glossy, tapering below into a short petiole, marked with 
parallel nerves, bearing small, oblique nervelets, the margin 
quite entire. Spikes terminal or axillary, solitary or clus- 
tered. Flowers small, occupying nearly the whole length 
of the rachis, bracteated. Bracteas ovate, resembling the 
segments of the calyx. Corolla infundibuliform, white ; 
tube oblong; limb of five spreading segments, bearded 
within. Anthers oblong on short filaments. Germen ovate, 
tapering into a short style. Stigma capitate. Fruit (young) 
a small depressed berry, with ten cells. | 
Fig. 1. Flower with its braeteas. 2. Corolla. 3. Stamen. 4. Pistil. 5. 
Young Fruit (nat. size). 6. The same magnified, and f.7, the same cut 
open. All but f. 5 more or less magnified, 
