obtuse, rather rounded at the base, obscurely serrated, 1$-24 
inches long, paler on the under side, and reticulated with the 
raised veins and veinlets; petiole 4+~3 in. long, channelled 
down the face. Flowers in nearly sessile, rather close erect 
racemes 3-4 inches long, from the axils of the upper 
leaves and end of the branches above the leaves, so 
that they form a close terminal panicles; pedicel $-§ in. 
long, cernuous in the flowering, ascending in the fruiting 
stage ; bracts minute, oblong, scariose, enclosing a couple of 
smaller lanceolate bracteoles of the same texture, placed near 
the base of the pedicel. Calyx broadly campanulate, scariose, 
persistent, the five lanceolate segments joined only at the 
very base. Corolla white, urceolate, + in. long, with five 
spreading deltoid teeth. S/amens included within the corolla ; 
anther-cells bifid at the tip, where they open by a large pore. 
Ovary depresso-globose. Style entire, with an obscurely 5- 
lobed capitate stigma. Capsule small, umbilicate, depresso- 
globose, membranous. Seed turgid, with a loose rough testa, 
J. G. Baker. 
Fig. 1, Portion of rachis of a raceme, with a pendulous flower; 2, flower, with 
corolla taken away; 3, a single stamen:—all magnified. 
