upwards ; the limb two-lipped, whitish, dashed with a few 
red spots: upper lip erect, ovate, entire, or a little notched, 
plane, having a narrow groove in the centre, in which the 
style is lodged, and three parallel nerves on each side: 
lower lip broadly ovato-oblong, obtuse, reflexed, promi- 
nent in the middle, three-lobed at the extremity, three- 
nerved, the central nerve pinnated with oblique veins on both 
sides; the lateral ones only on the outside: the nerves are 
very prominent on the underside, so as to form pits or hol- 
lows between the veins. Stamens two. Filaments white, 
shorter than the upper lip, against which they stand : An- 
thers of two conduplicate, yellowish-white lobes, of which 
one is rounded or hemispherical, the other oblong and acu- 
minated ; both containing large globular grains of pollen. 
Germen ovate, seated upon a large yellow-green gland, 
tapering upwards into a white filiform style: Stzgma simple, 
reddish. | 
This is a native of China, and was introduced thence to 
the Calcutta Botanic Garden by Mr. Reeves, and from Cal- 
cutta, seeds were sent to the Messrs. Surepuerps in Liverpool, 
in 1825. The plant-flowers in the stove in April. As a 
species, it will, perhaps, rank near J. Ecbolium, having a 
similar bracteated spike: but the flowers are very different, 
and very beautiful in their structure when examined with 
a little attention, and with the assistance of a microscope. 
Fig. 1. Single Flower. 2. Upper Lip of the Corolla, with a portion of the 
Style lodged in the Groove. 3. Lower Lip, seen from the underside. 4. 
Anther, 5. Pistil :—All more or less magnified. 
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