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shallowly or deeply 3-fid at the apex; those of leaf-bud similar 

 to those of the flower-bud, but the inner ones usuall^^ larger 

 and often 3-parted or deeply 3— fid. Inflorescence protected 

 with pernio at the base, umbellatelj^ about 3— 4— flowered ; 

 common peduncle very short, glabrous, viridescent, about 

 3-4 mm. long ; pedicels fasciculate, erect or erect-patent, terete, 

 rather stout, glabrous or pubescent, viridescent but often shaded 

 with purple above, about 13-22 mm. long ; bracts herbaceous, 

 viridescent and often thinly shaded wnth purple, sessile, 4—5, 

 unequal in size and larger and broader in the outer ones, 

 cuneato-obovate, rounded or truncate at the apex, glanduloso- 

 denticulato-ciliated, glabrous externall}^ very thinly pubescent 

 internally, anastomotic-veined above, deciduous, attaining 

 14 mm. long, 10 mm. wide. Flowers coetaneous or subpreco- 

 cious, about 3icm. across, compact, white but lately purpuras- 

 cent in the bottom of the corolla, inodorous. Calyx glabrous, 

 viridescent and usually' tinged with purpurascent hue, decidu- 

 ous ; tube straight, oblong-tubular, somewhat enlarged above, 

 6-8. mm. long, 4-4i mm. across in the upper broader part, 

 glabrous, obscurely veined longitudinally, acutely continued to 

 the pedicel at the base, smooth but rugulose above on the 

 surface, viridescent and nectariferous below internallj' ; lobes 5, 

 with obtuse sinuses between lobes, nearly equal to or very 

 slightly shorter than the tube, ovato-lanceolate, acuminate, in- 

 cumbentlv glanduloso-ciliated with several to subnumerous setae 

 on each margin, 3-nerved, 7-8 mm. long, 3^-4 mm. broad. 

 Petals 5, sub-erect-patently patent, oval-elliptical, sessile and 

 obtuse at the base, emarginate with rounded or obtuso-rounded 

 and entire or suberoso-crenate lobes, and often with a small 

 produced tip in the bottom of the open or subclose sinus, 

 loosely subcrispate towards the margin and uneven on face, 

 glabrous, 17-19 mm. long, 12-14 mm. broad. Stamens 



numerous, short, erect, inserted on the throat and the upper 

 portion of the calyx-tube internally, unequal in length, attaining 

 about 6| mm. in length ; filament subulato-filiform, glabrous, 

 w^hite but lately purpurascent at the base ; anther small, round- 

 ed, yellow, emarginate at the apex, bifid at the base, introrse. 



