prickles small, straight, most frequent on the midrib of the 
leaf beneath, and rare on the stem or absent from it. 
Leaves two to three inches long, ovate with a rounded cor- 
date truncate or hastate base, sinuately lobed, the lobes 
obtuse usually rounded, mealy especially beneath; petiole 
short, stout. lowers in terminal few-flowered cymes, two 
inches in diameter, nodding; peduncles and pedicels short 
and stout. Calya-lobes broadly ovate, subacute or obtuse, 
pale blue. Corolla-lobes horizontally spreading, triangular 
ovate, acute, plaited, with wrinkled margins and a stout 
midrib which is yellowish towards the base; veins purplish. 
Stamens subequal, filaments very short; anthers lanceolate, 
opening by a small terminal pore, yellow. Berry globose, 
glabrous, smooth.—J. D. H. 
Fig. 1, stamen ; 2, calyx cut open, showing the ovary and style ; 3, vertical section 
of young fruit :—all enlarged. 
