of an inch long. Perianth white, funnel-shaped, an inch 
long, the oblong segments, which spread almost horizon- 
tally when fully expanded, as long as the tube. Stamens 
six, inserted on the same level at the throat of the tube. 
Filaments petaloid, with three large linear teeth at the top, 
the middle one of which bears the yellow ligulate versatile 
anther. Ovary globose; ovules two to three in a cell. 
Style filiform, exserted, straight, distinctly tricuspidate 
at the stigmatose tip.—J. G. Baker. 
Fig. 1, Entire flower cut open; 2, a single anther; 3, horizontal section of 
ovary :—all magnified. 
