all radical, erect, somewhat bifarious, 

 broadly oblong, much acuminated at the point, costate at 

 the base, and generally unequal, with copious, oblique 

 nerves, and slightly plaited. Petioles about equal in length 

 with the limb, deeply grooved, the margins from the base 

 upwards membranaceous, and terminating, below the limb, 

 in a tooth-like process. Spikes several, from the base of 

 the petioles, radical, and partly concealed by the earth. 

 Bracteas several, sheathing, striated, one to two-flowered. 

 Flowers on short pedicels, pale-yellow, tipped and more or 

 less tinged with red. General structure of the flower sim- 

 ilar to that described under G. pulcherrima, only the calyx 

 is, at the base, elongated into a slender, exserted tube, 

 three inches long. 



Fig. 1. Inner view of the upper portion of the Corolla, with the Anther 

 and Apex of the Style ; — slightly magnified. 



