There exist no figures of this fine plant, that I am aware 
of, except those of Jacquin and Pi.umiee, ahove quoted, the 
latter of which gives a very much reduced representation of it. 
In both of these, however, the midrib and the lateral nerves 
are so distinctly marked, that I cannot but wonder at the leaves 
being defined by Linn^us and all succeeding authors as 
" ene?"via." This character, indeed, is meant to be put in op- 
position to the distinguishing mark of P. lanceolata ; the fo- 
liage of which, besides having a midrib, is furnished with a la- 
teral nerve on each side, near the margin, which give rise to the 
term '\ folia trinervia." 
Jacquin mentions this species as an inhabitant of the vast 
mountain forests of Martinique, in which island it is known by 
the name of Rafs-tail. 
It has flowered in the stoves both of the Liverpool and 
Glasgow Botanic gardens, and was received by them from Ja- 
maica. According to the Hortus Kewensis, its first introduc- 
tion into Britain was in 1790, when it was brought by 
Elcock, Esq. from Barbadoes. 
Fig. 1. Leaf of a very young plant; and Fig. 2. Full grown Spadix, natu- 
ral size. Fig. 3. Portion of the spadix, with flowers. Fig, 4. Young 
stanaens. Fig. 5. The same, more advanced. Fig. 6. Pistil — All bu^ 
Figs. 1. & 2. more or less magnified. 
