Rev. Mr. Parish, informs me that a very similar species to 
M. sanguine inhabits the forests of Birma, and was cultivated 
by himself at Moulmein. - 
Descr. Zrunks, several from the root, three to four feet high, » 
erect ; about as thick as a stout cane, reddish, leafy upwards. 
Leaves not collected in a terminal crown, petioled, blade two 
to two and a half feet long, linear-oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 
acute, rounded or cordate at the base, bright green above, 
not glaucous beneath ; petiole of the upper one to two feet 
long, slender, reddish. Scape scarcely protruded beyond 
the leaf-sheath. Spike six inches long, erect, narrow ovoid 
before expansion, rachis stout, bright red. Bracts as long as 
the head, ovate-lanceolate, acute, boat-shaped, bright blood- 
red, striate, revolute, caducous, 3-flowered. Lower flowers 
all hermaphrodite, about two inches long. Ovaries about 
one-third shorter than the perianth, green, obtusely trigonous. 
Perianth orange-yellow, trigonous ; outer segment with five 
small orbicular lobes, of which the outer are horned at the 
back below the tip; inner perianth-segment as long as the 
outer, membranous, truncate, obtusely toothed. Stamens as 
long as the perianth; anthers as long as the filaments, acute. 
Siyle stout; stigma capitate. rwit two and a half inches 
long, pale yellow-green, variegated with red, smooth, turgid, 
obtusely 3-4-angled, many-seeded. Seeds irregularly cubi- 
cal, tubercled, black.—J. D. aT. 
Sma 
Fig. 1, Reduced figure of entire plant; 2, head of flowers of the natural 
size; 3, hermaphrodite flower ; 4, perianth laid open ; 5, tranverse section of 
ovary :—all magnified. 
