purple, ciliated at the apex. Ovary five-celled, crowned just 

 within the mouth of the calyx with five large emarginate scales, 

 ciliato- dentate at the edge. Petals rather large, bright purple, 

 oval, paler beneath. Stamens ten, alternately smaller. Fi- 

 laments of the larger ones branched, with the lesser branch 

 short, and sub-four-lobed : simple in the smaller ones, and 

 bearing a sterile linear anther. Anther of the fertile stamen 

 linear-acuminate, with one pore at the extremity. Style filiform. 

 Stigma obtuse. 



Fig. 1. Petal. %. Sterile and fertile stamens. 3. Calyx, including the pistil. 

 4. Portion of the calyx removed, showing the epigynous scales. 5. Transverse 

 section of an ovary : — magnified. 



