5c UOMANVW.Z& HON^OGY.f lA. ^tngrber. 



other 3C!tammeou« plantS;, about two or three feet high, leaves includ- 

 ed. — Leaves somewhat petioled, bifarious, lanceolate, acute, tending 

 to cue side, smooth, finely veined ; about twelve inches long, and from 

 three to four broad. — Spikes remote from the stems just appearing 

 above the ground when in flower, imbricated with lax, lanceolate, red- 

 dish, one-flowered bractes. — Flowers solitary, colour a raixture of red 

 and yellow. — Bractes, besides the exterior one already mentioned, 

 there isaninterior one for each flower between itandtherachis, wh.ch 

 is linear, with an obtuse, notched apex. — Cahjx one-leaved, tubular, 

 above, membranaceous; twoj/M toothed. — Co;oZ; Tube cylindric, 

 erect, considerably longer than the bractes. Border double. Exterior 

 three-parted; in this plant the two approximated divisions are above, 

 linear, pointed, and recurved, sometimes resolute ; the lower division 

 sland.^ >ingle, and is like the superior two, linear and revo'.ule ; all are 

 of a bright red colour. Interior, or Up single, broad, obtuse, reilex- 

 t d over the superior two divisions of the exterior border. — Filament^ 

 and anthers <as in the other species. — Stj//e rather louger than the 

 horn of the anther. Stigma perforated, and ciliate. Tv\o similar 

 aul-shaped nectarial bodies at the base of the style, are also present 

 here. 



Obs. I have not found that the natives make any use of this plant, 



5. Z. ligulat'/m. R. 



Leaves approximate, sessile, lanceolate. Spikeshx, more than 

 half hid in the earth, obovate. Bractes cuneiform. Lip sub-hastate. 



A native of Hindoosthan. Flowering time iu the Botanic Gardea 

 the rainy season; the seeds ripen in November and December. 



Eoo^jointed, running horizon tally at some depth under the surface 

 of the earth, and furnished with long fleshy fibres from the joints ; from 

 these joints shoots rise, ^nd by them the plant is readily propagat- 

 ed. — Stems about two feethigh, bending considerably to one side. — 

 Leaves alternate, approximate, bifarious, sessile on their sheaths, from 

 cordate below to luuceolate toward the top of the plant, both sides 

 •-.;. oth, aud uiuiUd %\ith parallel veins, the undej: side paler green^ 



