unites with the leaf, almost concealed by the two, rather erect, 
lanceolato-subulate, apiculate, membranaceous sfipules, equal in 
length with the petiole. Panicle terminal, corymbose, shortly 
pedunculate: pedicels red where they join the flower. Bracts 
ovate, acuminate, ciliato-serrate. Mate Fiowers: Sepals four, 
spreading, two large cordate, two small oblong-lanceolate, all of 
them entire at the margin. Stamens about twenty, closely com- 
pacted. Frmate Fiowers: Sepals five, spreading, equal, obo- 
vate, moderately acute, serrated. Fruit or capsule (immature) 
oblong, triangular, downy; two angles sharp, wingless ; the third 
with a narrow wing, a little broader upwards. Styles and. stig- 
mas as in the genus. 
Fig. 1. Pedicel, with bracts and male flower. 2. Female flower :—magnified. 
