Dezscr. A glabrous, scandent or subscandent evergreen shrub, 
with long, terete dranches. Leaves alternate, petiolate, simple, 
oblong or oblong-ovate, with cordate or rounded base, acute 
apex, and toothed margin; the teeth large and spinulose, of a 
dull deep green above, glaucous below, with yellow midrib. 
Stipules none. Flowers pendulous, on long, slender, deep-red 
pedicels, which are clustered in twos and threes: the axils of 
the upper leaves arrahged in drooping, terminal racemes. Pe- 
dicels one and a half inch long, slightly thickened upwards. 
Perianth globose, of nine to fifteen deciduous leaflets, gradually 
passing into one another, all of a deep red colour, rather thick 
consistence, and shining surface; the outer (dracteoles) very 
small, spreading, more persistent than the others; inner (petals) 
obovate, cuneate, erect; intermediate ones (sepals) very con- 
cave, orbicular, and imbricate. Stamens seated within a cup- 
shaped torus. Anthers sessile, apiculate, two-celled, bursting 
by lateral slits. Ovary one-celled, with a short columnar séy/e, 
three-lobed sessile stigma, and three parietal placentee, with 
two to three ovules seated above the middle in each. Ovzules 
orthotropous or curved, funicles pendulous. Hook. fil. 
Figs. 1 and 2. Flowers. 3. Torus and stamens. 4. Anther. 5. Torus and 
ovary :—all magnified. 
