two and a half to five inches broad, elliptic, obtuse, 
rounded or cuneate at the base, with irregular, obtuse 
teeth, two to three lines long, four to six lines broad, 
flat or with the sides more or less incurved, green, with 
a purplish tint on the midrib and principal veins above; 
leaves and bracts on the inflorescence half to two 
inches long, spathulate-obovate to lanceolate, sub-acute 
or obtuse, entire. Inflorescence a terminal, corymbose 
cyme nine to twelve inches long, six to nine inches 
across, with three or four pairs of three- to ten-flowered, 
sub-erect branches. Pedicels eight to nine lines long, 
three-quarters to one line thick. Sepals three and a half 
to six lines long, half to two lines broad at the base, 
thence tapering to an obtuse point. Corolla-tube one and 
three-quarters of an inch long, three and a half to four 
lines square at the base, pale green ; lobes very spreading, 
one inch long, four and a half to five lines broad, 
lanceolate, acute, pure white. Stamens eight, inserted 
near the top of the tube, the four lower included, the four 
upper just exserted from the mouth of the tube; filaments 
._ three-quarters to one line long; anthers small, half to 
three-quarters of a line long. Hypogynous glands five 
lines long, filiform, more or less bifid at the apex, white. 
Carpels with a linear-lanceolate ovary three-quarters of 
an inch long, sub-quadrate in transverse section, tapering 
into a filiform style eleven lines long, all twisted together 
at the base, green; stigmas capitate, white—N. LH. 
Brown. 
Fig. 1, calyx, hypogynous glands and carpels; 2, part of the top of an 
unopened corolla and stamens; 3 and 4, stamens :—all enlarged. 
