bracteated at the base, the bracieas ovate, very convex, and 

 even saccate near the middle. Perianth five lines broad ; sepals 

 oblong, suberect at the base, thence patenti-reflexed, pure white 

 within, but with a dark purple dorsal line, at length, in wither- 

 ing, wholly purple. Stamens broad-subulate, erect. Anthers 

 didymous. Ovary ovate, obtuse, obscurely six-lobed. Style 

 filiform. Stigma, three-lobed. 



Kg. 1. A fully-grown leaf,— natural size. 2. Flower, pedicel and bractea. 

 3. Stamen. 4. Pistil. 5. Transverse section of ovary : — more or less magnified. 



