obscure vertical whitish lines and broad irregular trans- 
verse bands of confluent oblong whitish spots, the crowded 
deltoid-cuspidate ascending marginal prickles an eighth or 
a sixth of an inch long, connected by a very narrow horny 
line. Peduncle stiffly erect, about a foot long. Panicle 
about as long as the peduncle, with five or seven branches ; 
racemes oblong or finally oblong-cylindrical, four to nine 
inches long, three inches m diameter when fully expanded ; 
lower pedicels about half an inch long; bracts lanceolate 
acuminate, as long as the pedicels. Perianth pale red, an 
inch and a quarter long; tube globose at the base and 
very much constricted at the middle; segments oblong, a 
third or half as long as the tube. Longer stamens and 
style finally as long as the perianth. Style twice as long as 
the oblong ovary.—J. G. Baker. 
A. Whole plant, much reduced. Fig. 1, a flower, cut open ; 2, stamens, showing 
back and face; 3, pistil; 4, horizontal section of ovary :—all magnified. 
