and the whole surface rough, with little hairs visible under 
a microscope. Peduncles lateral or opposite to the leaves, 
very short, a little lengthened after flowering, 1-2-flowered. 
Calyx 3-fid, velvety, with short broad lobes. Petals 6, 
equal, purple, oval, scarcely acute, coriaceous, within finely 
velvety, without rather downy. Receptacle hairy after flow- 
ering. Berries ovate, closed, obtuse, slightly velvety, stalk- 
ed, 1-celled, 1-seeded?, with a stalk nearly as long as the 
berry. | 
J. L. 
