that have hitherto been cultivated possessing none of the 

 attractions of H. data. 



Desck. Boot bulbous. Stem an inch broad at the base. 

 Leaves very numerous, a foot to a foot and a half long, 

 spreading and revolute, thinly villous above, thickly below 

 with soft hairs, keeled and plicate, an inch to an inch and a 

 half broad. Scapes numerous, shorter than the leaves, bear- 

 ing a large, nodding, many-flowered raceme. Peduncles an 

 inch and a half long, slender. Flowers two inches in dia- 

 meter, golden yellow ; perianth segments ovate-oblong, sub- 

 acute, yellow and thinly villous at the back, with a green 

 dorsal band. Anthers oblong-sagittate. Ovary with very long- 

 spreading hairs; stigmas consolidated. — ./. I). II. 



Fig. 1. Stamens and ovary, — magnified. 



