low the solitary, terminal spadix. This is scarcely more 
than half an inch long, deep purple, oblongo-eylindrical, 
obtuse. Leaflets of the perianth deep purple above, the 
rest pale green. Stamens four, scarcely longer than the 
calyx. Filament flat. Anther of two cells, roundish, pale 
reddish purple, presenting its back to the pistil. Pistil 
roundish. Stigma scarcely any. 
Sent by Mr. Tarre of the Sloane Street Nursery to the 
Glasgow Botanic Garden, where it flowered in the stove, 
in September, 1829. It is a native of Brazil, and has 
much affinity in general habit with P. Harrisii of Granam, 
in Hook. Exotic Flora, t. 211. But there the whole plant 
is much larger than in ours, the leaves much longer, by no 
means ovate, and the spadix is of considerable length. 
Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Leaflet of the Perianth, with a Stamen. 3. Front 
view of a Stamen.— Magnified. 
