less carinated : from this central rib, there branch off on 
each side several rather distant, patenti-oblique, parallel 
ones, which, where they approach the margin, run for a 
considerable way up close with it: at their axils is a thick- 
ened gland. AIL these lateral ribs or nerves are connected 
by less distinct, reticulated veins. Petiole semiterete, thick- 
ened upwards, especially where it unites with the midrib 
behind, sheathing at the base, whence arises the scape, 
scarcely a span high, terete in my specimens. Spatha 
ovato-lanceolate, membranous, reflexed, purplish - brown, 
shorter than the cylindrical spadix, which is purplish, more 
or less tinged with green. 
This fine plant, to the foliage of which, a drawing on the 
largest sized paper could scarcely do justice, was sent to 
our stoves from Demerara, by Jamzs Fraser, Esq. of Bella- 
drum, near Inverness, a gentleman who has contributed 
many rare plants from the same country to our Botanic 
Garden. It flowered in the month of January, 1830. 
Notwithstanding some slight discrepancies, I am dis- 
posed to consider this species to be the same with the one 
above referred to in Jacguin’s Icones; but the scape is there 
angular in its upper part, the spadix is slenderer, and the 
leaves are more acuminated. The foliage agrees better 
with the description of Humnoxpr’s P. crassinervia; but 
then he describes the spadix as a foot long, on which 
account, probably, he is doubtful if it be identical with 
J acqurn’s plant. 
—— 
Fig. 1. Plant much reduced. 2, Base of a Leaf, and a flowering Scape, 
nat. size. 
