or apiculate at the apex, occasionally slightly retuse, 
obtusely wedge-shaped, or rounded at the base, minutely 
denticulate or nearly entire, glabrous. Cymes corym- 
bose, several-flowered; pedicels rather angular, thickened 
towards the apex, about halfan inch long. Sepals broadly 
ovate, shortly acuminate, about one-sixth of an inch long, 
one-twelfth to one-eighth of an inch broad, minutely 
pubescent on the inner surface. Petals imbricate, obtusely 
rhomboid, one-quarter of an inch long, one-fifth of an inch 
broad, rose-coloured, with a purple band on the back. 
Stamens nearly uniform, those opposite the sepals slightly 
larger; filaments flattened, gradually narrowed to the 
apex, about one-twelfth of an inch long, long-ciliate, pro- 
duced for a short distance above the insertion of the 
anther, the upper part covered with wart-like glands on 
the back; anthers oblong, muticous. Ovaries rather over 
a twenty-fourth of an inch long; styles free for a very 
short distance at the base, the common portion about a 
twenty-fourth of an inch long, slightly thickened at the 
apex. Cocci truncate, dotted.—T. A. Spracuz. 
Fig. 1, flower from which the petals have been removed; 2 and 3, stamens; 
4, pistil ; 5, section of pistil :—all enlarged. 
