Drscr. A branching shrud, with slender, glabrous, slightly com- 
pressed, but tetragonal dranches. Leaves ovate, acuminate, entire, 
glabrous, cuneate at the base, petioled, the base of each pair of 
petioles united on either side by a pair of small scale-like, fim- 
briated or ciliated stipules. Flowers terminal, sometimes two or 
three together, at other times the upper part of the branch is tri- 
chotomously divided into a corymé of several, 10-12, large, snowy, 
very fragrant S/ossoms: the main branches are furnished with a 
pair of small leaves. Calyzx-tube subglobose, with erecto-patent, 
lanceolate, leafy segments, obscurely ciliated at the margins, 
Corolla hypocrateriform, the tube long, slender, enlarged at the 
summit and partially closed with four obtuse scales. ims of 
four, ovato-lanceolate, spreading segments. Stamens four, included. 
Style short. Stigma bifid. 
Fig. 1. Calyx and pistil. 2. Mouth of corolla Jaid open. 3. Ovary. 4. The 
same cut through transversely :—magnified. 
