six to nine inches long, on short stout petioles, broadly- 
elliptic or elliptic-ovate, abruptly acuminate, convex, bright- 
green and glossy above, much paler beneath; midrib stout, 
pale above ; nerves strong, much arched; petiole one-half to 
three-quarters of an inch long. Spike five to eight inches 
long, about three quarters of an inch in diameter, strict, 
erect, sessile, cylindric, embraced at the base by two very 
small sessile-appressed leaves, which are shorter than the 
bracts. Bracts closely imbricate, nearly one inch long, elliptic- 
lanceolate, acuminate, much-veined, green with a brown 
tip, ciliolate, 2-3-toothed on each side towards the tip, not 
keeled. Bracteoles subulate-lanceolate, equalling one-quar- 
ter of the calyx. Calyx concealed by the bract ; segments 
linear-lanceolate, acuminate, puberulous. Corolla dark or 
golden sulphur-coloured, tube protruding half an inch beyond 
the bract, curved; limb one and a quarter inch across; 
upper lip erect, narrow, convolute ; lower with three seg- 
ments of nearly equal length ; the lateral spreading, elliptic- 
lanceolate, subacute; the middle one-third larger, broader, 
obtuse, with a small orange-red spot at the base —J. D. H. 
Fig. 1, Bract; 2, bracteoles, sepals, and style :—all magnified. 
