spots at the base, and two. orange dots in the sinuses 
ie lobes. In the centre of the flower is a large almost globose 
_ torus or fleshy disc, bearing the petals and stamens, and in which — 
_ the ovary is partly immersed. S/amens twelve, hairy. Filaments 
subulate, the upper much incurved, and bearing the oblong 
anther, a little cordate at the base, acute at the point and there 
opening with two oval pores. Ovary small, ovate. Style short, 
lobe : little longer than the stamens. Stigma obtuse, obscurely 
lo ' | | 
Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Petal. 3. Torus with stamens and pistil. 4. Single 
-stamen. 5. Torus and Pistil:—all more or less magnified. 
