case; and the appendage of the anther as lanceolate and 

 acute, but it is oblong and obtuse in the live specimens, 

 and in an analysis of the flower by Mr. Clarke. K. secumhi 

 was raised from seeds sent by Mr. C. B. Clarke FRS 

 iSS % ? hasia Moimtain s, Which arrived in January, 

 ta * n( \ the P lants rai setf from them flowered at the end 

 or September of the same year. 



. Descb. Stems m erect, loosely tufted, six to ten inches 

 mgb, slender, simple, sub-cylindric, leafy all the way up. 

 Leaves three to three and a half inches long, the lower 

 sm Her, membranous, obliquely lanceolate or elliptic-lan- 

 ceolate, caudate-acuminate, base narrowed, sessile on the 

 sheath which is slightly compressed and terminates in a 

 Droaci obtuse membranous appressed ligule, bright green 

 above paler beneath; nerves five to six on each side, the 

 midrib very slender. Spike terminal, few-fld. ; bracts three- 

 quarters to one inch long, green, terete, oblong, narrowed 

 into a slender apex ; bracteoles very small. Calyx tubular, 

 slender, split above. Corolla-tube nearly one inch long, 

 very slender, curved, reddish, lobes elliptic-oblong acumi- 

 nate. Lateral staminodes broadly oblong or rounded, 

 spreading and rather reflexed ; lip rounded, larger than both 

 staminodes put together, shortly bifid or notched at the 

 extremity Anther glabrous, connective - expanding into 

 a reflexed ovate-oblong obtuse lamina as long as the cells. 

 Iruit small one-fourth to one-third inch long, ovoid, 



fS a T Se ^ d " , 8 r eeds c y linc ^c-oblong, with an oblique 

 thickened basal funicle.— J". D. II. 



VetJ;tIlZ\Z l l br ^ e0les ' £ t , he P etaI » ; d staminodes removed; 2, dorsal 

 I ovary a^d st vloJfsfi "i* ^ °| li V ; A anther with the-connective rai'sed up ; 

 ^^r« M jVLt;^ St,gma; 7 ' frmt; 8 ' the same enlaced; 9, seed-.-all 



