part, the extremity acuminated and nearly entire, dark green 
above, paler beneath, the younger ones covered with a stel- 
lated pubescence, the older ones pubescent only on the 
nerves beneath, all of them petiolated, with the petioles 
scarcely more than half an inch long. Cymes axillary, 
small. 'The peduncles, or main stalks, scarcely exceeding 
the length of the petiole. The pedicels short, having minute, 
linear-lanceolate bractes at their base. Flowers small, 
drooping when fully expanded. Calyx small, cup-shaped, 
with four short and very obtuse teeth. Corolla subcampa- 
nulate, 4-lobed, the lobes erect-patent, of a white colour, 
fringed with pink. Stamens 4, inserted at the base of the 
corolla, and exceeding it in length. Filaments white, gla- 
brous. Anthers oblong, yellow. Pistil superior, small, 
spherical. Style about as long as the stamens, filiform, 
white. Stigma obtuse, scarcely capitate. 5 
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