and our plant, when five feet high, in the summer of 1847, 
blossomed in great perfection, 
Descr. a. shrub, everywhere covered with a glaucous-white, 
pulverulent substance; young branches four-sided. Leaves 
numerous, opposite, large, three to four inches long, elliptical- 
ovate or cordate, sessile and half embracing the stem, coriaceous, 
acuminulate, margined, penninerved, the nerves very patent, 
rather crowded, parallel. Mowers axillary, solitary, nearly sessile. 
Calyx-tube subhemispherical, but tapering: the free portion 
united into a hemispherieal acuminate lid, which separates trans¬ 
versely from the very thick tube. Stamens exceedingly numerous. 
Filaments long, sub^ate, rich deep red; the central ones spread¬ 
ing. . Anthers yellow. Style subiJate. Fruit (see Ic. PI. f. 407) 
very large, orbicular, a depressed hemisphere, very woody, 
opening in the middle by four to five valves. 
Pig. 1. Calyx-tube adherent with the ovary. 2. Operculum :—natural size. 
