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15 mm. long, equaling the perianth, nearly cylindrical; tube openly conical, 4 mm. deep; 
segments 4 by 10-12 mm., shorter than the ovary; filaments inserted nearly in the throat, 
about 25 mm. long, twice as long as the segments. Fruit unknown. 
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Not definitely known as a wild plant. The type was cultivated at Palermo, without record 
of origin, and the species is still grown there, at La Mortola, etc., the material now used for 
description having been sent from the latter place by Mr. Berger. 
