and wholly destitute of scales; very glaucous beneath, and, as 
already observed, mealy with copious, orbicular, peltate but ses- 
sile scales. Flowers axillary from the upper and more crowded 
leaves, nearly sessile, one or sometimes two in each axil, these 
when fully expanded forming a leafy head of flowers of a very 
delicate rose-colour; and each individual flower is surrounded 
by large, broad, oval, imbricated, coloured dracteas. Calyx short, 
cup-shaped, with five, obtuse, rounded teeth or lobes ; the upper 
half scaly at the back, the margin sometimes ciliated. Corolla with 
the ¢ue funnel-shaped, slightly villous on the upper side ; Zimé of 
five, spreading, ovate segments. Stamens generally ten, nearly 
straight. Filaments hairy at the base. Anthers oblong, opening 
by two large pores. Ovary oval. Style a little thickened up- 
wards. Stigma with five short points. 
Fig. 1. Portion of the under side of a leaf. 2. Stamen. 3. Calyx and pistil : 
-—magnified. 4, Capsule burst, nat. size. 
