peduncles one and a half to two and a half feet long. Male 
Jjlowers : sepals nearly one line long, ovate, ciliate, minutely 
toothed on the keel; petals oblong, acute, valvate, two 
lines long; filaments subulate from an almost globose 
base; anthers dorsifixed. Female flowers : sepals oval, 
obtuse, ciliate; ovary one-celled ; ovules solitary, pendu- 
lous; stigmas three, broad, recurved. Fruit oblong, 
bright red, half an inch long; endosperm white.—C. H. 
Wricut. 
Fig. 1, whole plant; 2, male inflorescence; 3, two flower buds; 4, male 
flower; 5, female inflorescence; 6, female flower; 7, pistil:—1 reduced, 2 and 
5, natural size, the others enlarged. 
