interest as one of the fine series of Andean plants sent to 
Kew by the late J. A. Henry, Esq., who raised it from 
seeds sent by his old friend, the late Dr. Jameson, Professor 
of Botany at Quito. It flowered at Kew in June. It was 
received in 1877, and flowers in the month of June. 
Drscr. A small glabrous or pubescent shrub, three 
to five feet high. Stem often decumbent below, with 
ascending leafy branches. Leaves two to three inches 
long, usually drooping and ternately whorled, elliptic- 
oblong, acute at both ends, distinctly denticulate, glabrous 
or nearly so above, glabrous or pubescent beneath, nerves 
six to eight pair; petiole slender, one-third to one-half of 
an inch long. Flowers solitary or two to three together in 
axillary clusters, pedicel usually about half as long as the 
scarlet flower, which is two to three inches long and 
pendulous. Calyx narrowly funnel-shaped, sometimes 
inflated above the middle; lobes one-fourth as long as the 
tube, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate. Petals shorter than the 
calyx-lobes, suborbicular, obtusely four-angled, scarlet like 
cr ce Stamens shortly exserted. Stigma globose.— 
Fig. 1, Portion of leaf; 2 and 3, anthers; 4, pistil:—all enlarged. 
