centre of the petal, from their original position in the hood 
of the petal, became coiled up as represented in figure 7. In 
some other species the anthers themselves, after fertilization, 
became spirally coiled. The specimen figured was raised 
from seeds received from Mr. Thompson, of Ipswich, under 
the name of Loasa. Wallisit. 
Drscr. An erect, much-branched, bushy, leafy herb, two 
to three feet high, clothed everywhere with spreading, stinging 
bristles. Leaves three to six inches broad, petioled, tripartite, 
the segments with long petioles, ovate, or ovate-lanceolate, or 
obovate, acuminate, lobulate and coarsely serrate, the lateral 
petiolules with two or three smaller sessile leaflets. Racemes 
leafy, six to eight-flowered, floral leaves sessile, lower trifoli- 
olate, upper simple, irregularly serrate or laciniate. Flowers 
on slender nodding pedicels, one to one and a quarter inch 
in diameter. Calyx-tube clavate, lobes broadly ovate, acute, 
green. Petals clawed, narrowly boat-shaped, white. Scales 
broadly conical, golden yellow with transverse red bands, 
two-lobed at the tip; with two subulate free processes 
attached at its base to its inner face, their tips exserted. 
Bundles of stamens coiled inwards after discharging their 
pollen ; anthers small, short. Style very slender.—J. D. H. 
Fig. 1, Vertical section of flower; 2, 3, 4, lateral, ventral, and dorsal view of 
scales; 5, subulate process; 6, bundles of stamens; 7, the same after discharge 
of pollen :—all enlarged. 
