36 _MONANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Cureumas. 
corol ; anther two-lobed, linear, the under point of éach lobe 
ending in a long sharp spur. Germ below. Base of the 
style embraced with the usual two nectarial bodies, which in 
this species are larger; i he mats globular, two-lipped, 
— marked. an 
“16, C. ‘sooleuldi R. nts 
Bulbs fusiform, with scarcely any palite vilibiasd but 
many straw-coloured, oval, pendulous ones, Leaves — 
ed, oblong, reclinate. 
» Discovered by H. T. Colebrooke, Esq. in the into parts 
of India, where it blossoms during the rains, 
_ Root .a bulbous head, from iehicks descend many flechy 
Slréa) ending in large, smooth, oval tubers. . Stem-none, but 
the. height of the whole plant (viz. the. spike) is aboutsix 
inches; the leaves, being reclined, add nothing to its height. 5 
Leaves radical (in the only plant at present in my posses- 
sion, from which this description is taken); four in number, 
two. on each side of the spike, embracing it closely, with the 
lower sheathing ‘part of their petioles reclined, oblong, acute 5 _ 
margins slightly waved ; smooth on both sides; length, ex- — 
clusive’ ofthe petiole, about nine inches, and about four or: 3 
five broad. Petioles, including the oe: base, from: — 
three to four inches long, deeply ch and smooth. 
Spike from the’ centre. of the 1 t 
ovate, obtuse, expanded eoloured bractes: actbeiceaarde i 
and more deeply coloured as in the other species of this fa-_ 
mily ; but here, and in no other that I have yet seen, are the _ 
whole deeply coloured. Flowers small, of a dull dark pink | 
colour, ‘except. the lower segment of the inner border, which — 
is tinged with yellow. © Calyx inflated, obscurely three- — 
toothed, scarcely half the length of the tube of the corol. 
_ Tube of the: corol oe shone hips Tv 
