in breadth. They generally occupy about three distinct rows, and sur¬ 
round a number of smaller petals, which rise nearly upright, in the man¬ 
ner of those of the Warat&h, and give the centre of the flower a similar 
convex appearance. The small petals are each thick and fleshy at the 
base; but towards the point, which is blunt and round, they are broad 
and thin, and occasionally a little incurved. All of them, as well as the 
large outer petals, are faintly, but distinctly marked with dark-coloured 
veins. 
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