tomentum. Leaves cordate, petiolate, with a very deep si- 
nus at the base, three to five-lobed in a palmated manner; 
the lobes very unequal, generally broadly-oblong, the 
lowest much rounded and dilated, as it were, at the base, 
occasioning the deep sinus between them, where the petiole 
is inserted. Petzole much shorter than the leaves, purple. 
Peduncle axillary, solitary, about as long as the leaf, flex- 
uose, bearing a corymb of from five to seven flowers, purple, 
greener above, pedicels short, green, with a small bractea at 
their base. Flower-buds oval, obtuse. Calyx of five leaves 
or sepals, oval, erect, imbricated, concave, obtuse, glabrous, 
membranaceous. Corolla large, handsome, lilac-coloured, 
between funnel-shaped and campanulate : the limb spread- 
ing, of five large, rounded, waved lobes. 
