circumyolute leaflets, scariose : Corolla of three petals, 
longer than the calyx and bractez, linear, revolute and 
green at the point. At the base. of each petal are two 
oblong, membranaceous, erect scales, within which the sta- 
mens are inserted. . Filaments as long as the corolla. 
Anthers versatile, lmear, yellow-brown. Pustil: Germen 
inferior ovate, tapering into a filiform style, which is as 
long as the stamens. Stigma trifid, the segments very 
blunt, villous. 
Recently introduced by Witzx1am Harrison, Esq. of Rio 
de Janeiro, to the rich collection of his brother Ricuarp 
Harrison, Esq. of Aighburgh, near Liverpool; who oblig- 
ingly sent me a specimen of the flowers and leaves, together 
with a sketch ofthe whole plant, which is here given. 
It may certainly rank among the most beautiful of this 
curious genus; the colour of the rachis, bractez, and flowers 
being singularly brilliant. It is allied to the Brometia 
alotfolia of my ‘‘ Exotic Flora” ; but here there are scales 
at the base of the corolla, asin Prrcamnta. —™” 
Fig. 1. Petal shewing the scales and the insertion of the stamens. 2. 
Pistil.—Scarcely magnified. 
