equal, spreading, with filiform divisions. The next Mem- 
brane arises almost from the base of the calyx, is incurved, 
plaited, and lacerated at the edge. In the middle, between 
the base of the membrane and the stipes, is a fleshy, cup- 
shaped ring, surrounded on the outside by a smaller elevated 
line. Stipes cylindrical, erect, naked. Stamens short, re- 
curved; with ovyate-oblong cordate anthers. Ovary subses- 
sile, oval. Styles broken back, the length of the ovary. 
Seeds ovate, acute at each end, compressed, on either face 
marked with six elevated ridges, radiating from an exca- 
vated centre. 
J. L. 
