ovate or obovate, rarely nearly orbicular, obtuse or acute, 

 narrowed into a petiole one-sixth to half an inch long; 

 pubescent on both surfaces. Flowers axillary, solitary, ses- 

 sile or very shortly pedicelled ; bracteoles minute, subulate 

 or linear, much shorter than the calyx. Sepals four, two 

 outer one-half to three-quarters of an inch long, oblong- 

 ovate, ciliate, reticulate, quite entire ; two inner very much 

 smaller, subulate-lanceolate, ciliate. Corolla two inches 

 long, pale rather dull rosy-red; tube pnberulous, funnel- 

 shaped ; limb one to one and a half inches in diameter, 

 lobes five, oblong, tips rounded, upper half as large again 

 as the others, two lower rather smaller than the lateral. 

 Stamens four, two very long, far exserted, with white 

 filaments ; two very small, included, with a subulate 

 staminode between them ; filaments sparsely hairy at the 

 base. Ovary glabrous, style capillary. — J". D. II. 



Fig. 1, Inner sepals and ovary ; 2, base of corolla laid open and stamens ; 3 

 ovary and disk ; 4, vertical section of the same : — all enlarged. 



