the young state it is at first white, then becoming somewhat 
rusty, an appearance of which scarcely a trace remains in 
the adult leaves, cordato-ovate, unequal at the base, acumi- 
nate, crenulate, middle rib and veins prominent ‘on. both 
sides, especially behind. Peduncles (about two inches 
long) lateral, subtended by a lanceolate, nerved, pubescent, 
deciduous bractea, round, geniculate near the apex, with 
pubescence similar to that on the petioles. Calyx five-cleft, 
segments ovate, acute, with ferruginous pubescence, some- 
what keeled, and keel. produced at the base. Corolla (an 
inch and a half long, and when fully expanded, two inches 
across) white, campanulate, petals clawed, orbiculato-ovate, 
delicately glanduloso-pubescent on the outside, glabrous 
within, shining only at the claws, many-nerved, nerves very 
prominent on the outside, dichotomous towards their ter- 
minations, and with smaller reticulating branches. along 
their sides. Stamens and styles equal to the height of the 
petals, glabrous ; anthers small, yellow, pollen granules 
yellow, minute, globular. Graham. 
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