of the flowers) branches, of a rich coral-red colour. Bracteas 
- membranaceous, lanceolate, acuminate, deep rose-colour. //owers 
pendent, nearly three inches long, including the inferior ovary, 
which is cylindrical, narrower than the perianth. Sepals linear- 
oblong, dark-green, with a yellow tinge, straight, approximating 
so as to form a fude. Stamens scarcely exserted. Filaments 
subulate. Anthers linear. Style filiform, dilated, and trisul- 
cate at the base. x 3 
Fig. 1. Very much reduced figure 
ty flowering plant. 2. Leaf. 3. Portion 
of a panicle :—znat. size. 4. Stamen. 
-Pistil :—magnified. 
