doubt ; but there cau be no question about the beauty of 

 the species, or its merits as a standard plant for culti- 

 vation. 



Descr. Stem, in our plant, a foot and a half high, 

 erect, singularly compressed, bare of leaves below, above 

 branched and leafy. Leaves four to five inches long, spa- 

 thulate, mucronate, often recurved, very much dilated, and 

 amplexicaul at the base, (there streaked with red) glaucous, 

 and on both sides rough with minute, elevated dots. Pan- 

 icles large, (for the size of the plant,) lateral, on long 

 peduncles, which are much branched upwards, the terminal, 

 or spike-bearing branches, forming corymbs, and patent ; 

 peduncles and branches rough : bracteas amplexicaul, 

 those of the pedicels very obtuse, with a broad, coloured, 

 membranous margin. Calyx with a few hairs at the base 

 of the tube; the limb large, spreading, five-lobed, five- 

 nerved, serrated, rose-coloured. Petals narrow, acuminate, 

 deep rose. Stamens and styles much exserted, and about 

 equal in length. 



Fig. 1. Flower and bracteated Pedicel. 2. Calyx : — magnified. 



