colour is green, but red at the extremity. Head somewhat 
globose, lax, with numerous large, ovato-lanceolate, acumi- 
nate, concave, red bracteas, within each of which is a sessile 
cluster of several bracteated, rather bright orange-coloured 
flowers, of which cluster, two are generally open at the 
same time. Bracteas, as well as the whole flower, orange- 
coloured. Calyx, or outer perianth, of three erect, convo- 
lute, carinated leaves, as long as the tube of the corolla. 
Corolla tubular for the greater part of its length: limb 
decurved, double, the outer, of three nearly equal, concave, 
acute, deep orange-coloured segments, the inner of two 
paler ones, the upper larger, and in part embracing with its 
incurved sides the lower one or lip, which is irregular, 
laciniated, with one of the laciniz obliquely curved. To 
the inner side of the lower lip, and decurrent with the 
tube, is fixed the style, which is broad, flat, linear, remark- 
ably curved in its upper or free part, truncate at the ex- 
tremity: stigma oblique. Filament of the stamen broad, 
truncate, inserted on one side between the upper and lower 
inner petal. Germen inferior, subglobose. : 
For this handsome and graceful species of Purynium 
our country is indebted to Ricuarp Harrison, Esq. who 
introduced it from Brazil. The plant from which the 
accompanying drawing was taken, had flowered at Went- 
worth House, whence it was sent by the able Botanic gar- 
dener there, to the Messrs. Suepparps of Liverpool, who, 
judging from the flowering spike that the species was 
hitherto undescribed, at once obligingly forwarded it to me. 
I here follow the amiable and learned Mr. Roscoz in 
combining Cararnea with Purynium ; no satisfactory cha- 
racters, that I am aware of, having been yet pointed out, 
by which the two genera are to be distinguished. | 
P. coloratum flowered in Lord Mitron’s stove in the 
month of April, 1830. . 
Fig. 1. Flower. 2. The same; the Calyx and the three outer segments of 
the Corolla being removed. 3. Portion of the inner Limb of the Corolla, 
laid open to show the Stamen, and the free portion of the Style—Magnified. 
