Raceme \ax, of 4 or 5 flowers. lowers nodding, brownish- 
green; bractes ovate, brown, sphacelate, with a subulate 
point, shorter than the flowers. Perianthium double, the 
segments reflexed at end, linear, obtuse, conniving in a 
tube; the outer deeply 3-parted ; the zmner cohering almost 
as far as the end, the tips of the petals only being distinct. 
Stamens 6, inserted towards the base of the segments, and 
a little shorter than they are; ji/aments subulate, adhering 
to the inner surface of the segments; anthers pale green, 
linear, turned inwards. Ovary oblong, 3-cornered, 3-celled ; 
cells many-seeded ; ovules in two rows. Style triangular, 
slightly pubescent, with the face of each angle furrowed. 
Stigma 3-lobed, running down the angles of the style. 
Ves Uy, 
