Flowers nodding, deep blue, without any articulation in 
their leaf-stalks. Perianthium campanulate, half superior, 
with a spreading, 6-parted limb: its segments oblong, 
obtuse, the alternate ones smaller and fringed, after flower- 
ing twisted spirally. Stamens 6, inserted into the base 
of the tube; filaments short, smooth; anthers converging, 
beaked, 2-celled, bursting lengthwise. Ovarium half 
superior, 3-celled, with about 9 ascending ovules in each 
cell, fixed to a fleshy placenta; style subulate; stigma 
simple. 
J. L. 
