as the fore-finger. Leaves four to ten inches long by three- 
quarters to one and a quarter inch broad, linear-lanceolate 
or almost strap-shaped, gradually narrowed to the acumi- 
nate point, nearly flat, with five, rarely seven, strong 
nerves, dark green, sheaths spotted with red purple; upper 
leaves much abbreviated, spathaceous, with acute points 
appressed to the stem. Spike three inches to a foot long, 
cylindric, obtuse, very many flowered; bracts oblong- 
lanceolate, acuminate, longer or shorter than the orange- 
yellow or light red or scarlet flowers. Perianth three- 
quarters of an inch long from the tip of the dorsal sepal to 
that of the lip, densely crowded, suberect. Dorsal sepal 
erect, oblong, subacute, very concave, cymbiform, spurred at 
the base behind; the spur shorter than the sepal, cylindric 
or slightly inflated, obtuse, pointing downwards in a line 
with the axis of the sepal; lateral very broadly ovate, 
rounded at the tips. Petals much smaller than the sepals, 
erect and partially concealed by the upper sepal, linear- 
oblong, tip obtuse andincurved. Lip strap-shaped, smooth, 
flat or convex, obtuse or subacute, slightly constricted 
above the base. Anthers suberect, cells narrow, parallel. 
Stigma suborbicular, sessile, depressed in the middle, notched 
in front. Ovary about one-third of an inch long, much 
twisted.—J. D. H., 
Fig. 1, Front, and 2, side view of flower ; 3, ovary, anther, and lip; 4, anther and 
stigma ; 5, pollen-mass :—all enlarged. : 
