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eorolla, and with terminal arrow-shaped anthers. The 
pistil has a globose ovary, with from one to three 
cells, a thread-shaped style, and two spreading oblong 
stigmas. The fruit is a capsule with one to three 
cells, valvular, and with one or two seeds in each 
cell. The farmer and gardener would willingly dis¬ 
pense with the loss of its beautiful flower, could they 
contrive to eradicate the troublesome creeping rhizoma 
with which the plant is furnished. 
