elliptic, or oblanceolate (mostly oblanceolate), obtuse at the 

 apex, cuneate or more rarely rounded at the base, with 

 serrated margins and with the mid-rib distinct and the lateral 

 veins evident. Flowers solitary, very rarely paired, arising 

 at the apex of abbreviated shoots. Pedicels 1-1*5 cm. long, 

 articulated at or 1-2 mm. above the base. Sepals 7-8 mm. 

 long, 4-5 mm. broad, ovate or elliptic, rounded at and 

 sometimes 2-3-lobed at the apex, enlarging in the fruit. 

 Petals 1*5 cm. long, 9*5 mm. broad, obovate, rounded at the 

 apex, narrowed at the base into a claw. Filaments 4-5 mm. 

 long, articulated at the apex ; anthers 2 mm. long, oblong. 

 Ovary of 4-5 carpels ; style 5 mm. long ; stigmas as many as 

 the carpels. Fruit 7-8 mm. long, 5-6 mm. broad, more or less 

 ellipsoid. 



Plate 70. — Pig. 1, fruiting branch ; Fig. 2, flower with petals removed ; 

 Pig. 3, sepal ; Fig. 4, petal ; Figs. 5 and 6, stamens ; Fig. 7, gynaecium. 



F.P.S.A., 1922. 



