foot long at the flowering time. Stem one to six inches 
long, one-headed, bearing a single reduced leaf. Spathes 
one-flowered ; valves lanceolate, two or two and a half 
inches long, herbaceous till after the flower fades. Ovary 
cylindrical-trigonous, under an inch long, shortly pedi- 
cellate. Perianth-tube as long as the ovary ; limb dark 
purple; outer segments obovate-cuneate, purplish-black, 
about two inches long by an inch broad, reflexing from 
half-way down, furnished down the claw with a beard of 
yellow hairs tipped with purple; inner segments orbicular- 
unguiculate, erect, connivent, larger and brighter-coloured 
than the outer. Style-branches above an inch long, very 
convex on the back; crests deltoid. Capsule ellipsoid- 
trigonous. Seeds large, with a conspicuous pale strophiole. 
J. G. Baker. 
Fig. 1, Front view of anther; 2, back view of anther; 3, top of style-branch, 
with crests :—all more or less enlarged. 
