cuspidate, or mucronate, with two or more long spinulose 

 teeth on each margin, pale green above, glancous-whifce 

 beneath ; nerves reticulate on both surfaces, strongly be- 

 neath, especially when fading. Flowers solitary, or two in 

 each fascicle of leaves, about half an inch in diameter, 

 pale yellow ; peduncles shorter than the leaves. Outer 

 sepals oblong, about half the size of the orbicular inner. 

 Petals about one-third shorter than the inner sepals, orbi- 

 cular, notched at the tip ; glands large, ellipsoid. Berries 

 drooping, globosely ellipsoid or ovoid, bright red ; style 

 very distinct, stout ; stigma large, peltate. — /. D. H, 



Fig. 1, leaf ; 2, petal ; 3, stamens ; 4, pistil : — all enlarged. 



