ing the bases of the young leaves. Leaves at the flowering 
time rather longer than the perianth-tube, after flowering 
elongating to eight or ten inches, narrowly linear, gradually 
contracted to an acuminate point, concave. Scape very 
short. Spathe bright green, nearly as long as the perianth- 
tube. Flower solitary; four inches broad. Perianth-tube 
two and a half inches long, pale lilac; outer segments 
Stoutly stipitate, stipes half an inch long ; blade two inches 
long, very broadly ovate-oblong, base broadly cordate, pale 
blue, the reflexed portion rounded, deep violet-blue on the 
upper fourth, and with a few large deep violet spots lower 
down, crest narrow, golden-yellow; inner segments hardly 
an inch long, spreading and reflexed, spathulately ovate- 
oblong, obtuse, concave, pale blue. Filaments free, Style- 
arms nearly as long as the outer perianth-segments, one 
inch and a half broad, nearly orbicular, two lobed and 
irregularly crenate, blue.—J. D. H. 
Fig. 1 and 2, anthers, enlarged. 
