NOTES ON THE GENUS DORYANTHES, ETC. 83 
Scape rarely erect, from 6 to 8 feet high, clothed with acute 
lanceolate leafy bracts becoming broader towards the apex. 
nflorescence about 4 feet long, thyrsoid, loose of many long 
few-flowered spikes, the primary rachis being about 14 inches, 
than the tube of the periant 
Stamens shorter than the segments of the flower, gradually 
sequence somewhat secund, or all bearing towards the ape side. 
From both of the preceding D. excelsa can at sight be recognized 
by its large yes head of flowers on a perfectly straight oe 
stem, and its narrower slightly-ribbed leaves and recu 
segments of be perianth, 
