long, obtuse. Corolla four and a half inches long, and as much 
in diameter across the mouth, subcampanulate, narrowed at the 
base, the md spreading, of five large rounded obtuse Jobes : the ; 
colour is changeable, perhaps pure white in the normal state ; 
but the flower-bud is described as greenish; the flower, when 
open, yellow, gradually deepening to pale orange, which latter 
colour fades, leaving the corolla almost a pure white. In its 
native country it is often tinged with rose. Stamens much 
shorter than the corolla. Anthers when perfect large, brown 
(in our cultivated plant imperfect). ZZaments slender. Ovary 
ovate. Style as long as the corolla. Stigma large, capitate, 
obscurely five-lobed. moe 
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Fig. 1. Stamen. 2. Calyx and pistil. 3. Section of ovary :—maynified. 
4. Capsule :—zat. size. . 
