with the spontaneous specimens. The vermilion colouring 

 of the bracteae is very beautiful ; sometimes it varies to a 

 lively yellow, and even to white.- 



Stem annual, decumbent, striated, covered with long 

 hairs. Leaves oblong, trifid at the end, or-tcntire, covered 

 with long hairs, with three nerves ; the lowest often entire. 

 Bractea oblong, pinnatifid, scarlet, yellow, or white. 

 Calyx tubular, with a dilated limb and retuse segments. 

 Corolla green, pubescent; its. tube shorter than the calyx. 

 Capsule roundish, oblong. Seeds cuneate, reticulated. 



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