two inches broad above the middle, narrowed gradually to 

 the base. Flowers bright mauve-lilac, one to five to a 

 cluster, autumnal. Spathe lax, cylindrical, striped with 

 green; throat oblique, tinged with lilac. Perianth with a 

 stout white tube three or four inches long ; limb campanu- 

 late; segments oblong, obtuse, two inches long, distinctly 

 tessellated inside. Stamens more than half as long as the 

 perianth- segments ; anthers large, linear, yellow. Styles 

 more or less overtopping the anthers ; stigmas oblong. — 

 J. G. Baker. 



. i , l |?- !> Front vi ew of anther ; 2, back view of anther ; 3, apex of style 

 with stigma -.—all enlarged. 



