pubescent, about as long as the flowers; bracts small, 
lanceolate. Perianth dark claret-purple, half an inch long ; 
segments oblanceolate-oblong, obscurely gibbous at the 
base, falcate from below the middle. Stamens much shorter 
than the perianth; filaments pilose; anthers oblong. 
Ovary oblong, with eight or ten ovules in each cell; style 
as long as the ovary; stigma capitate. Fruit baccate.— 
J. G. Baker. 
Fig. 1, Front view of anther ; 2, back view of anther; 3, pistil; 4, horizontal 
section of ovary :—all more or less enlarged. 
