coriaceous, sides undulate, deep green and shining above, 

 paler and sub-glaucous beneath ; costa dorsally as thick aa 

 the thumb towards the base, marked by linear depressions 

 giving a striate appearance, nerves very many, spreading ; 

 petiole obtusely trigonous, an inch in diameter. Peduncle 

 inclined, six to ten inches long, terete, half an inch in 

 diameter, pale green. SpatJie six inches long, erect, coria- 

 ceously fleshy, constricted about the middle, below vrliich 

 it is convolute, ovoid, tapering to the base, above it 

 cymbiform, obtuse, pale yellowish-green externally, bright 

 carmine within, with white margins. Spadix as long as 

 the spathe, shortly and stoutly stipitate, cylindric, obtuse, 

 male portion four to five times longer than the female. 

 Anthers yellow, rather large, truncate. Ovaries very minute, 

 densely crowded ; stigmas large, sessile, capitate — J. D. H. 



Fig. 1, base of spadix ; 2, anthers ; 3, ovaries j 4, vertical section of ovary :— 

 all enlarged ; 6, reduced view of whole plant. 



