four to five inches long, linear-oblong or lanceolate, acumi- 

 nate ; uppermost forming a whorl-like cluster, each five 

 to six inches long, linear-lanceolate. Floivers five to eight, 

 axillary, pendulous from amongst the uppermost leaves ; 

 bracts small, linear, green ; pedicels one-fourth to half an 

 inch long, decurved. Perianth about an inch long, cam- 

 panulate, pale yellow-green; segments oblong, obtuse, 

 gibbous at the base. Nectary a small green depression. 

 Filaments short; anthers linear-oblong, erect, obtusely 

 apiculate, yellow. Ovary trigonous ; style rather stout, 

 sub-clavate, three-grooved. — /. D. H. 



Fig 1, base of perianth segment and nectary; 2 anl 3, stamens; 4, pistill- 

 ate enlarged. 



