with white, smooth, persistent and reflected on the germen. 

 Styles 2, filiform, with pencilled, purple stigmas. But in 

 the plant from which our drawing was made the flowers 

 had generally three styles and six calycine leaflets, which 

 was not the case in the other specimen and is not its natu- 

 ral state. 



In the male, the bractes and calycine leaflets are the 

 same as in the female, but there being no germen interposed 

 the inner bractes are applied close to the calyx. Anthers 

 numerous, large hemispherical, supported on slender fila- 

 ments. 



If the inner bractes are to be called calyx, then this part 

 is below the germen, and the corolla above, which is a 

 very unusual anomaly. 



We believe no figure has ever before been published of 

 this plant. Requires the protection of the Greenhouse. 

 Flowers in March and April. 



