Petals five, clawed, white or cream-colour. Anthers collected into 

 a head upon the top of a long stipes or torus ; the cells oblong, 

 opening vertically. Within these, and supported by the same torus 

 is the pistil; consisting of a subglobose, five-angled, stellately 

 pubescent germen or ovary, crowned by a sessile blunt smooth 

 stigma. 



Pig, 1. Calyx with the torus and anthers collected into a head, enclosing the 

 pistil. 2. Petal. 3. Pistil :— magnified. 



