DEscRIPTION.—Shrub, much branched; twigs terete 
about } in. thick, glabrous. Leaves elliptic or oblong- 
elliptic, apex shortly and bluntly acuminate, base 
rounded, margin entire, thinly papery, glabrous, 6-10 in. 
long, 3-44 in. wide; midrib smooth above, raised 
beneath, gradually narrowed to the tip of the leaf; 
lateral nerves 15-17 on each side the midrib, curved, 
slender, much branched within the margin, visible on 
both sides and raised on the underside; veins very lax; 
petiole 1-2 in. long; stipules connate in a tube } in. long, 
beset within with long linear glands. lowers white, 
arranged in terminal corymbs about 6 in. across; 
bracteoles obovate-oblong, obtuse, about +); in. long, 
shortly ciliate. Receptacle obconic, short, glabrous. 
Calyx deeply lobed; lobes much imbricate, wide-ovate, 
ciliate. Corolla tube slender, slightly widened at the 
mouth, 1} in. long, glabrous outside, throat slightly 
villous; limb 3? in. wide, at length reflexed ; lobes 4, 
oblanceolate-oblong, rounded at the tip, } in. long, ¢ in. 
wide, glabrous. Anthers exserted, } in. long, acutely 
acuminate. Disk lobed. Style exserted, glabrous, 
branches under 4}, in. long. 
Fig. 1, flowers; 2, longitudinal section of calyx and ovary; 8, section of 
upper portion of corolla; 4, stigma :—all enlarged. 
