of segments nearly uniform in shape, oblong-lanceolate, 
acute, the outer more or less suffused with red on the back, 
the inner hairy at the base. Stamens about half as long as 
the perianth; anthers linear-oblong, orange-yellow ; fila- 
ments densely hairy at the base. Ovary ampulleform, 
narrowed to the apex ; stigmas very small.—J. G. Baker. 
Fig. 1, Base of an inner segment of the perianth ; 2 and 3, stamens ; 4, ovary 
_and stigmas :—all more or less enlarged. 
