a cool greenhouse, and deserves a place in every collection. It 
continues long in flower in the summer months. 
Descr. Herbaceous. In cultivation attaining a height of three 
to four feet. Root-/eaves large, broad-obovate, spathulate ; cau- 
line ones few, distant, linear-spathulate, all of them thick and 
fleshy, firm, and, as well as the entire plant, except the limb of 
the corolla, clothed with short close-set hairs, which in a dry 
state give them a silky or satiny appearance. Panicle large, 
terminal, the branches bearing glomerated racemes of large, ter- 
minal, pendent, very fragrant flowers. Bracteas small, appressed. 
Pedicels short, decurved. Calyz ovate, inflated, five- or six-lobed ; 
lobes erect, appressed, unequal; sublanceolate, obtuse. Corolla 
with the tube very long, cylindrical, pale-green, almost white, 
slightly enlarged at the mouth. Limé broad, spreading, of five 
or six broad, somewhat waved, rounded lobes, carinated at the 
back. Stamens five or six, adnate for nearly the whole length 
of the tube, and reaching to the mouth; one shorter than the 
rest and more free. Ovary ovate. Style as long as the corolline 
tube. Stigma a dark green disc, depressed in the centre. 
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Fig. 1. Pistil. 2. Transverse section of ovary :—magnified. 
