in our plant. Ca/ye (or outer perianth) of three sepals, oblong, 
concave, thin, membranaceous, green, spreading, obtuse. Peta/s 
three, spreading, oval, obtuse, larger and longer than the sepals, 
purple-blue, with a very clearly defined and white spot at the 
very base. Stamens six, erect. Filaments short, white. Anthers 
approximating into a cone, equal, subulate, blue, longer than the 
filament, the two cells opening by a single pore at the extre- 
mity. Ovary abortive, a conical, acuminated body. 
Fig. 1. Stamen. 2. Abortive pistil :—magnified. 
