above cited. The present plant came from the island of 

 raiau lawar. Our drawing was made from a living 

 June 1893 ^ h ° me ' and whieh lowered at Kew in 



Deter — Acaulescent. Bootstock shortly creeping, tufts 

 crowded. Lea** distichous; petiole long, erect f blade 

 thl l S ', a °^ e ' mo J deratel y fi ™, eight or nine inches long, 

 the laxly-disposed parallel main veins connected by fine 



branctT &?""" & ^ P aniole ' ™ th *"» "^ three 

 ™; r bl0h - Sprin ? s direct from tJw rootstock; 

 flowers m successive pairs ; bracts two, the outer short 

 the inner one longer and tubular. Calyx dark brown 

 SinTthl aCk *, tUb6 o^™ 1 -' lob- three, equal 

 PetltttJT™ 1 ^' an inch and a half W 

 cu n date In' ° W Sma11 ' a ^dmg, oblong, 

 a cunet; I T° h la ^ er ' s P r <> a <ling, °bovate, with 



U To* . fi. 8am i nS five ' erect > " «fcM» of an 



ant :: s -z ri s „? d orte j , tban tbe i r«»^ 



toothed tfZLi l' Style short > Wlth thre e small 

 tnfface Sw? b K? n ° heS ' which are channelled down 

 lonV l e tet-° bl0 r ng ' aCUte ' coriaceous, two inches 

 J G. Baker. ' ° f a pea> sub gl°bo S e, dark brown.- 



