Chironia peduncularis Lindl.

Perennial herb, semi-scandent, branches straggling, up to 1 m long, more or less terete, sometimes obscurely quadrate, sub-branched, leafy. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, 2-7 cm long, 0.3-2 cm broad, rounded or subcordate at the base, gradually narrowing in the upper portion to an acute apex, 3-5-nerved, in remote pairs or leaves slightly longer than the internodes. Inflorescence of 1-3-(rarely 5-) flowered cymes, terminal on the main and lateral branches, solitary flowers sometimes axillary in the upper pair of leaves; pedicels long and slender, 3-10 cm long; bracts 0. Calyx about 1-4 cm long, divided nearly to the base, tube about 2.5 mm long; lobes narrowly triangular to lanceolate, long attenuate to an acute slender apex, carinate(2 more so than the rest)obscurely hyaline margined. Corolla pink, over 3 cm long; tube about 1-6 cm long, tubular, with a long narrow neck but slightly widened at the mouth; lobes ovate-oblong, about 1.9 cm long and 9 mm broad, slightly cuneate at the base, acuminate in the upper third to a slender acute apicule. Stamens inserted 2.5 mm below the rim; filaments about 4.5 mm long; anthers 7.5 mm long, not twisted. Ovary about 1 cm long; narrowing into the style; style 1.3 cm long; stigma broadly peltate, stigmatose round the margin, somewhat 2-cleft. Capsule pointed, shiny, about 1.8 cm long, splitting into 2, enveloped by the membranous persistent corolla-tube.