erect, arising from the centre of the plant, bearing from ten to 
twenty distichous flowers, opening from below upwards in suc- 
cession, of which only two or three are expanded at one time. 
achis flexuose ; flowers scarlet, distant. Bracteas large, sheath- 
ing the flower and a little shorter than it, rich scarlet even to the 
apex. Sepals and corolla bright-yellow, the former the length of 
the bract, oblong, obtuse. Petals linear, acute, recurved, and 
with a tinge of blue at the tips; at the base having two spathu- 
late scales. Stamens and style exserted. Ovary almost entirely 
free. Stigma in three, cuneate, glandular lobes. 
Fig. 1. Petal and stamen. 2. Pistil :—magnified. 
