linear-oblong, acute bracts, one to two inches long. Floral 

 bracts subulate, the lower broader, as long as the pedicels. 

 Flowers sixteen to twenty in a terminal umbellate panicle, 

 shortly pedicelled, pendulous. Perianth conical, two inches 

 long, externally bright orange-scarlet with golden-yellow 

 segments, internally all yellow; segments ovate, subacute, 

 slightly spreading. Stamens inserted towards the base of the 

 perianth, decimate, filaments curved; anthers linear-oblong, 

 yellow, exserted. Ovary stipitate, very slender. — J. J). H. 



Tig. 1. Base of perianth and stamens. 2. Ovary : — both magnified. 



