The plant is, as Professor Graham observes, not strictly 

 aphyllous, but has three or four leaves, sheathing the scape 

 and one another, but with little or no expanding portion. 

 Whether these sheaths all arise from the root, or from the 

 stalk itself was not ascertained. In the former case only the 

 term scape is strictly applicable. 



Pig. 1. Represents the whole plant above the ground with 

 the flower in its greatest perfection. 



2. A back view of the flower when it began to fade, 



at which time the germen was considerably 

 lengthened. 



3. The spathe after the flower was removed. 



4. The column shewing the pollen mass overhanging 



the stigma. 



5. The same with the pollen mass turned up to shew 



its attachment. 



6. The bulb, taken after the plant was decayed. 



