cut about half way down into five broad and acute lobes. 

 Stamens ten, inserted below the fleshy ring or disk, 

 alternately longer. Filaments broad, erect, but slightly 

 incurved. Anthers short, roundish, each tipped with a soft 

 mucro. Ovary small, almost conical, striated, sunk into a 

 double fleshy annulus or disk. Fruit unknown to me. 



Fig. 1. Flower and Flower-stalk, the Petals being removed. 2. Calyx 

 and Pistil, with the double ring or annulus at the base. 3. Vertical 

 section of the same. 4. Stamen : — all magnified. 



