Leaves alternate, coriaceous, about two inches long, ovato- 
- lanceolate, obscurely serrate, or crenulate, or entire, obtusely 
acuminated, acute at the base, with a very short petiole, above 
shining, beneath, when dry, reticulated with veins ; the margins 
entire or obscurely and obtusely serrated. The flowers are thickly 
crowded in the axils of the leaves, chiefly from the underside of the 
spreading’ branches, but with an inclination upwards. The pedicels 
appear at first sight to be in fascicles and single-flowered ; but, 
if closely examined, they will be found to be arranged in short 
racemes, each with a small bracteal scale at its base. Calya 
flat, five-cleft, small, segments obtuse. Corolla ovate, white, 
semi-pellucid, waxy, slightly tinged with green and blush: the 
mouth contracted, the limb of five short spreading teeth. Stamens 
ten ; filaments long, flexuose, subulate, slightly pubescent at the 
base. Anther oblong-ovate, bifid at the apex, and opening with 
a long slit in the bifid points. Ovary subglobose, green, hairy. 
Style as long as the corolla, thick. Stigma truncate, obscurely 
five-toothed. 
Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Stamens. 3. Pistil :—magnified. 
