they always come in pairs we are unable to say with cer- 

 tainty, our specimen had only two, but on other parts of the 

 same plant we found the remains of five, and even as many 

 as eight of these spikes. They are each' from four to six 

 inches long, with numerous cucullate, roundish acuminate 

 bracteae, so closely imbricated at first as almost to conceal 

 the flowers, which are small and produced on round, pale 

 green, short foot-stalks. Sepals fleshy, conniving, the upper 

 one arched, and rising nearly erect, three veined on the out- 

 side, which is of a dull green. The inside is a yellowish 

 green, beautifully marked with small dark brown spots. 

 The two lower sepals are partlv connected together, and of a 

 much darker colour and more glossy than the upper. Pctah 

 small, embracing the column, or closely joined to it ; some- 

 what cordate and pointed, of a dull green with their edges 

 tinged with broMu. Lahelhim entire, rounded at the point 

 and slightly undulated at the margin, which is also tinged 

 like the petals. Column round, somewhat bent and club- 

 shaped, largest towards the point." 



