narrowed to the acute point, with a narrow hyaline some- 
what rose-coloured toothed margin, the teeth 1 lin. long or less 
and separated by intervals of from 4-14 in., upper surface 
flat or slightly convex, but towards the point concave and 
channelled, under surface obliquely convex owing to one 
side of the leaf being rather thicker than the other, hardly 
keeled. Inflorescences usually 2 from the same crown; 
peduncles erect, simple or sparingly branched, nearly 3 ft. 
high, glaucous with a purple tinge upwards; the branches 
racemose, 6-10 in. long; bracts erect, those below empty, 
adpressed to their stem or branch, the flowering ones con- 
volute, embracing the pedicels, 3-3 in. long, ovate-lanceo- 
late, acuminate, keeled, striate, red; pedicels 2-2 in. long, 
red, recurved at the tip. Perianth about 2 in. long, over 
$ in. wide, slightly trigonous, deflexed and then slightly 
upturned near the top, 6-partite nearly to the base ; segments 
linear-oblong, obtuse, the 3 outer straight, deep red, the 3 
inner recurved at the tip, rose-pink below, dark yellow at the 
tip, with red veins. Stamens included or nearly so ; filaments 
pale yellow; anthers brown; pollen salmon-coloured. Style 
at length exserted, pale yellow. 
Figs. 1 ond 2, anthers; 3, ovary and style; 4, an entire plant, from 
@ photograph :—all enlarged except 4, which is much reduced. 
