scattered, except the three to five upper, which are whorled, 
three to five inches long, lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, 
acuminate, base acute, seven-nerved, bright dark green ; 
petiole short, twisted. Umbel pendulous, of about four un- 
equal, long, slightly spreading, pubescent four to six-flowered 
peduncles, each five to ten inches long; bracts lanceolate or 
ovate-lanceolate, one quarter to three quarters of an inch long, 
green, spreading ; pedicels spreading, one inch long, green. 
Ovary turbinate, trigonous, with three thick ribs. Perianth . 
one and a half inches long, subcampanulate, obtusely tri- 
gonous ; outer segments thick, fleshy, waxy, rose-red with a 
few brown spots round the margin at the tip, obovate, 
obtuse, very convex, obscurely keeled at the back, with a 
thick rib towards the tip ; inner segments a little shorter and 
much narrower, spathulate, obtuse, apiculate, quite entire, 
pale yellow blotched with brown, claw concave at the base in 
front. Anthers dark-purple. Style columnar; stigmas 3, 
short, spreading.—J. D. H. 
Fig. 1, Ovary, style, and stigma; 2, outer, and 3, inner perianth-seg- 
ment :—all magnified. 
