as thick as a goose-quill. eaves opposite, sessile, ten to 
sixteen inches long, narrow-oblong or linear-oblong, acumi- 
nate, downy on both surfaces, reticulated above, lateral 
nerves below numerous, very divergent, elevated. Panicles 
downy, from the upper axils, six to ten inches long ; branches ~ 
few, opposite, spreading. owers fascicled on the branches, 
sessile, three-quarters of an inch in diameter, calyx-tube 
turbinate ; lobes five, short, transversely oblong, very obtuse, 
almost truncate. Petals orbicular, white. Stamens much 
larger than the petals, filaments linear, flexuous, much con- 
tracted at the very apex; anthers linear, cells slender, 
bursting longitudinally ; style filiform.—J. D. /. 
Vig. J, Ovary and calyx; 2, transverse, and 3, vertical section of ovary ; 
4, stamen :—all magnified. 
