Descriprion.—Shrub, of lew ‘stature, with erect or 
decumbent, pale brown, sparingly hairy branches. Leaves 
3-foliolate; petiole 1-23 in. long, densely pilose; leaflets 
stalked, elliptic-obovate, coarsely 3-5-toothed, densely 
almost silky hairy beneath, sparingly hairy above, the 
terminal leaflet more distinctly stalked, 3-1} in. long, 
2-11 in. wide, the lateral leaflets smaller and more shortly 
stalked. Flowers solitary or 2-3, on very short leafy twigs. 
Peduncles 13-22 in. long, rather stout, densely hairy, 
thickened upwards. Sepals 4, spreading, obovate-elliptic, 
apiculate, 2 in. long, } in. wide, white with a rosy margin, 
glabrous within, silky-pubescent outside. Petals 0. Stamens 
numerous ; filaments flattened, linear or linear-oblong ; 
anthers oblong or oblong-linear, slightly narrowed down- 
wards, 13-2 lin. long. Pistils numerous, crowded, densely 
villous except at the tips of the brownish-purple styles. 
Achenes compressed, hairy ; styles long, plumose. 
Figs. 1 and 2, stamens; 3, pistil; 4, head of achenes; 5, a single achene:— 
all enlarged except 4, which is of natural size. 
