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Flowers nodding, deep blue, without any 



their leaf-stalks. Perianthium campanulate, half superior 



with a spreading, 6-parted limb : its 



segments oblon 



obtuse, the alternate ones smaller and fringed, after flower- 

 ing twisted spirally. Stamens 6, inserted into the base 

 of the tube ; filaments short, smooth ; anthers converging 



beaked 



celled 



bursting length 



Ovari 



half 



superior, 3-celled, with about 9 ascending ovules 

 cell, fixed to a fleshy placenta; stt/le subulate 

 simple. 



stigma 



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