it from the same country, and hitherto unpublished, will 

 eventually prove wholly distinct, is, 1 think, doubtful ; they 

 will probably be extensively hybridized, and thus blended for 

 all but horticultural purposes. 



Descr. A tall succulent herb, two feet high. Rhizome 

 stout. Stem pubescent, as thick as the little finger, purplish. 

 Leaves six to eight inches in diameter, obliquely orbicular- 

 cordate, obtuse, lobulate and crenate, pubescent, dull green 

 above, nerves radiating ; petioles stout, three to five inches 

 long. Peduncles axillary, stout, longer than the petioles, 

 bibracteate at the middle, two-flowered ; pedicels slender ; 

 bracts and bracteoles one-third to two-thirds of an inch long, 

 pale, oblong, obtuse, ciliate. Flowers two to two and a hall 

 inches in diameter. Female perianth five-peltated, blight 

 rose-red ; petals obovate retuse or emarginate. Styles three, 

 bifid, the arms twisted and surrounded with a spiral, papillose 

 band. Ovary three-lobed, with two short wings, and the third 

 produced into a wedge-shaped form. Placenta bifid, the seg- 

 ments lobed and covered evervwhere with ovules. — /, D. II. 



Fig. 1. Transverse section of ovary, — magnified. 



