figured was raised from seeds sent to the Royal Gardens 
by Mr. Duthie, of the Botanical Gardens, Saharunpore, 
which flowered in July of last year. ag 
Dzscr. A slender or stout herb, six to eighteen inches 
high. Radical leaves with long or short petioles; blade 
two to four inches long, elliptic ovate or cordate, rarely 
lanceolate, acute, with five to seven strong nerves which 
are deeply impressed above and very prominent beneath; 
petiole as long or twice as long as the blade, deeply 
grooved in front, sheathing at the base. Scape acutely 
four-angled, almost winged, hollow between the angles ; 
cauline leaf solitary, sessile, elliptic, as large as the radical, 
base semiamplexicaul. Flowers one to one and a half 
inches in diameter, Calyzx-tube obconic, angled and strongly 
ribbed; lobes as long, broadly ovate, obtuse, strongly 
three-ribbed. Petals twice as long as the calyx-lobes, 
obovate, greenish-white, margins even or a little erose 
towards the base. Staminodes spade-shaped, with three 
short erect obtuse oblong lobes, fleshy, not ciliated. Ovary 
ovoid, base sunk in the calyx-tube; style very short, 
stigmas three capitate. Capsule obovoid, top rounded. 
Seeds ellipsoid, testa firm.—J. D. H. i 
Fig. 1, Calyx and ovary ; 2 and 3, stamens; 4, staminode :—all enlarged. 
