lobulate and serrate, seven to nine-nerved, the lateral 

 smaller than the median, quite glabrous above, puberulous 

 on the nerves beneath ; petiole short ; stipules as long as 

 the petiole, ovate, acute, green, deciduous, more or less 

 toothed, the teeth callus-pointed. Floivers very small, 

 about one-sixth of an inch broad, in terminal, pendulous 

 panicles three to four inches long, with very slender 

 rhachis and branches ; bracts ovate, acuminate, bracteoles 

 as long as the pedicels, persistent. Calyx yellow, lobes 

 ovate, acute, pubescent. Petals as long as the calyx-lobes, 

 ovate-oblong, spreading, white, puberulous. Stamens 

 15-20, inserted in the margin of the puberulous disk, 

 filaments short. Ovary oblong, pubescent, style short, 

 terminal, stigma capitate. Capsule enclosed in the dried, 

 unchanged calyx, oblong, crustaceous, dehiscing at the 

 base irregularly, 2-seeded. Seeds sub-reniformly rounded, 

 compressed, shining, testa crustaceous. — J. D. E. 



Fig. 1, Portion of panicle; 2, flower laid open; 3, fruit; 4, seed :— All 

 enlarged. 



