being about two and a half inches. Leaves produced later, 
linear, acuminate, eight inches long, and a third of an 
inch wide, glabrous, midrib thick. Spathes elliptic, acumi- 
nate, the outer two inches long, the inner an inch and a 
half long, herbaceous. Flowers about three inches across ; 
perianth-tube narrowly funnel-shaped, half an inch in 
diameter, almost white outside; lobes ovate, acuminate, 
' three-quarters of an inch wide, carmine, two of the inner 
with a paler spot at the base surrounded by a darker border. 
Stamens reaching rather more than half way up the perianth- 
lobes; anthers oblong, pale yellow. Style-branches a 
fourth of an inch long, linear.—C. H. Wricar. 
Figs, 1 and 2, anthers; 3, style-branches :—all enlarged. 
