Our drawing was made from specimens communicated 
by Mr. Barclay, in August 1827. 
Stem erect, taper, smooth, pale green, marked all over 
with fine purple streaks, like what would be produced by 
the point of a needle. Leaves oblong, pinnatifid, spotted 
with white in the middle, few-toothed. Flowers terminal, 
usually growing in threes, opening in the morning, each 
with two small bractee. Calyx deciduous, 3-horned, 
3-leaved, pale green, unarmed. Petals large, white, mem- 
branous, somewhat plaited, consisting of 6, in two rows. 
Stamens numerous, short, hypogynous; anthers inserted by 
their base, rolled up at their apex. Ovarium 1-celled, 
with 4 parietal polyspermous placentas. Stigmas 4, lunate, 
incurved, sessile (not 3, as is inaccurately represented in 
the figure). 
EL. 
