oblong-ovate, petiolated, quite entire, very glaucous leaves ; 
while the rest is marked with the scars arising from the 
fallen foliage of preceding years. Peduneles arising from 
the axils of the leaves, tall, angled, branching upwards 
into large, copiously-flowered panicles, with spreading or 
recurved, primary branches ; the secondary ones secund, and, 
as well as the ultimate ones, on pedicels, broadly winged 
on both sides. Calyx large, spreading, purple. Petals 
nearly white, and forming a remarkable contrast with the 
coloured calyx. 
