Phyllodia on very short petioles, about half an inch long, 

 rotundate, but the two halves unequal, waved, very obtuse, 

 or rather retuse, mucronate, slightly pubescent, the mar- 

 gin in the adult ones only obscurely thickened, ciliated, 

 and at the upper edge below the middle, furnished with a 

 minute gland, deep but not glaucous green, costa excen- 

 tral, tolerably distinct, and from it diverge a few nerves in 

 a pinnated manner. Stipules very minute, resembling small, 

 acute, reflexed scales, deciduous. Heads of flowers globose, 

 solitary, or in racemes of two to four or five heads, the 

 peduncle always longer than the leaves, and the pedicels 

 longer than the capitula. Calyx of five deep, linear seg- 

 ments. Corolla of five oblongo-ovate petals, nearly twice 

 as long as the calyx. Stamens numerous, more than twice 

 as long as the corolla. 



Fig. 1. Portion of the Stem and Leaves. 2. Single Flower -.—magnified. 













