at the point.. Raceme compound, dense, spicato-capitate, sessile, 
almost globose, very pretty from the mixture of white and deeply. 
purple. Outer dracés large, broad, with amplexicaul bases. Brac- 
teoles bright-purple, as long as the tubes of the corolla. Corolla 
white, the segments tipped and margined with purple. Stamens 
exserted. Germen ovate, three-celled, each ce// with one erect 
seed. Style long, slender, filiform. Stigma capitate, three-lobed. 
: Fig. 1. Flower with its two bracts. 2. Stamen. 3. Pistil. 4. Ovary cut 
through vertically. 5. Ovary cut through transversely :—magnified. 
