blood-colour, broad lanceolate, sharply acuminated, rigid. FYowers 
large, yellowish-white, scarcely exceeding the bracts. Calya of 
three equal, oblong-lanceolate, very acute sepals, united at their 
base. Peta/s spathulate, each with a large oval scale at the base, 
notched at its apex. 
Fig. 1. Flower,—slightly magnified. 2. Petal,—more magnified. 
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