of August following, the individual from which the annexed 
figure was taken. The plants in the stove did not blossom, only 
those which, after having attained a certain growth, were plant- 
ed in the open border. 
We are indebted for the eoeey of this plant to ‘Wikis 
HeEwstncer and Boser, who found it at Ramssina, in the 
province of Kmirna, Madagascar, and to CHARLES TELFAIR, 
Kisq. of the Mauritius, for its introduction to our gardens. In 
the structure of the flower, it has some affinity with Hypiis, 
but it seems to me to be abundantly different from that and 
every other described genus. Hence I have named it from the 
circumstance of its densely crowded spikes of flowers. 
Fig. 1. Flower in its natural position. Fig. 2. Corolla cut open, to shew 
the insertion of the stamens. Fig. 3. Calyx, style and stigma. Fig. 4. 
Calyx with ripe fruit. Fig. 5. Seeds, or achenia—All more or less mag- 
nified. 
