length tVom three to twelve inclies, and breadtli about four. — Shsaths 

 sniooth, from the nioulh of each rise.^ a remarkably larjre long strap^ 

 or ligiib, wiu'ch bv the growth of the plant becomes bif.d, and by r.^e 

 scariose. — Spikes radical^ half hid in the ^arth, oblong, loosely im- 

 bricated with cuneiform, pink-co!oured, one-flowered, oxtcrior scale<^r 

 or bractes; and the same number of insier colourless, tridentatd 

 shoitor bractes ; or, as they may be called, inferior perianths. — Calyx 

 superior, one-leaved;, spathiforiB, about h..lt the length of the tube, of 

 the co'.oi, irregaiarly tiidentate. — Corel. Tale^XftnAcy, tl.to length of 

 the exterior scales of the spike, incurved. Exterior border of three, 

 nearly equal, linear, acutt;, smooth, reddish divisions. Lip oblong, 

 obtuse; margins much curled, wiih two expanding, more or less acute 

 lobes at tlie very base ; colour a pale yellow. — I'llamcnt short ; be- 

 \ov: i\ic two-L<bed a7ither, linear, ending above ia the usual long, 

 taper, curved, grooved beak. — Germ oval, villous, ihrec-celled, each 

 coutiii::^'Jg many ovala, attached to a central receptacle. Slijle very 

 slender, and so long as lo elevate the funnel-shaped, ciliatc stigma to 

 m equal heiglit with the apex of the filament. — Nectarial scAes long 

 aiid slender, embracing the base of the style within the bottom of the 

 tube of the corol. — Capsule ovate, size of a large olive, three-sided, 

 three-celled, ihree-valved, opening from the apex down the angles ; 

 iinide of the cells crimson. — Calyx leathery, striated, pale, dull yel- 

 lowish straw colour. — Secdii rnauy, oval, blackish brown ; a liitle 

 rugose, ariiled. Aril white, neaily complete, and ragged at the upper 

 end. — Perispenn conform to the seed, cinereous. — E/nbrj/o cylin- 

 dric, central, nearly as long as the perisperm. 



6. Z. rubens. R. 



Leaves lanceolar. Spikes lax, half immersed in the earth. JBrac- 

 te$ iiuear-lanceoiat£j straight. Lip narrow-ovate, entire. 



A nati.e of the interior oi Bengal; from the distiict oi Riingpore 

 Dr. Buchanan sent the pluuts to the Botauic Garden, whsiethey 

 ilossom in August. 



Root tuberousj 5^,c- as it ti^e other species. - 5'i'fw* herbaceous, 



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