almost half as long as the flower, elliptical, approaching to ovate, 
appressed, leafy. Bracteoles lanceolate, downy, scarcely longer 
than the sepals of the calyx, which resemble them, but are 
smaller. Corolla full golden-yellow on first expansion ; after- 
wards the tube and lower lip become orange-red. Zimdé nearly 
as long as the tube, upper lip erect, acuminate, the point bifid : 
lower lip oblong, much reflexed, three-fid, the segments linear, 
approximate, straight. laments nearly as long as the corolla, 
~ lodged in the channelled upper lip. Anther-cells separated by a 
connectivum, one higher up than the other, both with a short 
spur at the base, glandular at the margin. Ovary immersed in 
a large cup-shaped, irregular gland : style pubescent at the base, 
as long as the corolla: stigma a little thickened, bifid. W. J. H. 
Cur. This species of Cyrtanthera has a much stiffer habit, 
and of less luxuriant growth than the species figured at Tab. 
4444. The treatment there mentioned will suit it; but, on 
account of its weaker habit, care must be taken not to 
over-pot it. A succession of young plants should be kept, as it 
is apt to become naked and unsightly after flowering ;—a cir- 
cumstance common to most of the soft-wooded, suffruticose 
Acanthacee. J. 8. 
Fig. 1. Anther. 2. Bracteoles, calyx, and pistil. 3. Ovary and cup-shaped 
nectary :—magnified. 
