forms a ring within, above the base of the perianth, is fleshy, 
and singularly involute; /imé of five, narrow ovate segments, 
_ hooked at the points. The,ovary is small, half sunk into the base 
of the perianth, three-celled, each cell with one ovule. Style 
terete, as long as the tube of the perianth. Stzgma three-lobed. 
Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Flower laid open to show the interior, the annulus, 
style, and stamens. 3. Base of the flower cut through vertically. 4. Base of 
the disc. 5, 6. Leaf:—magnified.. 
