Inflorescence terminal, nearly glabrous; peduncle very short, 
stout. Flowers three-quarters of an inch diameter, crowded 
in a dense ovoid almost capitate panicle two inches long; 
pedicels very short, glabrous. Sepals oblong, obtuse, concave, 
glabrous, white, tipped with violet. Peta/s more than twice 
as large as the sepals, obovate, concave, rounded at the tip, 
violet except at the base, which is white. Stamens 6, sub- 
equal ; filaments very short, stout, obovoid; anther longer 
than the filament, rather slender. Ovary subglobose ; style 
straight, or nearly so, stigma obtuse—/. D. H. 
Fig. 1, Flower; 2, petal and stamen; 3, apex of pedicel and stamens; 4, 
pistil :—all magnified. 
