nerved, the apex generally curved downward. Stipules very small, 
subulate, two on each side the branches between each pair of 
leaves. Flowers three or four, terminal upon the branches. Pe- 
dicels halt to three-quarters of an inch long. whe of the calyx 
(adherent with the ovary) obovate, glabrous or nearly so, crowned 
with five linear-oblong, almost leafy, recurved, persistent seg- 
ments. Corolla hypocrateriform : the tube cylindrical, green : the 
limé of five obovate pure white segments, marked with three to 
five longitudinal striz on the disk, the margins crisped. Stamens 
wholly included within the tube, which is much contracted at 
the mouth. Sfy/e also included. Stigma bifid. 
Fig. 1. Transverse section of an ovary. 2. Pistil :—magnified. 
