three to five inches long, opposite, distichous, oblong, acu- 
minate, striated, of a glossy green colour, the petiole short. 
Flowers drooping at the back of the plant, copious, in axil- 
lary, almost sessile umbels of from three to eight or ten 
blossoms. Pedicels reddish, three-fourths of an inch long. 
Perianth nearly an inch long, tubular, greenish - white, 
marked with six lines of reddish dots: the twbe swollen 
below, the throat contracted, the limb greenish, of six 
reading segments. Stamens six, inserted near the middle 
of the tube. Filaments white, curved. Anthers arrow- 
shaped, yellow. Germen ovate, with three obtuse angles : 
Style included : Stigma trifid, villous. 
Fig. 1. Single Flower :—magnijfied. 
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