diameter at the throat, more or less cylindric, 6-veined; 

 lobes 2 mm. long, ovate, obtuse. Stamens 6, not all lengthen- 

 ing at the same time, exserted in the lower flowers. Ovary 

 3-celled, with many (12 or more) ovules in each cell ; style 

 exserted in the lower flowers ; stigma obtuse. 



Plate 47. — Pig. 1, plant, reduced; Fig. 2, inflorescence; Pig. 3, flower 

 with subtending bract ; Pig. 4, leaf ; Pig. 5, gynaecium ; Pigs. 6 and 7, 

 stamens, front and back view ; Pig. 8, cross- section through the ovary. 



P.P.S.A., 1922. 



