widened and sheathing at the base, with a broadish scarious 

 margin, and the blade widens from upwards from the top of 

 the stalk, becomes broadish and bilobed, forming two sharp- 

 ]5ointed divisions, the leaves are feather-veined and strongly 

 plaited in the direction of the veins. The singular bilobing of 

 the leaves, and their very obvious plaiting, give them a very 

 marked character, the interest of which is heightened by the 

 comparison between the larger leaves of later development 

 and their miniature representations near the base of the 

 plant." 



It is a small-growing species, and is well worthy of culti- 

 vation by all interested in this beautiful tribe of plants. 



