Mr. Talbot considers it to be the rare and little known 

 H. spicatus of Smith, which Dr. Sibthorp also gathered in 

 the island of Zante, where it is said to be called BorboL 

 As a species it is well marked by its crow^ned sessile half erect 

 flowers, and the double membranous bracts that subtend it. 

 These are unequal, attached as it were by one edge, and 

 slightly toothed ; they are correctly represented at fig. 2. 

 Fig. 1, shews the structure of the perianth when cut open. 



