Drscr. Stem six to ten inches high, terete, rather flexuous, 
erect, somewhat swollen at the scars of the fallen leaves, 
densely rather scabridly, but shortly tomentose. Leaves four 
to eight inches long, two and half to four inches broad, rather 
membranous, elliptic or obovate, acute, narrowed at the small 
obtuse or subcordate base, dark green, pale beneath, obscurely 
sinuate-toothed, or quite entire, glabrous but opaque on both 
surfaces. Petiole one quarter of an inch to one inch, pubescent. 
Stipules minute, subulate, persistent. Receptacle on the stem 
at the scars of old leaves, peduncled, orbicular, about one inch 
diameter, green, pubescent on the back, very convex ; margin 
with ten to fifteen slender, stiff, unequal processes one-half to 
two inches long, which are thickened towards the tip, radiate 
outwards and backwards, and point in different directions ; 
peduncle half an inch long; surface of receptacle nearly smooth, 
green. Stamens and pistils scattered promiscuously in cavities 
of the disk, without any perianth—/. D. H. 
Fig. 1, Vertical section through the receptacle ; 2, portion of ditto, showing 
stamens and pistil :—both magnified. 
