thirty to one hundred, in a dense umbel; pedicels one- 
quarter’to half an inch long. Perianth bright purple, one- 
third of an inch deep, the linear acute divisions spreading 
horizontally above a permanent basal cup. Stamens finally 
just exserted; filaments uniform, subulate ; anthers oblong. 
Capsule globose, scarcely at all crested on the back of the 
valves; seeds usually two in a cell.—J. G@. Baker. 
Fig. 1, A single flower ; 2, pistil : both magnified. 
