one to two inches long, oblong, subacute, white, membranous, 

 tips slightly recurved. Spathe six inches long; sheathing part 

 oblong, slightly tumid, about 1 inch long, pale, nearly white, 

 quite closed, gradually expanding into a narrowly lmear- 

 oblong, subacute, or almost strap-shaped erect blade, which 

 is two-thirds of an inch broad, glossy and deep almost black- 

 purple, concave below, and almost flat above, pale on the back. 

 Spadix very slender; female portion very short; neutral 

 part one half inch long, white, with horizontal scattered 

 curved subulate neutral organs. Male part one inch long ; 

 appendix four inches long, erect, very slender, black-purple, 

 gradually narrowed from the base to a fine point. Stamens 

 crowded, filament very short ; anthers obtuse, with vertical 

 transverse dehiscence. Ovaries densely crowded, purple, with a 

 short erect sigmoid style which is decurved and stigmatiferous 

 at the tip ; ovule one, basal, orthotropous. —J. D. H. 



Fig. 1, Spadix of the natural size ; 2, lower portion of the same ; 3 and 4, 

 anthers ; 5, ovary ; 6, the same cnt opened longitudinally, showing the ovule :— 

 all enlarged. 



