subopposite, and almost whorled, one and a half to three 
inches long, by one sixth to one third of an inch broad, 
coriaceous, linear, obtuse, margins recurved, puberulous and 
deeply channelled above, tomentose, and with a strong midrib 
beneath. Racemes axillary, shorter or rather longer than the 
leaves, horizontal or decurved, four to six-flowered ; pedicels 
one fourth to one third of an inch long; bracts linear-oblong, 
about one third as long as the calyx, to which they are 
appressed. Calyx broadly campanulate, one third of an inch 
in diameter, cleft to below the middle into five triangular 
subacute lobes, obscurely angled, pearly white tinged with 
pink, tomentose externally, pubescent or nearly glabrous — 
within. Petals, minute obovate white scales, shorter than 
the filament. Stamens included, conniving ; filaments shorter 
than the lanceolate-acute anthers, which open by subterminal 
slits. Ovary globose, densely stellate-tomentose; style 
glabrous, except at the very base. Capsule globose, included 
in the calyx.—J. D. H. 
Fig. 1, Vertical section of flower ; 2, petal; 3, stellate hairs; 4 and 5, front and 
back view of stamens; 6, ovary ; 7, transverse section of the same :—all magnified. 
