the base so as to be subpanduriform. Racemes elongated, tapering, 
pedunculated ; peduncles terminal, solitary or three together. 
Flowers copious, white. Pedicels very short, clustered, havin 
one or two minute dracteas at the base. Calyx small (for the 
size of the corolla), cut about half way down into five subulate 
teeth. Corolla white; the tube three or four times as long as 
the calyx, curved, dilated upwards ; mouth, however, again con- 
tracted ; the Zim of five spreading, oval, obtuse, nearly equal 
segments, striated and transversely plicate. Sfamen included, 
white; two perfect with two-celled anthers, approximate ; two 
small filaments abortive. Ovary oblong. Style included ; stigma 
obtuse. 
Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Stamens. 3. Pistil :—magnified. 
