oblong, mucli longer than the stout filamentg, cells de- 

 hiscing from the tip eventually to the base. Ovary small, 

 globose, two-celled; style slender; stigma capitellate; 

 ovules many, axile on the septum. Gapsule small, globose, 

 two-celled, crustaceous, loculicidally two-valved. Seeds 

 many, minute. — J. D. H. 



Fig. 1, stamens and pistil ; 2, stamen ; 3, pistil ; 4, glandular hair ; 5, trans- 

 verse section of ovary ; 6, capsule and portion of calyx ; 7, seed ; 8, section of 

 seed : — all enlarged. 



