inches long, very variable in shape, ovate obovate orbicular 
reniform or obtusely rhomboid, sometimes cordate at the — 
base, obtuse, succulent, dark green; petiole usually longer | 
than the blade, often twice as long, very stout, gradually 
expanding into the blade. Peduncle axillary, as long as or 
longer than the petiole, equally thick. Involucral bracts 
oblong or ovate, concealed under the flowers. Umbels about 
an inch across, many- and dense-flowered. Flowers one- 
half to two-thirds of an inch long, golden-yellow with a 
green eye, fragrant. Perianth-tube slender, gradually dilated 
upwards ; limb one-quarter of an inch in diameter, lobes 
obcordate. Ovary obovoid. Fruit about one-third of an 
inch long, rhomboid, coriaceous, wings three, broad or 
narrow, veined, hollow.—J. D. H. 
Fig. 1, flower; 2, the same laid open longitudinally ; 3, stamens; 4, base of 
filaments and of ovary ; 5, stigma; 6, section of ovary :—all enlarged. 
