unarmed, much divided; leaves elliptic, tapering at both ends, petiolate, veined, glabrous; flowers terminal, solitary, sessile; calyx tubular, foliaceous, cleft at one side, with leaf-like appendages; corolla tubular, salver shaped, lobes 8, obtuse; fruit ovate. Height of trunk, from 8–10 feet; diameter from 10–12 inches. Bark smooth, greyish white. Wood hard. Leaves 4–6 inches long; on the flowering branches smaller, and often as broad as long. Flowers large, white, fragrant. Tube of calyx 1 inch, of the corolla 2 1/2–3 inches long; lobes of corolla 1 inch or more long. Anthers and stigma exserted. Fruit 2–2 1/2 inches long, smooth, white, very hard, almost woody, imperfectly 5-celled, many seeded.
