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Stem suffruticose, erect, 2 ft. high, slightly branched, smooth below, thickly covered with ferruginous down on all the herbaceous portions. Petioles about an inch long, downy. Stipules setaceous, nearly as long as the petioles; blades 3–4 in. long, 2 in. broad, oblong, obtuse, serrate, palmately 3-costate; nerves covered with rust-coloured down especially on the lower surface. Peduncles axillary, lower ones remote, 2–3 in. long, dividing above into 3 branches, upper ones shorter, crowded at the end of the branches. Epicalyx of 3 broadly ovate, acute, scarcely acuminate segments, as long as the downy lanceolate sepals. Petals deep yellow, convolute. Capsule oblong, obtuse, villose, shorter than the calyx. Seeds rugose or subglabrous.