Racemes axillary, much shorter than the leaves, suhcymose, 

 densely woolly and aculeated. Pedicels as long as the calyx. 

 Calyx large; tube broad, almost hemispherical, woolly and 

 aculeated ; limb of five, ovate, acute, spreading, downy seg- 

 ments. Corolla very large, sometimes three inches across, 

 pale bluish-purple, with darker dashes and pale lines, veiny. 

 Stamens nearly sessile, five, equal, the anthers large, uniting 

 in a broad cone, and each opening by two pores at the apex. 

 Style a little longer than the stamens : Stigma two-lobed. 



Fig. 1. Hairs: — magnified. 



