portion semiterete. Inflorescence a panicle of racemes, the 

 ultimate racemes 6—9 cm. long, lax. Bracts subtending the 

 racemes about 1 cm. long, membranous, ovate, acuminate. 

 Floral bracts 3 mm. long, ovate, acuminate, acute, membranous. 

 Pedicels about 1 cm. long, spreading. Flowers more or less 

 pendulous. Perianth-tube in mature flowers 2 cm. long, globose 

 at the base, then slightly constricted, then gradually widening 

 into a tube 6 mm. in diameter at the throat ; lobes about 

 3 mm. long, ovate, rounded at the apex. Stamens included or 

 slightly exserted ; filaments attached at the base of the 

 perianth-tube, 1*7 cm. long; anthers about 1 mm. long. 

 Ovary 5 mm. long, oblong ; style 1*7 cm. long, terete ; stigma 

 faintly 3-lobed. Immature fruit 2 cm. long, 1*1 cm. in diameter, 

 ellipsoid, subtrigonous. 



Plate 55. — Fig. 1, plant showing characteristic habit ; Fig. 2, transverse 

 section of leaf ; Fig. 3, flower ; Fig. 4, bract ; Fig. 5, stamen ; Fig. 6, young 

 fruit. 



F.P.S.A., 1922. 



