40 JJo NT .ill DP I A iMONtYNIA. A/}io,nun:\ 



slightly pubeyct'Ut ; from five to ten feet higli.- — Lf«t\\J alternate, bi- 

 i'arioiis, verv sliuit-peiu'ied, coKiate-lanccoiale, mucronate, sinooih, 

 dark green jgtiKial itbgth from twelve to eighteen inches, and from 

 three to four inches .broad. — S/icatfis half stem-clasping, villous on 

 the oulyide. Ligu'a short, mid of a semi-lunar shap.e.^^^'ffl/Jf's issuing 

 from tiiC blue of the stem, under the surface of the groun<!, v>hero 

 it joMJs the. i;Qoi, diverging a little way under the surface of the earth, 

 invested iu ovai, ileshy scales ; those next to the spike longer, and 

 more poml.ed.~^Spikes obovate, lising obliquely among, or near the 

 stemi,;-just so much as to elevate it*! tlo.ver-bearing apex above the 

 surface of the earth. — Fhaers nauierous, and expand in succession; 

 prevailing colour deep orange. — /^;t/c/£'s,ex/e/'/o;' one-flowered, linear- 

 oblong, length of die tube of tire corol ; inner tubular with two-tooth- 

 ed margin, and inserted round the base of the germ, like an inferior 

 pi;riaudi. — Cuhx above, tubular, two or three-toolhed.— Coao/, (uOe 

 slightly incurved. iJucriw bonier unee-parled; se^jj<ents uuetiuai, 

 erect, oblong, obtuse, the muidle one larger, concave am! incumbent 

 over tiie lissure of the inner bonier, togeUiir lonnmg a campaiiui^te 

 tube. Lip, sub-roamiJ, vvilh cienulate, curled maigui, and marked 

 with beaujful ciunson spots down tl.e middle, on the inside.— i'/Vw- 

 ni^iit erect, wiui a hornlel on each side of iis base. Anther tv:o-lob- 

 eJ ; /(j6c;5 liueai-obloug, and surmounted with a broad, ihreedobiud 

 crest. — G^nn .nferior, tlnee-celled, with many ovula in each, attacii- 

 ed to the inner angle. Stigma funnel-shaped. — Capxu/e the size of a 

 large mitmeg, oval, (not sulcatc as iu Koenlg's Amontniit or Ctobba 

 erispa, Rdz. o6s. 3. p. 5'J.) but thickly beset.Uiith numerous, stout 

 prickles, three-oellel, three-valved ; valves lleshy (not nuciform as. in 

 Ghfhhti ciiipa, Rurnph. amb^ 6. p. 137)- i^ra-^;7/o?/.s' membranaceous. 

 — Seed--, iuuiyaa each cell, oval, smooth, bro^rn ; surrounded with a 

 ,:jial0,ngt^iaauous,. sweetish-acid pulp ox aril, inteimixcd with fine 

 ,:\^»^Urtii[iilA;nenis, and attached to a central receptacle, by very slender 

 c !r is, which are enveloped in the same gelatinous pulp which siir- 

 V rounded the setd.— Peris/?erni, w hite,"cartiIaginous.— F?Ve//us, near- 

 ^ ,1_) sphericai^ .lodged about the middle of liie perisperm, and of a 



