stipules brown, 4 mm. long, acuminate from an ovate base. 

 Peduncle 7'5 cm. long, terete, finely pilose with reflexed hairs, 

 branching above. Involucral bracts 1*2 cm. long, lanceolate, 

 acute, pilose. Umbel 6-flowered ; pedicels about 1-2 cm. long. 

 Flowers faintly sweet scented. Petals 1*25 cm. long, 6 mm. 

 broad, obovate, rounded or truncate at the apex ; the three 

 lower produced into a linear claw 2 mm. long ; the two upper 

 slightly connate. Calyx-tube 2 mm. long, terete, pilose ; 

 sepals all pilose ; upper sepal erect, 8 mm. long, 2*5 mm. 

 broad, ovate-lanceolate, obtuse ; lower and lateral sepals 

 reflexed, 8 mm. long, 1*5-2 mm. broad, lanceolate, obtuse. 

 Stamens 7, in three rows of 2, 3 and 2 ; filaments linear, 

 4-7 mm. long, connate at the base ; anthers 1*75 mm. long, 

 oblong ; staminodes 3, shorter than the filaments. Ovary 

 1*5 mm. long, densely pilose above ; styles united for 1-5 mm. 

 and then separating into 5 stigmas 1*5 mm. long, 



Plate 52. — Fig. 1, plant as it appears in dry seasons ; Fig. 2, plant with 

 leaves and flowers ; Fig. 3, lamina of leaf ; Fig. 4, involucre at base of flowers ; 

 Fig. 5, back view of flower ; Fig. 6, petals ; Fig. 7, calyx with stamens ; 

 Fig. 8, filaments and staminodes ; Fig. 9, gynaecium. 



F.P.S.A., 1922. 



