Lower leaves about 9 inches long, or more, tapering 

 gradually to each end ; the upper cordate, and not more 

 than half the size. Of the bractea, the lowest is spathaceous 

 and cucullate, the upper ones membranous, sometimes 

 rounded, and broader than long, more frequently oblong, 

 and much longer than the ovarium and calyx taken together; 

 all of them glaucous. Calyx glaucous. The revolute 

 petal more deeply spotted than the rest. 



J. L. 



