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the rim of the tube; passing which, it is received into the 
staminal sheath of the upper border. | 
Stigma obtusely triangular, a little excavated on the side of the 
tube, with the upper rounded edge prominent from the 
sheath. ao 
Pericarpium a fleshy, fibrous, smooth capsule, contracting when 
dry into a surface corrugated lengthwise, obtusely trigonal, 
. oblique a little; angles marked with a superficial score ; 
sides inwardly bisected. by aridge; three-celled, with three 
valves. Seeds many, nidulating by means of a fine muci- 
-+ laginous, splendid, silky membrane, and attached to the 
receptacle, or rachis, by an eight-toothed oblong fascia in 
.. each of its angles; the silky membrane. ofthe seeds forming 
_ filamentous pedicles for this purpose. Seeds from 18 to 21,. 
obtusely. wedge-shaped, a furrow on the plain side, convex, 
. on the other; surface scabrous, hard, horny. 
Flowers on lax panicled peduncles, issuing horizontally from the 
~- — tuberous- ringed part of the stem, near the root; generally 
two from each flat side. Common. peduncle serpentine, 
jointed, or rather rimmed, tapering. Partial- peduncles 
lateral from the rings at acute angles, and diminishing in- 
tervals; every partial peduncle su pporting from two to four 
pedicled flowers, one or two of which abortive. - Length of 
the peduncle varies. from three and four inches to one and a 
half and two feet. | j 
Bractee oblong, acute, and spathous, accompanying and en- 
veloping the pedicles at their origin, withering. 
Colour. Lower division of the corolla green; upper spreading 
petal of the inner border with a pink ramification, pale white 
.on the outside and the rest of the border. 2 
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