bracts small, one-sixth to one quarter of an inch,ovate-oblong 

 acute ; pedicels one-eighth to one quarter of an inch. Sepals 

 oblong, obtuse or subacute, convolute, much shorter than the 

 corolla-tube. Corolla white, 2 to 3 inches in diameter, tube 

 one to one inch and a quarter long, much contracted at the 

 base, contracted part exceeding the sepals, thence slightly 

 swollen for three quarters of its length, where it again 

 expands and is funnel-shaped ; limb quite flat, lobes obliquely 

 obovate-cuneate, acute on one side, dilated and rounded on 

 the other. Stamens inserted at the contraction of the tube, 

 filaments very short ; anthers broadly subulate. Bisk small, 

 cup-shaped, lobed. Ovary small, 2-lobed ; style and capitate 

 lobed stigma included. Follicles spreading at right angles, 

 one inch and a quarter to one and a half long, turgid, re- 

 curved, with conical recurved beaks. Seeds one quarter of an 

 inch long, imbedded in pulp, ovoid ; testa brown, reticulate, 

 very deeply pitted. — J. D. IT. 



Fig. 1, Base of corolla cut open ; 2, stamen ; 3, pistil and disk : — all mag- 

 nified. 



