broad at the middle, tapering gradually to the base and 
acuminate apex, plicate like the leaf of a Curculigo, recurving 
abruptly from about the middle when mature, green and 
glabrous on the face, while furfuraceous over the back. 
Peduncle arising from the base of the tuft of leaves, 
abruptly recurved, about a foot long, bright red like the 
flowers, as are also the axis of the raceme and the pedicels. 
Raceme drooping, moderately dense, a foot long; pedicels 
about a quarter of an inch long, spreading or cernuous ; 
bracts small, lanceolate, scariose. Sepals lanceolate, horny, 
an inch long. Petals lingulate, exserted a couple of inches 
beyond the sepals, furnished with a large oblong basal 
scale, which is free at the summit and along the edges. 
Stamens as long as the petals; filament white, filiform ; 
anther linear, half an inch long; pollen yellow. Ovary 
ampulleform, immersed at the base only; style filiform, 
about two inches long; stigmas spirally twisted—QJ. G. 
Baker, 
Fig. 1, The whole plant, much reduced; 2, petal, with its basal scale, and a 
stamen, life-size ; 3, pistil, life-size ; 4, horizontal section of ovary, enlarged. 
