or recurved, subulate odes. Petals five, spathulate, the claws 
erect, linear, so closely placed as to form a tube ; the dmb exactly 
horizontally patent, oval or obovate, obscurely crenate at the 
margin. Sfamens cylindrical; sfy/e nearly equal in height and 
equal to the claws of the corolla, not protruded beyond the faux. 
Filaments between filiform and subulate ; anthers oblong. Stigma 
capitate, two-lobed. 
Fig. 1. Flower. 2 The same with the petals removed :—magnified. 
