two to three lines long, thickened upwards. Calyx five- 
partite, the segments subulate. Corolla two inches long ; 
tube curved, swelling below, and constricted just above the 
base, greenish-white, spotted above and below with deep 
purple : the tube expanded upwards to form the limb, which 
is cut into five segments, dark purple without and glabrous, 
white and hairy within, they soon separate, and are curved 
backwards, the sides are closely reflexed, so that the upper 
side presents a sharp keel, giving a very singular appear- 
ance to the blossom. Staminal crown with the exterior lobes 
short, erect, or slightly patent, emarginate, inner elon- 
gated, erecto-connivent, filiform. 
Fig. 1. Staminal Crown —magnified, 
