to the group or section having “ folia cylindraceo-vaginantia undu- 
lata, limbus erectus.” Our species is at once known by its large 
size, and the great length of the very foliaceous involucre. It 
flowered with us in August, 1853, in a cool frame. 
Descr. From a large Sulé arises a stout spotted cylindrical 
stem, formed by the sheathing elongated base of several large, 
oblong, rather acute, waved, membranaceous /eaves, in perfection 
along with the flowers. From near the base of the stem, in the 
axil of some imperfectly developed leaves, the stout peduncle ap- 
pears, spotted and cylindrical at the base, compressed and angled 
above. Umbel of very numerous, erect, orange-coloured, shortly 
pedicelled flowers, very compact, and surrounded by a many- 
leaved involucre ; outer leaves, or dracteas, resembling true leaves, 
much longer than the umbel, inner bracteas smaller. Bracteoles 
at the base of the pedicels small, subulate. Perianth infundibu- 
liform, cut more than half (nearly two-thirds) of the way down, 
into six, linear lacinie, slightly unguiculate at the point. Sta- 
mens six ; filaments longer than the perianth, subulate. Anthers 
oblong, subsagittate. Ovary trigonal, adnate with the base of 
the perianth. Style a little longer than the stamens. Stigma of 
three very small lobes. 
Fig. 1. Flower and bracteole. 2. Pistil :—magnified. 
