except at the tip, an inch and a half long, teeth short, 

 all cucullate at the tip, the two outer with an erect horn 

 as long as the tooth, intermediate umbonate at the apex; 

 petal whitish, oblong, three-lobed, cuspidate at the apex, 

 half as long as _ the calyx. Stamens a little longer than 

 the sepals. Unripe fruit oblong, acutely trigonous, green, 

 narrowed gradually to the base, not distinctly stalked 

 (in an early stage). — J. G. Baker. 



Fig 1, Lower floriferous bract, life size ; 2, male flower, life size ; 3, apex of 

 united sepals, enlarged ; 4, petal, enlarged ; 5, stamen, enlarged ; 6, female 

 Mower, life size ; 7, unripe fruit, life size; 8, whole plant, much reduced. 



