~ oblong-lanceolate, acute, coriaceous. Stipules ovate-acu- 
minate. lowers axillary, clustered, inserted in a little 
silky cup, small, pale-green. Calyx somewhat campa- 
nulate, 4-toothed, pubescent. Corolla 4-fid, hairy inside, 
with ovate, spreading, fleshy segments. Stamens 4, sub- 
sessile, exserted, inserted in the orifice; anthers subsagit- 
tate. Ovary 2-celled; cells 2-seeded; ovules collateral, 
ascending. Style filiform, the length of tube. Stigma 
bifid. 
; J. L. 
