above, glabrous or very sparsely pilose, especially on the mid- 

 rib and veins. Peduncle 11-16 em. long, terete, pilose, naked 

 below, but with 2 opposite leaves above. Inflorescence 5-8 cm. 

 long, l'7-2*2 cm. in diameter, more or less 4-angled. Bracts 

 2*5 cm. long, 1*8 cm. broad, obovate, shortly aristate, with 

 4-7 long teeth on the margins, ciliate-glandular on both 

 sides; bracteoles two, 2*5 cm. long, 2 mm. broad, linear, 

 acuminate, acute, glandular. Sepals 5 ; the lateral sepals 

 5 mm. long, 1 *5 mm. broad, linear, shortly aristate ; remainder 

 9 mm. long, 2 "5 mm. broad, oblong, subacuminate, ciliate 

 above. Corolla-tube 2*2 cm. long, cyfindric, ventricose at the 

 base, inflated and glandular above; lobe 1*2 cm. long, 2*2 cm. 

 broad, somewhat semicircular in outline. Anthers hairy. 

 Ovary 1 cm. long, 3 mm. broad, oblong in outline, shortly 

 beaked, glabrous ; style threadlike ; stigma inflated and 

 hollow at the apex. Ovules 2 in each cell, discoid, covered 

 with scales. 



Plate 77. — Fig. 1, corolla ; Fig. 2, a single flower, showing bract and 

 bracteoles ; Fig. 3, corolla laid open ; Fig. 4, calyx surrounding the ovary ; 

 Fig. 5, gynaecium ; Fig. 6, apex of style ; Fig. 7, ovary with two ovules. 



F.P.S.A., 1922. 



