middle (geniculated) and rises upwards, so that the rich coloured 
stipites are erect, the style standing forward, and the whole circle 
of brilliantly coloured pistils forming a, corona to the umbel ; the 
fourth sepal within the crown. is the last to separate | from the 
stigma, and collectively,| for atime, they form ‘a sort. of inner 
corona: they soon become flaccid and. deciduous, when the 
richly-coloured pistils remain like the skeleton or frame of some 
beautiful piece of basket-work: the lower half vertical, the upper 
half inclining outwards nearly horizontally... The lower. half is 
constituted by the stipes, which has a long adnate deep, blood- 
coloured scale at the base. |The geniculation takes place at the 
ovary, which is small, silky, and contains several ovules. The 
style exactly resembles the stipes. Stigma an oblique compressed 
lateral dilated golden disc.) Fruita follicular nearly terete capsule, 
about. as large as the little finger, apiculate, woody, chocolate- 
brown, opening longitudinally on one side for its whole length. 
From some remnants of seeds, it is evident they are winged. 
* In the specimen sent by Dr. Balfour, two peduncles spring from the apex of 
a branch, each bearing an umbel. : 
Fig.1. Bud, 2. Expanded. flower:—slightly magnified. 8. Follicle :-— 
natural size. 
