P. zingiberinum, caule erecto ramoso, foliis confertis re-
niformibus quinquelobis denticulatis utrinque hirsutis
margine undulato-crispis, stipulis cordato-ovatis acutis
ciliatis basi subobliquis, pedunculis 3-4-floris, calyci-
bus reflexis, tubo nectarifero calyce subaequali.
Stem frutesce'nt, erect, very much branched : branches
erect, thickly clothed with unequal spreading woolly
hairs. Leaves numerous, very small, rather crowded,
alternate, their scent when rubbed, resembling the roots
of green ginger, broader than long, kidney-shaped, when
young acute, but becoming soon obtuse, either flattened
or rounded at the point, 5-lobed, unequally toothed
with small sharp rigid teeth, clothed with short hairs
on both sides, the margins more or less curled or undulate,
and fringed with short hairs, underneath strongly
and numerously nerved, furrowed on the upper side, the
nerves branched all over the leaf; largest leaf about an
inch broad,and three-fourths of an inch long; smaller ones
about half an inch broad, and scarcely so much in length. Petioles about the length of, or scarcely so long as the
leaf, flattened on the upper side and convex below,
thickly clothed with long spreading white hairs, and
numerous very short ones intermixed. Stipules cordately
ovate, acute, oblique at the base, fringed. Peduncles
cylindrical, 3 or 4-flowered, thickly clothed with unequal,
long, spreading hairs, and numerous very short
ones besides. Involucre of 6 short, ovate, acute, fringed
bractes. Pedicles long and slender, very hairy. Calyx
5-cleft, hairy ; segments acute, all reflexed or bent back
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