' firm, subcoriaceous, dark glossy-green, strongly serrated at the 
margin, the base and acumen entire, rarely plane, slightly convex 
above, a little waved, the apex obtuse. Vowers axillary, soli- 
tary or rarely two together, opening in succession from the 
upper ones downwards, sessile or nearly so, appearing more 
decidedly sessile from the fact of the short peduncle being clothed 
with imbricated scales, white or a little silky at the back, small, 
at the base oval, gradually enlarging upwards till they pass into 
the imbricated lobes of the calyx. Flowers much larger than 
those of C. Sasangua, and much smaller than the ordinary size of 
C. Japonica. Petals generally six, of a clear, full pink or rose- 
colour, obcordate, but tapering so as to be cuneate at the base, 
and there slightly united in two series, imbricated, never fully 
patent, almost forming a tube below; the upper part more or 
less patent, the apex retuse or emarginate. Sfamens not very 
numerous (twenty-five to thirty) ; fidaments united in their lower 
half into a firm, fleshy tube. Anthers small, yellow. Ovary sub- 
globose, quite glabrous. Sty/e nearly as long as the stamens, 
stout, tripartite at the apex, with three long stigmata. 
Fig. 1. Pistil, magnified. 
