inches across, white with a greenish tinge, yellow-green exter- 

 nally, pubescent towards the base. Stamens six, large, erect. 

 Filaments subulate, singularly strumose above the thickened 

 base. Anthers sagittate, orange. Style below the middle, with 

 three globose, large, erect tubercles, which alternate with each pair 

 of stamens. Ovary three-celled, obscurely three- or six-furrowed. 



Fig. I. Figures of two (one flowering) native plants, from Karwinski, — on a 

 very reduced scale. 2, 3. Base and apex of a leaf, — nat. size. 4. Small portion 

 of the back of a leaf, — magnified. 5. Branch of a panicle of flowers, — nat. 

 size. 6. Flower, from which the segments of the perianth have been removed. 

 7. Stamens. 8. Style. 9. Transverse section of the stigma,— more or less 

 magnified. 



