216 WILLIS : PODADENIA SAPIDA. 



To this we may add : — 



Leaves to 10 in. by 6 in., entire obovate to oval, acute at base, 

 very shortly acuminate, hairy on the veins above and below, 

 with a few scattered hairs on the underside, penni-nerved 

 with veins prominent below, and with stout joint at the base 

 of the blade ; petiole to 2 in., cylindrical tomentose. 



Inflorescence terminal, a simple panicle with fulvous tomen- 

 tum, and covered with glandular stout hairs about 1/16 in. 

 long. 



Fruit li in. long, nearly spherical, red, covered with glandu- 

 lar stipes with green heads, of all lengths to f in. ; dehiscent, 

 with seeds 3, or more often 2, sometimes 1. 



