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Gorulla, yellowish- white, 13-25 mm. long, 24 mm. top 

 diameter when flower open, throat tubular, narrow inner 

 surface hairy, ventral surface covered with long white 

 hairs, 2'5 mm. diameter, but shows conspicuous basal 

 swelling, segmental portion being much longer than tube ; 

 segments 4, rotate with basal part overlapping considerably, 

 tapering acute apex, reddish- brown tint when mature, 13 

 mm. long, 6 mm. wide at base. 



Stamens 12-14, forming hypogynous connate group 

 terminating receptacle or surrounding hairy rudiment of 

 ovary ; in one case the connate base of andrcecium bore 7 

 separate stamens, each of which had a short white curved 

 filament and gray anther opening introrsely by longitudinal 

 slits, and measuring 1*5 mm. long; projecting above this was 

 a yellowish-white pedicel 3 mm. long, which terminated in 

 5 sessile introrse anthers. The total length of this staminal 

 system varies from 5-8 mm., and is the only one of its kind 

 met with in Ceylon species. (See pi. XIII., fig. 10.) 



Pistil absent or represented by rudimentary disc. 



Female /lowers yellow, solitary in upper axils of foliage 

 leaves. Peduncle 16 mm. long, 12 mm. wide, covered with 

 long stiff hairs, and often curved so as to place the flower 

 with stigma pointed downwards. 



Calyx green, accrescent in flower ; segments 4-5, oblong, 

 tapering acute apex, 8 mm. long, 3 mm. wide at base, ventral 

 surface covered with long white hairs, dorsal surface rather 

 shiny and subglabrous. 



Goralla yellow, tubular, constricted towards middle, 10-28 

 mm. long ; segments 4-5. 



titaminodes 5 or more, epipetalous, linear ; anthers and 

 filament glabrous. 



Pistil greenish-yellow, densely coated with long white 

 hairs, styles 2, separate, 4 mm. long, stigmas 4, yellow ; 

 ovary depressed, globose, 4-celled, 5 mm. diameter. 



Fruit solitary, globose, strongly apiculate, 20 mm. 

 diameter, 25 mm. high, greenish-yellow, covered with long 

 white hairs said to sting, wall thin and shrinks considerably 



