at the apex, the outer two or three inches long. Perianth 

 infundibuliform, pale pink, an inch or an inch and- a half 

 long ; segments oblong-lanceolate, with a distinct narrow- 

 green keel. Stamens half as long as the perianth ; fila- 

 ments filiform; anthers small, oblong. Ovary sessile, 

 globose ; style elongated, erect, tricuspidate at the stigma- 

 tose tip. Capsule globose-trigonous, a third of an inch in 

 diameter. Seeds numerous, small, triquetrous. — J. G. 

 Baker. 



Fig. 1, Front view of a stamen; 2, back view of a stamen; 3, pistil -.—all 

 enlarged. 



