a large ovato-acuminate, membranous bractea, about its own 
length. Sepals pure white, lanceolate, acuminate, spread- 
ing. Filaments much shorter than the sepals, and, as well 
as the anthers, yellow. Pistil (probably imperfect) yellow. 
Fig. 1. Portion of the Leaf, to show the margin :—magnijied. 
