Description.—Shrub, 9-10 ft. high; twigs stout, shining, glabrous, laxly 
leafy towards the tip; axillary buds narrow-ovoid, obtuse or somewhat acute, 
glabrous. Leaves elliptic or elliptic-orbicular, sometimes slightly emarginate 
or mucronulate, deep cordate at the base with the lobes overlapping, 2-4 in. 
long, 13-8 in. wide, coriaceous, glabrous, green above, glaucous and finely 
veined beneath; midrib flat above, very conspicuous beneath, about ;; in. 
broad at the base, becoming very slender near the tip; lateral nerves about 
10 on each side, slender, branching towards the leaf-margin, inconspicuous 
beneath; petiole stout, nearly cylindric, over 2 in. long, shining, glabrous. 
Inflorescence terminal, open, about 10-flowered. Flowers nodding, rose-car- 
mine ; pedicels 1-1} in. long, glabrous. Calyx small; lobes short, with glandular 
margins. Corolla wide-campanulate, without scales; tube 13 in. long, 1} in, 
wide at the mouth; Icbes 7, nearly erect or spreading, short, widely emarginate. 
Stamens about 18, unequal in length, rather shorter than the tube; filaments 
glabrous, whitish ; anthers very dark brown, 75 in. long. Ovary 7-celled, beset 
with nearly sessile glands ; style little exserted, glabrous. 
Tan. 8775.—Fig. 1, tip of a leaf; 2, calyx and pistil; 8 and 4, stamens; 
5, transverse section of ovary :—all enlarged. 
