panulate, shortly 5-toothed, glabrous. Pe¢a/s one to one and 
a half inches long, with long slender erect claws gradually 
dilating into a spathulate or oblong or elliptic obtuse entire 
or obscurely sinuate spreading limb. S/aminal-tube shorter 
than the petals, slender, slightly dilated upwards; mouth 
fimbriate, the numerous subulate segments spreading like a 
star; anthers small, oblong, obtuse. Stigma mallet-shaped, 
truncate, sides grooved, top glandular. Ovary 5-celled. Cap- 
sule as big as a small hazel, glabrous, black, coriaceous, valves 
white inside. Seeds rather large, convex on the back.— 
J.D. H. 
Fig. 1, Flower with petals removed; 2, portion of mouth of staminal tubes 
with anthers and processes ; 3, stigma; 4, ovary ; 5, transverse section of ditto :— 
all enlarged. : 
