either in loamy or in peaty soil provided it be open and 
well drained, ard can be increased by cuttings of firm twigs 
taken off in July and placed in gentle heat. Raoul and 
others describe the ovary as 2-celled with one ovule in each 
cell; De Wildeman has figured the ovary as 1-celled and 
directed attention to the fact that this is the usual arrange- 
ment. In all the flowers examined by Mr. Hutchinson 
only one loculus containing a single pendulous ovule has 
been found, his experience thus coinciding with that of 
De Wildeman, not with that of Raoul. 
Description.— Shrub, 4-7 ft. high, much-branched ; 
branches, very short, usually about 1 in. long, rigid, very 
dark red, divaricate and interlaced, the younger with leaves 
and flowers, the older slender, naked. eaves alternate, in 
groups of threes along the shorter branches, shortly 
petioled, spathulate, emarginate or occasionally apiculate 
at the tip, 5-6 lin. long, 2-4 lin. wide, shining above, white 
tomentose beneath, when young pubescent above; veins 
indistinct. Flowers axillary, solitary ; peduncles 13 lin. 
long, white tomentose. Sepals 5, triangular, very short, 
white tomentose, persistent. Petals 5, oblong, 3 lin. long, 
tip rather acute, base with a ciliate-fimbriate scale within, 
persistent. Stamens 5, alternating with the petals; filaments 
1J lin. long, glabrous; anthers 1 lin. long. Disk fleshy, 
glabrous, entire, margin uniform, orange-yellow. Receptacle 
turbinate, white tomentose. Ovary 1-celled, 1-ovuled: 
style about 1 lin, long, glabrous; stigma capitate, obscurely 
2-lobed. Fruit drupe-like, red, 5 lin. long, 34 lin. wide, 
tipped by the persistent sepals and petals. 
Fig. 1, young leaf; 2, flower; 3, ovary and calyx, in vertical section; 4, hair; 
5, petal ; 6, scale from petal ; 7, anther ; 8, pistil; 9, fruit; 10, fruit in vertical 
section; 11, embryo :—ali enlarged except 9, which is of natural size. 
