dense-flowered. Flowers pendulous, about a quarter of an 

 inch long, very dark violet-blue, uppermost smaller, erect, 

 pale blue, neuter. Perianth oblong-urceolate, glaucescent ; 

 lobes short, erect, orbicular, concave, dorsally much 

 thickened, at length recurved. Stamens inserted about 

 the middle of the tube, uniseriate ; anthers included, violet- 

 blue. Ovary ovoid, narrowed into the style; stigma 

 three-lobed. Capsule membranous. Seeds compressed. — 

 J. R n. 



Pig. 1, flower; 2, portion of perianth laid open ; 3, ovary ; — all enlarged. 



