tary, terminal or three together towards the ends of the 

 branchlet — one terminal and two in the axils of the upper- 

 most leaves, shortly pedicelled, five inches in diameter. Ca- 

 lyx-tithe ovoid, densely pubescent ; lobes five, large, spreading, 

 ovate-lanceolate; bracts two, orbicular, concave, enclosing 

 the calyx-tube. Petals deep violet above, more purple be- 

 neath, obovate-obcordate, retuse with a short broad apiculus, 

 glabrous. Stamens deep purple ; anthers with small pores ; 

 filaments pubescent, glandular here and there. Style slender, 

 pilose. — J. D. H. 



Fig. 1. Stamen. 2. Ovary and calyx. 3, Vertical section of ovary. 

 4. Transverse section of ovary : — all magnified. 



