oppo^ila. superiora saepius alterna, oinuia petiolata , petiolis te- 

 retibus superne caiialiculatis patentibas 1 — 1^" poUices lougis; 

 lamiiia e basi cordata circnmscriptione snborbicularis vel ovato- 

 orbicnlaris subpalnialinervia obtnsa, grosse inciso - lobata. lobis la- 

 terilibns utrinque pleruniqne tiibus, teruiinalem aequanfibus obtusis 

 inaeqiialiter serrato-deii<atis; hispida, basi saepiiis inaequilatera, 2" 

 longa, li" lata. Sft/ndae nuUae. Floren solitarii, pedunculati; pe- 

 dtiiicnli primnin terminales, dennini ranii axillaris elongatione opposili- 

 foKi, cylindrici, hispidi, sab anthesi circiter pollicares, ebracteati, 

 erecti, frnctiferi dejtiuui divaricati, elongati. Calycis tubns ovario 

 adnatns, liemispliaericns vel turbinatus, dense Iiispidus, virens; linibiis 

 quinquepartitas, laciniis aequalibns lanceolalis acutis integerriinis pri- 

 niuin erectis pallide virentibus vel e viridi citrinis, deniuin deflexis 

 marcescentibns persistentibus , aestivatione valvatis. C'orolfa ampla, 

 speciosa, pentapetala, regiilaris; pefala calycis fauci affixa, basi at- 

 fenuata et a se inviceni libera, sessilia, obovata, obtnsa, inleger- 

 rima, tenniter radiatim venosa, utrinque glabra, aurea iuferne palli- 

 diora, pollicaria, fere horizoutaliter expansa, aestivatione contorta. 

 Stamina intra petala calycis fauci affixa, indefiiiita (50 — 70), oinnia 

 fertiiia et aeqnalia, decidua; filamenta basi in annulnm coiinata indeqiie 

 monadelplia, filiforiiiia, glabra, anrea, longitudine petalorum. Anthertie 

 erectae, ovato-snbglobosae, obtusae, quadriloculares, loculis in utroque 

 inargine per paria longitndiualiter debiscentibiis, anreac. Nectarium 

 annulas carnosns virens nectarifluiis, iutra slaniiua ovarii verticeni 

 cingens. Ovarium calycis tnbo innatum, turbinatum, uniloculare, multi- 

 ovulalum; placentae quinque in parietibus decurrentes cum calycis 

 laciniis alternantes ntultiovnlatae, prominentes, incrassalae; Ovula plu- 

 riseriata, horizonlaliter patentia, sessilia, aiiatiopa, oblongo-cylindrica. 

 Stylus terminalis, persistens, simplex, erectns, glaber, cavus, aureus, 

 longitudine staniinum, desinens in stigma continuum, simplex, c^^Iin- 

 dricum, quinquesulcatum et lineis quinque papilloso-villosis in angulis 

 decurrentibus notatuni, vcrtice obtusum, quinquecrenatuni. Capsula 



