terete, densely glandular-pubescent. Umbel centripetal, 
eight- or ten-flowered ; spathe-valves greenish, lanceolate, 
under an inch long; pedicels erecto-patent, densely — 
glandular-pubescent, usually longer than the flowers. 
Perianth-limb horizontal, rose-red, an inch long; segments 
oblanceolate, crisped, not more than a twelfth of an inch 
broad, reflexed towards the tip, five of them usually more 
or less distinctly ascending and the sixth deflexed. Stamens 
declinate, about as long as the perianth; filaments bright 
red; anthers minute, oblong, reddish ; pollen white. Style 
finally exceeding the stamens; stigma capitate. Capsule 
orbicular, deeply lobed, with two or three seeds in each 
cell._—J. G. Baker. 
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Fig. 1, section of leaf; 2, segment of perianth-limb, with stamen; 3, anthers; 
4, pistil, complete; 5, horizontal section of ovary :—all enlarged. : 
