Calyx of five ovato-acuminate leaflets, green, tinged with 
purple. Corolla of five ovate petals, purple in bud, blush- 
coloured when fully expanded. Stamens five, at first erect, 
then recurved, about as long as the petals. Filaments 
slightly villous. Anthers oblong. Barren filaments five, 
lanceolate, white, rather villous, tipped with a gland, the 
lower part erect, the upper half spreading. Hypogynous 
disk, an annular, dark-green gland. Germen very short, 
abortive (?) crowned with five lanceolate, fleshy, slightly 
spreading appendages. Style filiform, curved: Stgma mi- 
nute. 
Fig. 1. Peduncle and Flower, from which the Petals have been removed. 
2. Pistil and hypogynous disk :—magniied. 
