hispid, dichotomous at the summit only. Leaves remote, alter- 
nate, ciliate, oblong-ovate, sessile, patent or reflexed, quite entire 
at the margin. Peduncles terminal or in the axil of a fork, rarely . 
lateral, single-flowered. Calya very large in proportion to the 
flower, and very curious in structure, for at first sight it appears 
to have an insertion inferior to the ovary: the free portion of 
the calyx is five-parted ; segments ovate, hispid, terminated by a 
subulate spreading apex, the base of each descends as it were, 
and forms two ears or appendayes, which quite conceal the 
ovary, which is small and turbinate. Coro//a campanulato- 
infundibuliform ; the ¢uée yellowish-white, a little longer than 
the calyx. Stamens, with the filaments, broad oval, bifid at the 
apex, and between the two lobes the linear anther is inserted. 
Style larger than the stamens, clavate. Stigmas three short 
lobes. 
Fig. 1. Flower deprived of the corolla. 2. The same, with the lobes of the 
calyx removed :—magnified. 
