the thumb, covered with the erect sheathing bases of the 
leaves. Leaves five to seven inches long, by three to four 
broad, coriaceous, elliptic-oblong, rather obtuse, mucronate, 
dark green above, paler below, with prominent midrib and 
veins; petiole above the sheath half an inch long, stout, 
deeply channelled in front, swollen at the base, as if jointed 
on the sheath, which is two to four inches long, herbaceous 
and green, with a very narrow membranous margin, not 
auricled, but rounded at the upper termination. Peduncle 
terminal, short, stout, erect. Spathe two inches long, white, 
greenish below, discoloured above, scarcely convolute at the 
concave base, then gradually expanding, but the margins 
only reflexed. Spadiz one-third shorter than the spathe, one- 
third of an inch in diameter, cylindric, on a stout columnar 
peduncle, one-third of an inch long. Male portion half the 
whole length; anthers white, trigonous, truncate, and flat- 
topped, with 2 apical pores. Ovaries about fifteen, 2-celled, 
very depressed, subspheroidal, but irregular in figure, scarlet. 
Stigma a sessile depressed disk.—J. D. H. 
Fig. 1. Spadix. 2. Group of three anthers. 3. Anther. 4. Ovary. 
5. Transverse; and 6. Vertical section of ovary :—all magnified. 
