PHRYNIUM CYLINDRICUM. 
MONANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
SECT. I. CANN. 
Gey. Cuar.—Anther single, attached to the margin of the filament; style tubular, revolute, truncate; stigma 
simple, orbicular; capsule three-celled; seeds three. 
Srec. Cuar.—Spike rising from the petiole, cylindrical, erect ; outer bracte heart-shaped, reflexed at the apex, 
producing flowers in pairs; leaves broad-ovate, inaequilateral, slightly mucronate at the apex, 
strongly nerved; flowers tubular, pale straw-colour. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Root tuberous ; plant three feet high; stem formed of the sheathing foot-stalks of the leaves; the true 
petiole 6—8 inches long, round, smooth, terminating next the leaf in an almost black or dark purple ganglion, 
an inch long or upwards, with a few scattered hairs on the upper side; leaves large, oblong-ovate, very 
inzequilateral, strongly nerved, mucronate at the apex, mid-rib green above, slightly coloured below ; scape 
rising from the sheathing of the flowering petiole, round, hairy for two or three inches above the petiole, 
terminating in a regular, cylindrical spike, 5-6 inches long; outer bracte heart-shaped, pale green, smooth, 
reflexed and slightly crenulate at the apex; opposite winged or carinate bracte broad-ovate, pellucid; inner 
bractes diaphanous ; inflorescence glumaceous; flowers rising in pairs; calyx of three lanceolate leaflets, pellucid, 
erect, converging, half the length of the flowers; tube cylindrical, upwards of an inch in length, expanding 
into a double border; outer border in three ovate, equal sections; inner border with a double lip; upper 
lip hooded, irregular, covering the style; lower lip antheriferous, supporting the anther on a short filament ; 
style tubular, truncate at the apex; stigma simple, orbicular, smooth; capsule three-celled; seeds three. 
OBSERVATIONS. 
This plant, which in its general habit and appearance, bears a strong resemblance to a Curcuma, was 
introduced from the Brazils by Richard Harrison, Esq. at Aighburgh, near Liverpool, who presented a fine 
specimen of it to the Botanic Garden there, where it flowered at the end of February 1827, and is now, we 
believe, figured, named, and described for the first time. 
It is impossible to contemplate, without the greatest pleasure, the beautiful uniformity which prevails in 
the generic characters of this very extensive genus, and at the same time to observe the infinite diversity 
which distinguishes the species in their varied characters and modes of inflorescence, particularly in the 
conformation -of their bractes. Such has been the influx of these plants of late from the tropical climates 
of America, that it is probable they will, ere long, become the most numerous of all the tribe. 
REFERENCES. 
. Outer bracte. 
. Opposite carinate or winged bracte. 
. Interior bracte. 
. Floral bractes, inclosing two young flowers. 
Germen, calyx and corolla. 
Leaflets of the calyx. 
. Tube and outer limb of corolla. 
. Sections of outer limb of corolla. 
. Inner limb of corolla. 
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. Upper and lower lip of interior limb of corolla. 
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. Anther, style and stigma. 
