The toast would certainly be leathery . she put the tea - cosy over the tea - pot , and rose to get a little glass for her violets . the poor flowers hung over , limp on their stalks 她把茶壶套于套上茶壶，站起来去找一个小玻璃杯，把她的紫罗兰花放在，可怜的花作，在柔软的枝头低垂着。
Leaves alternate ; petioles short , puberulous ; blade leathery , elliptic to oblong , 6 - 12 cm long , 2 . 5 - 4 cm wide , apex acute or obtuse , base nearly rotund or slightly oblique 叶互生；叶柄短，被疏柔毛；叶片革质，椭圆形至长圆形，长6 - 12厘米，宽2 . 5 - 4厘米，顶端急尖或钝，基部近圆形或稍偏斜。
The animal has a bill that resembles a duck bill but is actually an elongated snout covered with soft moist leathery skin and sensitive nerve endings 它的嘴巴长得如鸭嘴一般，但实际上，它是一张由柔软的如皮革般的表皮包着的拉长了的嘴巴，表皮可分泌出潮湿的粘液，皮肤里有许多敏感的神经末梢。
Leaves leathery , ovate , obovate , elliptic or obovate - elliptic , 4 - 9 cm long and 1 - 4 cm wide , with 3 - 6 obtuse teeth on each side ; abaxially with tufts of hairs at axils of veins ; lateral nerves 7 - 10 pairs 叶革质，卵形、倒卵形至椭圆形或倒卵状椭圆形，长4 - 9厘米，宽1 - 4厘米，每边有3 - 6钝齿，侧脉7 - 10对，背面脉腋有小毛丛。
Leaves leathery , elliptic - lanceolate or broadly oblanceolate , 4 - 13 cm long and 2 - 4 cm wide , apex acuminate to acute , base cuneate , margin revolute ; petioles 0 . 7 - 1 . 5 cm long , base slightly swollen 叶革质，椭圆状披针形或阔倒披针形，长4 - 13厘米，宽2 - 4厘米，顶端渐尖或急尖，基部楔形，边缘背卷；叶柄长0 . 7 - 1 . 5厘米，基部稍肿大。
Leaves leathery , ovate or elliptic , 7 - 12 cm long , 3 . 5 - 5 cm wide , apex short acute , base rounded or cordate , upper surface green , glossy , lateral veins 6 - 8 pairs , impressed adaxially and prominent abaxially 叶革质，卵形或椭圆形，长7 - 12厘米，宽3 . 5 - 5厘米，先端短急尖，基部圆形或心形，上面亮绿色，侧脉6 - 8对，在上面凹陷，在下面突起。
Leaves leathery , oblong - elliptic , rarely ovate - elliptic , 7 - 18 cm long and 3 . 5 - 8 . 5 cm wide , apex abruptly short acuminate or short acuminate , base cuneate , broadly cuneate or obtuse , adaxially dark green and glossy ; petioles without stipular scars 叶革质，长圆状椭圆形，倒卵状椭圆形，长7 - 18厘米，宽3 . 5 - 8 . 5厘米，先端骤狭,短渐尖或渐尖，基部楔形、阔楔形或近圆钝，叶面深绿色，有光泽；叶柄上无托叶痕。
Leaves ternate ; leaflets papery or nearly leathery , ovate to ovate - elliptic , 6 - 15 cm long and 3 - 7 cm wide , apex abruptly acuminate , base rounded to subcordate , entire , both surfaces glabrous ; basal veins 3 , lateral veins 4 - or 5 - paired , conspicuous on both surfaces ; petiolules 1 . 5 - 2 cm long , glabrous 叶为三出复叶；小叶纸质或近革质，卵形至卵状椭圆形，长6 - 15厘米，宽3 - 7厘米，先端突尖，基部圆形至近心形，全缘，两面无毛；常有基出3出脉，侧脉4 - 5对，两面均明显；小叶柄长1 . 5 - 2厘米，无毛。
Leaves thick leathery , obovate - lanceolate , obovate or oblong - lanceolate , 4 - 12 cm long and 2 - 3 . 5 cm wide , apex rounded , sometimes emarginated , base cuneate , abaxial surface thinly covered with a grayish to fawn indumentum at first , later glabrescent ; petiole 1 - 1 . 5 cm long , glabrescent 叶厚革质，倒卵状披针形、倒卵形或长圆状披针形，长4 - 12厘米，宽2 - 3 . 5厘米，顶端近圆形，有时微缺，基部楔形，下面初时薄被灰白色或淡土黄色丛卷毛，后近无毛；叶柄长1 - 1 . 5厘米，后近无毛。
Flowers solitary and terminal , white , 10 - 14 cm in diam . , sessile ; bracts and sepals leathery , orbicular , covered with grayish silky hairs outside ; petals 8 , broadly obovate , 5 - 7 cm long , glabrous , basal 1 . 5 cm connate ; stamens in many whorls , 2 . 5 cm long , distinct , glabrous ; ovary hairy , 5 - locular , styles 2 cm long , apex 5 - lobed 花白色，单生于枝顶，直径10 - 14厘米，无柄；苞片及萼片圆形，革质，外被灰色绢毛；花瓣8 ，阔倒卵形，长5 - 7厘米，无毛，基部连生约1 . 5厘米；雄蕊多轮，长2 . 5厘米，离生，无毛；子房有毛， 5室，花柱长2厘米，先端5浅裂。
