Leaves growing three or four together, ovate, stalked, tooth- 
letted, quite smooth, dark green, the petiole pubescent, 
and not more than a third part the length of the lamina. 
Flowers solitary, axillary, pendulous; the peduncles much 
longer than the leaves, filiform, slightly pubescent. Calyx 
scarlet, smooth, with a conical tube, the length of the limb. 
Petals dark purple, erect, imbricated, emarginate, a little 
longer than the limb. Style much longer than the stamens. 
Stigma ovate. 
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