puberulenta, extus cum setarum robustarum carina me- 
dia prominenti; sepala exteriora duo, viridi-aurea, tri- 
angulari-elliptica, obtusa, extus crasse pubescentia, intus 
puberula. Petala quinque, fere usque ad basim libera, 
subquadrangulata, glabra, alba. Stamina viginti duo. 
Ovarium globosum, glabrum, quinque cum stylibus car- 
nosis. Fructus ignotus. 
A large shrub, usually hanging, with stout branches. 
Branches brownish setose-pilose, the closely appressed 
setae up to 5 mm. long. Leaf blades coriaceous, obovate, 
short-acuminate, cuneate at the base, entire except for 
a slight, uneven undulation near the apex, the margin 
armed with bristles up to 0.5 mm. long. Upper surface 
of the leaf dark green, scabrous, minutely papillose, 
sparsely beset with brown setae which are about 2.5 
mm. long, rather densely brown-setose along the nerves, 
the setae about 5 mm. long; lower surface grey, vel- 
vety, very densely stellate-pilose with whitish hairs, very 
sparsely beset with brown setae, rather densely brown- 
setose along the nerves. Petioles setose-pilose, 3.5—5 em. 
long. Peduncle and inflorescence 21—27 em. long, usually 
much shorter than the leaves: peduncle setose-pilose: 
pedicels strong, setose-pilose, 5 mm. long; bracts setose- 
pilose, linear, about 5 mm. long; inflorescence 5-8 cm. 
long, about 5-7 em. broad. Flowers rather numerous, 
1.5 cm. or less in diameter. Sepals five; the inner sepals 
three, vellow, orbicular,with inrolled margins, 6 mm. 
long, 5mm. wide, puberulent, externally with a promi- 
nent central keel of strong bristles, each 2 mm. long; 
outer sepals two, greenish-yellow, triangular-elliptical, 
obtuse, 6 mm. long, 4 mm. wide, coarsely pubescent ex- 
ternally, puberulent internally. Petals five, free almost 
to the base, subquadrangulate, 8 mm. long, 6 mm. wide, 
glabrous, white. Stamens twenty-two; anthers 3 mm. 
long, versatile; filaments 38 mm. long, adherent to the 
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