segregation of the plant from 2. flavidum in consequence of 
various differences in floral characters. Well developed 
specimens, subsequently communicated, have, however, 
satisfied Mr. Hemsley that the characters in question are 
insufficient, and prove that the form of the calyx-lobes, the 
length of the corolla-tube and the relative length of the 
stamens and corolla are by no means constant. A. flavidum 
will be welcomed in gardens as an addition to the scanty 
group of species with yellow flowers. 
Descriprion.—Shrublet ; 14-2 ft. high, densely branched, 
the twigs slender, covered in almost every part save the 
corolla with fine scales. Leaves closely set, overlapping, 
coriaceous, persistent ; blade ovate-oblong, 5-10 lin, long, 
suddenly apiculate, the base rounded, concavo-convex with 
recurved margins, closely scaly on both surfaces, dark 
green above, polished where not covered with scales and 
channelied along the midrib, beneath paler; petiole 1-14 lin. 
long. Flowers yellow, 3-5 together at the tips of the twigs, 
with abruptly recurved pedicels 2-34 lin. long. Calyz 
almost 2-labiate, herbaceous; lobes somewhat unequal, 
ovate, 2-3 lin. long, sharply acuminate, at length reflexed. 
Corolla almost regular, nearly rotate, about 1; in. wide, 
without scales, lobes rounded with wavy margins, throat 
somewhat pubescent. Stamens 10, shorter than the corolla, 
filaments thickened a little above the base and below the 
middle, somewhat pubescent. Ovary 5-celled, very closely 
scaly; style and ovary together 8-9 lin. long, the style 
puberulous below the middle. Capsule not seen. 
5 Fig. I, scales from upper side of leaf; 2, calyx and pistil; 3 and 4, stamens; 
, ovary and disk ; 6, transverse section of ovary :—all enlarged. 
