one eight or nine inches long ; pedicels short, thick, ascend- 

 ing ; bracts small, ovate. Sepals ovate, greenish, a quarter 

 of an [inch long. Petals ovate, acuminate, pinkish red, 

 twice as long as the sepals. Stamens much shorter than 

 the petals ; filaments flattened. Ovary ovoid ; style short, 

 tricuspidate at the stigmatic apex. — /. 0. Baker. 



Fig. 1, A flower ; 2, petal and stamen ; 3, pistil ■.—All enlarged. 



