length of the leaf-stalk, 

 from the axillae of the 1 

 than those of the leaves. 



The flowers are produced 



O 



pon stalks rather shorter 

 the outside of the flowers 



grow three ovate green bracteal leaves serrated at th 



where they 



-th 



heart-shaped : the 



involucrum, which is shorter than the sepals. 



composed of five sepals, united at their base 



The 



short bell-shaped tube ; they 



of an oblong figure, very 



convex, and obtuse at the point, each bearing below 



end a little bristl 



before they expand, these sepals 



are 



ghtly imbricated and coloured at the edges. . The petals 



th 



de of 



the sepals, and of the 



deep 



th a white streak along the middl 

 loner as the oetals. 



same form 

 on the outside deep 



in 



the 



The crown is about 



or 



pr 



petals, composed of several rows of taperin_ 

 es, which are collected into a cylinder, and are 

 white, with crimson bands on the lower half, a deep rich 

 violet on the upper half ; these processes are smaller in the 

 interior rows, but suddenly diminish into mere teeth. The 

 inside of the tube is surrounded by two narrow rims, of which 

 the upper is the broader. 



With the fruit we are not acquainted 



J. L. 



