deep full rose-colour (and these retain their colour perfectly afte 
being dried, like what are called everlasting flowers); one, two, 
or all three bearing a flower from the costa below the middle. 
Perianth one to two inches long on different specimens, yel- 
lowish-green, tubular; in our specimen irregularly lobed, and 
slightly expanded at the limb, hairy. Stamens eight, unequal in’ 
height, shorter than the perianth, united below. Azther small, 
oval. Ovary oblong-cylindrical, stipitate. Style as long as the 
ovary. Stigma linear, lateral. Py 
Fig. 1. Perianth, laid open. 2. Pistil and stamen :—magnified. 
