in. long, 3-12 in. broad, acuminate, base often rather 
rounded, finely serrulate, coriaceous, quite glabrous, 
shining; petiole 3-5 lin. long, usually dark red, as are the 
young leaves and the buds. lowers pendulous in terminal 
spreading or drooping panicles 6 in long and broad ; rachis 
glabrous or finely puberulous, flowering twigs almost 
glabrous; bracts lanceolate, often somewhat shorter than 
the pedicels, soon deciduous; pedicels about 24 lin. long, 
with a pair of small bracteoles near the middle. Calyz- 
lobes valvate in bud, coriaceous, ovate-lanceolate or ovate, 
14-2 lin. long, subacute, finely puberulous or glabrous. 
Corolla urceolate, white or tinged with rose, 3}—4 lin. long, 
shortly and bluntly 5-lobed. Stamens 10, included; fila- 
ments sparingly hairy, dilated at the base; anthers retrorsely 
2-spurred on the back. Ovary depressed globose, about 
1 lin. across, 5-celled, each cell with several ovules; style 
rather shorter than corolla. Fruit globose or ovoid-globose, 
2-3 lin. in diameter. Seeds fusiform, faintly 3-quetrous, 
1-1} lin. long; testa lax. 
Fig. 1, flower; 2, section of calyx, showing pistil; 3 and 4, anthers; 5 and 
6, fruit:—all except 5 enlarged, 
