A soft, depressed, perennial? kerb, at first stemless, 

 afterwards acquiring a stem, which is round, pale, and 

 pubescent. Leaves with loog stalks, oblong, toothed, ly- 

 rate, pubescent, dull-green: the lateral segments linear, 

 obtuse, the terminal one larger and toothletted. Flowers ses- 

 sile, axillary, opening in the evening, twice as short as the 

 leaves. Cali/x with a round, slender, somewhat clavate 

 tube: the lobes somewhat lanceolate, acute, on one side 

 conniving at the tip ; on the other divided into two por- 

 tions. Petals white, spreading, obovate, retuse, green at 

 the base. Stamens erect, pale yellow, shorter than the 

 petals. Ovarium four-cornered. Sttfle filiform, as long as 

 the tube of the calyx. Stigma exserted, four-lobed : Id^ 

 linear. Capsule sessile, oblong, woody, four-celled, with 

 four hard wings at the upper end. 



J. L* 



