S. NAZIMUDDIN AND M. QAISER

Small shrub, branches glabrous. Leaves 10-30 x 4-12 cm, acute or acuminate, shortly petioled; stipules long cuspidate. Inflorescence of terminal, large, 7-12 cm broad, corymbose cyme. Flowers white; bracts c. 3.5 mm long, caducous; bracteoles linear, acuminate. Calyx tube, short, c. 1.5 mm long, lobes more than twice as long as the ovary, ovate-lanceolote, acute, glabrous. Corolla tube 20-25 mm long, glabrous, lobes c. 6 mm long, reflexed, mouth glabrous. Anthers linear, c. 2.5 mm long. Stigma branches recurved. Fruit and seeds not seen.

Fl. Per.: June-July.

Type: Calicut, Malabar.

Distribution: India. Cultivated in Karachi and elsewhere in Pakistan.