stem woody; branches terete, with scattered stellate hairs when young; spines on stem and leaves straight, subulate from a broad base, up to 4 lin. long; leaves 2 in. by 1 1/4 in., deeply sinuately and obtusely lobed, with scattered stellate hairs on both surfaces; petiole short; flowers solitary; peduncles short, thick, erect in flower, cernuous in fruit; calyx shortly campanulate, 2 lin. in diam., spiny and stellately hairy outside, enlarging in fruit; lobes ovate-triangular, acute; corolla ochraceous, 3–4 lin. in diam.; lobes ovate, acuminate, acute, hirsute outside, glabrous inside; filaments very short; anthers 1 1/4 lin. long, oblong, obtuse, with 2 minute terminal pores; ovary globose, stellately hairy; style 1 1/2 lin. long, straight, filiform, hairy at the base; berry globose, 7 lin. in diam., glabrous. null
