Descr. Stems in shape not unlike those of Cacalia articulata, 
aggregated, erect or declined, three or four inches to almost a 
span long, fleshy, here and there constricted (pseudo-articulate), 
dark purple, scarred where leaves have fallen, and at intervals 
throwing out fibrous radicles. Leaves not numerous, confined to 
the upper part of the gouty stem, where they are alternate, petio- 
late, ovate, acute, serrated, spreading; the petiole with two to 
four pedicellated purple glands, where the blade is inserted. Pe- 
duncles axillary from the uppermost leaves, short, green, bearing 
each three to four pedicels, which are red, slender, much longer 
than the peduncle, and single-flowered. Sepals green ; lateral 
ones large, bifid, yellow; anterior petal very large, a curved, 
compressed, red sack, the extremity forming a short spwr, curved 
upwards. Stamens and pistil included within the petals. 
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__ Fig. 1. Flower from which the anterior saceate sepal (or nectary) is removed. 
2. Lateral petal. 3. Anterior sepal or nectary :—magnified. 
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