at the base of the spikes, approach to the size and figure of 

 the bracteas. Petioles about an inch long, flattened above, 

 and slightly marginated by the decurrent base of the leaf. 

 Spikes solitary, erect, one to two feet long. Rachis sharply 

 quadrangular, almost four-winged. Flowers large, dark 

 blue, opposite, in alternate pairs, which become remote as 

 the spike lengthens. Bracteas appressed, imbricating, their 

 extremities cuneato-lanceolate, dark green, acute, ciliated, 

 about an inch long ; the lowermost barren, and becoming 

 floral leaves. Interior two very small, scarcely longer than 

 the five calycine segments, and like them linear, pubescent. 

 Tube of the Corolla slender, pubescent, slightly enlarged 

 towards the mouth, about twice the length of the outer 

 bractea. Segments obovate, truncate, spreading, and flat, 

 equal, very pale below. Two filiform, barren stamens are 

 between the filaments. Anthers in the mouth of the co- 

 rolla, with parallel cells. 



This is almost an equally desirable inmate of the stove 

 with the well-known E. pulchellum, for although the flowers 

 are not so numerous as in that species, yet they are indivi- 

 dually larger, and quite as beautiful in colour. 



Our collections are indebted for its introduction to Dr. 

 Wallich. The plant from which our figure was taken, 

 flowered in the hothouse of the Glasgow Botanic Garden ; 

 but being a native of Nepal, it will probably succeed 

 equally well in the greenhouse. 



Fig. 1. Calyx and Bracteas. 2. Stamens. 3. Pistil. — Magnified. 



