glabrous, penninerved, from an inch to an inch and a half 
long. Stipules ovate, membranaceous, brown, concave, 
early deciduous. Peduncles fascicled, rarely solitary, lateral 
and subterminal, about an ineh long, recurved, slightly 
hispid. Bracteas resembling the stipules. Flowers droop- 
ing. Calyx large and deeply cut into five ovate, somewhat 
foliaceous, brownish-green, obtuse, slightly hairy segments. 
Corolla pure cream-white, twice as long as the calyx, rotato- 
campanulate, five-lobed, lobes obtuse, rounded. Stamens 
ten, hypogynous, shorter than the corolla. Filaments thick, © 
bearded at the base, white. Anthers white, of two parallel 
cells, opening by a pore at the extremity. Germen ovate, 
5-lobed. Style about as long as the stamens, hairy below. 
Stigma peltate, five-lobed. 
Fig. 1. Calyx including the Pistil. 2. 3. Stamens :—magnified, 
