shaped, pinnatifid and dentate, deeply and reticulately veined. 
Peduneles solitary, opposite, axillary, erect, curved at the apex, 
so that the large fower is gracefully drooping. Calyx of five, 
patenti-reflexed, subtriangular, coarsely-serrated sepals. Petals 
erect or moderately spreading, ovate, shortly acuminate, gibbous 
at the base, tricarinate, and reticulately veined. Organs of fruc- 
tification as described in the generic character. 
Fig. 1. Portion of the stamens, nectariferous scales, and staminodia. 2. Nec- 
tariferous scales. 3. One of the staminodia. 4, Style and epigynous glands 
which surround it :—magnified. 
