A twiggy shrub, with fine, hairy branches. Leaves oppo- 
site, subsessile, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, obtuse. Flowers 
axillary, solitary or twin, their pedicels a little longer than 
the leaves, very small, white. Calyx of 4 sepals, which 
are villous on each side, ovate-acuminate, spreading. Petals 
4, rather hairy outside, oval, somewhat wavy, longer than 
calyx. Stamens indefinite in number, inserted irregularly 
into a white pulvinate disk, of unequal lengths, the inner- 
most being the shortest. J/aments white, filiform. Anthers 
small, round, pale brown. Ovary 2-celled, many-seeded. 
Style filiform, arcuate at the apex. Stigma simple. Two 
little subulate bractez are placed under two opposite sepals. 
J.L. 
