,'■ MON \NDRl A 1MONOGYM \. CtirCltnut. 



corol; anther rwo-tobed, linear, the under point of cadi lob 

 ending in n lone- sharp -pur. Germ below, Base of the 

 .<tt)/lp embraced with the usual two nectarial bodies, which in 

 tlii- species are larger; stigma large, globular, two-lipped, 

 somewhat marked. 



16. C. n clmata. /?. 



Bulbs fusiform, with scarcely any paimate tmber*, but 

 many soma colonred, oval, pendulous ones. Leave* petiot- 

 • (I. oblong, reclinate. 



Discovered l»\ H. T. Colebrooke, Elsq. in the interior parti 

 of India, a here it hlosjomn during the rains. 



li.ni a bulbous head, from which descend man) flesh) 

 film «•. i riding iii large, smooth, 01 *] rubers. Stem none, but 

 tlir height of die whole plant (viz. the spike) is about sm 

 inches; the leaves, being reclined, add nothing to its height. 

 Leave* radical (in tin' only plant at present inmj poasei 

 sion, firom which tfaia description is taken); four in number, 

 two en each side of the spike, embracing ii closely, « itli tin- 

 lower sheathing | >: » n of their petioles reclined, oblong, acute ; 

 margins slight!) raved; smooth on both aides j length, e* 

 elusive of tli< petiole, about nine inches, and about four of 

 five broad. Petioles, including 1 1 • « - sheathing base, from 

 three to four inches long, deeply channelled, and smooth. 

 Spike from s 1 1 « * centre of the leaves, its short scape entirely 

 hi<l l>\ then- sheaths, the rest loose! j imbricated, a itli large, 

 ovate, obtuse, expanded coloured bractes : the superior sterile, 

 and more deeply colonred as in the other species of this »- 

 milv : but here, and in n<> « >t In r il^i I have yet « en, are the 

 whole <l ( < pi) coloured. Flower* small, of a dull dark pink 

 colour. c\< < pi the kra < r segment of the inner border, « hicfa 

 is tinged with yellow. Calyx inflated, obscurely three- 

 toothed, tcarcel) half the length of the tube of the corol. 

 Tube of the corol sub-cyimdric ; throat camponulate. The 

 border, st<im>n, and pistil, as well as the nectarial scale* of 

 K6nig, ;iv in the other - pecies, alread) described. 



