Tubers of H. Brownet were received at the Royal 
Gardens from Mr. C. Curtis, who also sent the subject of the 
preceding plate (Allomorphia Griffithii), and who discovered 
the species presumably in Penang. It flowered in a stove 
in May of the present year.—.J. D. H. 
Fig. 1, Base of spathe and spadix; 2, male flower seen from beneath; 
3, portion of the same with an anther; 4, portion of spadix from the interior of 
the tube of the spathe, with two ovules; 5, ovary and portion of spadix cut 
vertically, showing the ovule :—A// enlarged. 
