SPATHA terminal, about six inches in length, of a glaucous hue, with a
fine bright purple at its base, running out to a long point,
opening above from the base to within about an inch of the apex,
where the edges roll over to one side, forming an angle of about
forty-five degrees, and containing about six flowers.

FLOWERS of a bright orange colour, becoming upright, when perfectly
detached from the spatha, which each flower is a considerable time
in accomplishing. In the plant at Chelsea, the two back petals,
or, more properly segments of the first flower, sprang forth with
the nectary, and while the former became immediately vertical, the
latter formed nearly the same angle as the spatha; four days
afterwards the remaining segment of the first flower, with the two
segments and nectary of the second came forth, and in the same
manner at similar intervals all the flowers, which were six in
number, continued to make their appearance.

COROLLA deeply divided into three segments, which are ovato-lanceolate,
slightly keeled, and somewhat concave, at the base white, fleshy,
and covered with a glutinous substance flowing in great quantities
from the nectary.

NECTARY of a fine azure blue and most singular form, composed of two
petals, the upper petal very short and broad, with a whitish mucro
or point, the sides of which lap over the base of the other petal;
inferior petal about two inches and a half in length, the lower
half somewhat triangular, grooved on the two lowermost sides, and
keeled at bottom, the keel running straight to its extremity, the
upper half gradually dilating towards the base, runs out into two
lobes more or less obtuse, which give it an arrow-shaped form,