Berlin and Munich. We have specimens from Dr. von 
Martius under the name we have adopted, but we know 
not in what publication Professor Zuccarini has described the 
species. 
It forms a tufted light green bush, about three feet high, 
almost destitute of leaves, but having a graceful appearance 
in consequence of the large number of its drooping slender 
twigs, which look like those of an Equisetum or a Casuarina, 
and which form a singular contrast with the handsome 
scarlet flowers that appear in abundance in the months of 
July and August. 
Propagated very easily by cuttings. 
We are indebted to Mr. Bentham for the amended cha- 
racter of the genus. Fig. 1. is a corolla cut open by 
dividing the lip through the middle; 2. is a stigma with 
its style; 3. a stamen. 
