tomentum, especially on the younger shoots. Leaves upon 
very short footstalks, two to three inches long, obovato- 
cuneate, acute, serrated towards the extremity, glabrous, 
dark green and even shining above, beneath hoary with 
down. Racemes axillary and terminal, long, handsome, 
nearly erect. Pedicels simple, about as long as the linear, 
acute, downy bracteas. Calyx pale yellow-green, cup- 
shaped, five-cleft ; segments erect, acute. Petals five, obo- 
vate, unguiculate, concave, white, erecto-patent. Filaments 
ten, white, erect, much longer than the corolla. Anthers 
forked upwards, opening by two pores, tapering at the 
lower extremity into a sharp spur. Germen globose, green, 
hairy. Style shorter than the stamens. Stigma three-cleft. 
Graham. 
Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Stamen. 3. Pistil —magnified. 
