tip at the flowering time. Pedicel ana perianth-tube 
short; ovary cylindrical ; outer segments of the perianth 
spreading horizontally, about an inch long, copiously 
veined with brownish-black on a pale brown groundwork, 
reduced to a mere tip and margin to the diffusely-bearded 
claw; inner segments of the perianth erect, large, lilac or 
white, obovate, narrowed suddenly toa short claw. Style- 
branches very convex on the back; apical crests small, 
deltoid. Anthers linear, longer than the filaments.—J. G. 
Baker. : 
Fig. 1, Front view of stamen; 2, back view of stamen; 3, apex of style- 
arm, with stigma and crests :—all enlarged, 
