BY J. H. MAIDEN AND E. BETCHE. 779 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE. 

 Plate XXVIII. 



Riipicola sprengelioides. 



Fig. L — Flower and single leaf. 



Fig. 2. — Peduncle with bracts and sepals. 



Fig. 3. — Corolla, seen from the back. 



Fig. 4. — Stamens, the corolla partly removed. 



Fig. 5. — A single stamen. 



