Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Forest Flora of British Burma, Vol. 2
Calyx-tube ovoid or almost globular, the limb short (often unequally), 5 toothed, persistent or deciduous. Corolla tubular funnel-shaped or bell-shaped, the tube short or elongate, the limb unequal or 2-lipped, rarely almost regular, 5-lobed, imbricate. Stamens 5, the filaments inserted In the tube; anthers included or exserted. Disk cushion-like. Ovary 2 3-celled, with numerous ovules In each cell attached In two rows to the axial placentas; style filiform with a capitate stigma. Berry ?eshy or sappy, 2-3-celled, or, from obliteration of the cell-walls, l-celled, the cells many or few seeded. -erect or scandent shrubs, with opposite simple leaves. Flowers In cymes or peduncled heads, sometimes by pairs and in volucred by the often connate bracts.
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