The nature of the singular body which occupies th?) 
lace of the stigma in this genus deserves investigatiol 
hich part of it is the stigmatic surface? What is the 
nature of the four lines which radiate from the centre 0 
the disk, and become forked just withinside the margiD: 
Does the under surface of the disk exercise any functiol’ 
connected with those of the stigma? By what means }§ 
the pollen conveyed to the apparent stigma ? 
A stemless, herbaceous plant, with a prostrate, sbtl 
velled root-stock, like that of Iris. Leaves erect, a foot long; 
lanceolate, cartilaginous, flat, acuminate, dark-green, ob- 
soletely 7-nerved, quite smooth on each side; footstalk 
rigid, compressed, half-round, channelled, about thre? 
inches long. lowers solitary, growing from the root, aD 
scarcely elevated above the surface of the soil. Periant 
cernuous, campanulate, fleshy, pale green outside, dotted 
with purple on the inside; segments 8, ovate, obtuse: 
Anthers 8, sessile. Stigma clypeate, very large, filling th? 
whole orifice of the flower. 
Requires the heat of a stove. The proper soil is 4 
light peaty loam. rai 
