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bulbs; the ftalk is double-edged (anccps), 

 flat and twilled; four leaves are at the 

 root; they are ovato-lanceolated ; the fifth 

 is lanceolated, and ends below in a fheath ; 

 the braclea of every flower is as long as the 

 pericardium; the three outward petals are 

 oblong, with reflected margins, and the two 

 inner ones equally broad; the upper lip is 

 bigger than ufual in the other fpecies, the 

 lower or under-lip is quadrilaciniated, very 

 much reflected on the margin, foftly lanated 

 towards the point, and of a chefnut-brown 

 colour, acrofs which runs a Alining ftripe ; the 

 two middlemoft la emits are the longed ; the 

 filaments are thread-fhaped ; the ant hertz are 

 oval, and yellow. 



In the evening I had the honour of fpeak- 

 ing to two Spanifh priefls, one of whom offer- 

 ed to accompany me to the town of St. Lucar, 

 but I was hindered from going by the night 

 and other circumftances. The next day I went 

 on-board, and this was the lafl time that I law 

 this agreeable place. 



March 



