zigzag, angled. Leaves rather closely placed, alternate and dis- 
tichous, the lower and larger ones on rather long petioles, the 
upper smaller ones almost sessile ; all cordato-oblong, acuminate, 
glabrous (as is every part of the plant), penniveined, serrated, 
the serratures purple ; the veins connected by transverse veinlets, 
prominent beneath; the colour of the upper side deep velvety 
green, blotched or spotted with white, the spots lying in oblique 
lines between the primary veins, beneath deep red-purple. S#z- 
pules rather large, opposite, ovate, obtuse, somewhat fleshy, red. 
Tendrils, when present, arising from a point directly opposite to 
the insertion of the petiole, simple. Peduncles about as long as 
the petioles, opposite the leaves, reddish, bearing a rather small 
ternately divided cyme of greenish white flowers. Calyx hemi- 
spherical, truncated. Corolla of four ovato-oblong, obtuse, con- 
cave petals, inserted at the base of a large, fleshy, pale yellow, 
four-lobed ring. Stamens four, inserted at the base of the petals, — 
and opposite to them. Filaments subulate, erect. Anthers ovate. 
Pistil sunk in the fleshy disc or ring, tapering upwards into a 
short thick style. Stigma obtuse. 
Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Pistil and calyx :—magnified. 
