_ conspicuous in the dried specimens. Pedunc/e short, terminal, — 
_ usually shorter than the petioles, solitary, erect, bearing an erect, — 
_ oblong, dense, thyrsoid raceme of pale purplish flowers. Sepals — 
and pefals nearly equal. Stamens three, staminodia with a pencil 
_ of beaded hairs. Ovary covered with long hairs. 
Fig. 1. Flower. 2 and 3. Stamens. 4. Staminodium. 5. Beaded hair from 
_ the same. 6. Ovary :—all magnified. 
