by having, with the exception of A. grandiflora, twenty to 
thirty stamens, none of which are opposite the centres of the 
petals, with at the same time four to six ovules in each cell. 
As Mr. Hutchinson points out, however, the character 
derived from the number of ovules is evidently liable to 
some variation, and must therefore be used with caution, 
for in A. marginata, the species now depicted, while there 
are ten stamens strictly opposite the calyx-lobes and petals, 
there are three or four ovules in exch cell. 
Descriprion.— Shrub, 6-10 ft. high, branches and small 
twigs softly pubescent. Leaves obovate-oblong, obtuse or 
finely mucronulate, narrowed at the base into a short petiole ; 
blade $-14 in. long, 3-5 lin. wide, coriaceous, 5-nerved 
from the base, margin densely pubescent with adpressed 
hairs. lowers sessile, clustered, the clusters axillary, almost 
globose, 10—20-flowered ; outer bracteoles wide orbicular, 
densely ciliate, 2 lin. across; inner obovate, concave, keeled 
on the back, white villous, 14 lin. across. Calya-tube 1 lin. 
long, sparingly pubescent externally ; lobes rounded, softly 
ciliate and silky pubescent, reddish purple within. Petals 
with a white, glabrous, suborbicular limb, about 14 lin. 
wide, and a short reddish purple claw. Stamens 10, opposite 
the petals and calyx-lobes. Style glabrous, stigma capitate. 
Ovules 3-4 in each cell. Fruit conglomerate, the individual 
fruits opening loculicidally at the tips. 
Fig. 1, bud with bracteoles 
stamens ; 6 and 7, vertical an 
ovules :—ali enlarged. 
; 2, bracteole; 3, section of a flower; 4 and 5, 
d transverse sections of ovary; 8, placenta with 
