somewhat decimate, from two to four feet liigh.— Xcatcs alternute, 

 bifarious, sessile on their sheaths, smooth on both sides ; general 

 length about twelve inches, and from four to five broad. — Sheaths with 

 a large, membranaceous, sUpuIary process at the mouth. — Spikes se- 

 veral from the base uf the .stems, where they join the root, haifinv 

 mersed in the earth, sub-obovate, fastigiatc, laxiy imbricated with nu- 

 merous straiglit, erect, linear-lanceolate, acute, involute, red, slightly 

 villous, exterior bructc^. Inner uractes, or inferior perianth the length 

 of the tube, but shorter than the exterior bracte->, and irregularly 

 tri-dentate. — Cali/x superior, sub-cylindric, membranaceous, pellu- 

 cid, most slightly villous; 7«o«^//., three-toothed. — Corol with along, 

 slenHer, iviiiuh'c U\h'i ; segments of the exterior border iinear-lan- 

 ceolale, acute, red. Lip ovate-oblong, entirey speckled with red and 

 yellow. — niament scarcely any. Anther of two long lobe; crowned 

 vvitn the lung, characteristic, curved horn, which is ir:cumbeu< cu .tnd 

 reaches to the apex of the lip. — Nectariaijdumer:tsib^ Kojiig oblong, 

 and obtuse. — Germ hairy, three-celled, with many ovula in each, 

 attached to the axis. Stigma funnel-shaped, and ciliate. — Capsuk 



7. Z. squarrosum. R. 



Leaves lanceolar. Spikes squarrose, SiaH immersed in the eartb. 

 Bractes linear, with long, taper, waved, recurved apices. Lip three- 

 lobed, apex bifid. 



A native of Burma, where it ripens its seeds in December. From 

 Rangoon Mr. F. Carey sent the fresh roots, entire capsules, and ripe 

 seeds to tins garden, where the plants from both the seeds and root;?, 

 grow freely, and the latter blossomed in August. 



Root tuber(JU3, as i» ginger, Scc. — Stems herbaceous., considerably 

 recurvate, from two to three feet high, entirely hid in the sheaths of 

 the leaves.— LeaxPCS bifarious, sessile,lanceohvr, smooth above, slightly 

 villouij underneath, cuspidate.— 67/gflf 7/5 with two large conical pro- 

 cesses rising from their months, one on each side. — Spikes froju the 

 base of the stems, three fourtli;, hid in the earih, ovate, laxK nnbri- 

 cated, size of n goose-egg,— Br/^c^es green ; thr exierior -oluarv. ane^ 



