Our drawing was made from specimens communicated 

 by Mr. Barclay, in August 1827. 



Stem erect, taper, smooth, pale green, marked all over 

 with fine purple streaks, like what would be produced by 

 the point of a needle. Leaves oblong, pinnatifid, spotted 

 with white in the middle, few-toothed. Flowers terminal, 

 usually growing in threes, opening in the morning, each 

 with two small bracteae. Calyx deciduous, 3-horned, 

 3-leaved, pale green, unarmed. Petals large, white, mem- 

 branous, somewhat plaited, consisting of 6, in two rows. 

 Stamens numerous, short, hypogynous ; anthers inserted by 

 their base, rolled up at their apex. Ovarimn 1-celled, 

 with 4 parietal polyspermous placentas. Stigmas 4, lunate, 

 incurved, sessile (not 3, as is inaccurately represented in 

 the figure). 



J. L. 



