Descr. A slender shrub, with almost silky pubescent 

 branchlets and inflorescence. Leaves three to eight inches 

 long, ovate-oblong or almost oblong-lanceolate but obtuse, 

 narrowed at the base into the very short petiole, or suddenly 

 (in the larger lower leaves) terminating in a small cordate 

 base, glabrous and deep green above, with a red midrib ; pale 

 and usually glabrous below, with many (sometimes ten to 

 fourteen) oblique nerves on each side the costa. Stipules 

 triangular, silky-pubescent. Mowers small, half an inch 

 long, crowded in terminal and axillary rounded corymbs, pale 

 yellow, fragrant. Calyx-lobes as long as the tube, subulate- 

 lanceolate. Corolla with a thickened ring at the throat. — ■ 

 J. D. H. 



Fig. 1. Flower: — magnified. 



