leaves trilobate, with the central lobe elongated, the lower 
less deeply cut into lobes, but all coarsely and unequally 
incised, the segments blunt and reflected at their apices ; 
stipules filamentoso-subulate. Flowers axillary, solitary, on 
peduncles shorter than the petioles. Involucre of three fili- 
form leaves. Calyx longer than the invyolucre, deeply five- 
cleft, pubescent on the outside, subglabrous and shining 
within. Corolla of a uniform rose-colour, cup-shaped, petals 
obcordate, and slightly crenate, glabrous except at their 
insertion, where they are ciliated. Staminiferous column 
hairy. -Pistil equal in length to the stamens, rather shorter 
than the petals. Styles about fifteen, combined to about 
the middle. Germenhairy. Graham. 
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Fig. 1. Calyx and Pistil, with Bracteas :—magnified. 
