boid, glabrous, sublobate or deeply and unequally crenate, 

 nearly entire at the base, 5-nerved, veined, the nerves and 

 veins prominent below, channelled above, and both above 

 and below, but especially below, loosely' sprinkled with 

 hairs similar to those on the stem. Petioles 1 inch long, 

 rather shorter than the leaves, having a shallow groove 

 along their upper surface, ciliated. Stipulce subulate, ciliate, 

 green, spreading, connivent at the apices. Peduncles 

 3 inches long, solitary, axillary, longer than the leaves, 

 loosely provided with hairs like those on the other parts 

 of the plant, slightly tapering, jointed near the calyx, but 

 not swollen at the joint. Flowers large, inodorous. Calyi\ 

 persisting, 5-cleft, green, more hairy, both within and with-, 

 out, than any other part of the plant; tube somewhat 

 fleshy, and lighter coloured than the cordate, ovate, acute, 

 more membranous segments, the edges of which are com- 



f)ressed, and prominent in the bud. Corolla three times as 

 arge as the calyx, rose-coloured, veined, flat, more than 

 two inches across, and becoming paler when fully ex- 



panded. Petals ciliated at the base. 



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