often coloured. In G. cuneata, however, it happens to 
be white. 
DescripTion.—Shrub, evergreen, 1-14 ft. high, of close compact habit; 
young shoots very leafy, densely pubescent. Leaves alternate, persistent, 
coriaceous, obovate or narrowly oval, acute, cuneate at the base, shallowly 
crenulate, each tooth tipped with a dark gland; 3-1} in. long, }-} in. wide; 
dark shining green and glabrous above, paler shining green and sparingly 
dotted with glands beneath; nerves sunk above, prominent beneath; petiole 
zs in. long. Racemes puberulous, 1-1} in. long, terminal and axillary; 
pedicels puberulous, furnished with two scarious bractlets. lowers white, 
cernuous, opening from midsummer onwards. Calyx whitish, 5-lobed, 
the lobes triangular-ovate, ;4; in. long, minutely ciliate. Corolla white, 
urceolate, + in. long, with five very small recurved lobes. Stamens 10, 
enclosed ; filaments puberulous, swollen towards the base; anthers 2-lobed, 
each lobe terminated by two slender horns; pollen white. Ovary pentagonous, 
silky-puberulous; style glabrous, columnar, as long as the corolla. Fruit a 
5-lobed, many-seeded,=pubescent capsule, enclosed except at the top by the 
calyx become white and fleshy, the whole resembling a globose, white berry, 
% in, wide. Seeds minute, shining, brown. 
Tas. 8829.—Fig.]1, portion of leaf; 2, flower; 3 and 4, stamens; 5, pistil ; 
6, section of fruit, showing the capsule nearly enclosed by the white, fleshy, 
accrescent calyx ; 7, seed :—all enlarged, 
