diameter, in clusters of about four at the ends of short 
branchlets. Calyx small, densely hairy, shortly four-lobed. 
Petals four, very narrow, nine to twelve lines long. 
Stamens four, alternating with as many glands; filaments © 
very short ; anthers beaked. Capsule nearly globose, very 
hairy, two-celled, with a solitary seed in each cell.— 
WB. A, 
Fig. 1, a leaf-node and stipules; 2, portion of under surface of leaf; 3,a 
flower beginning to unfold; 4, the same from which calyx-lobes and petals 
have been removed; 5, a longitudinal section of the ovary; 6,a cluster of 
fruits; 7, a seed :—all enlarged. ; 
