Descr. A handsome-growing glabrous shrub with elongated 

 pendent branches, and rather large glossy elliptical or oblong 

 leaves shortly petioled, 5-nerved, obtuse at the base, blunt 

 acuminate at the apex : the young terminal leaves much smaller 

 than the rest and with a vinous-red tinge. Peduncles all from, 

 the axils of the leaves, and there aggregated and pendent ; flowers 

 large and beautiful. Peduncles, calyces and the elongated tube 

 of the corollas bright scarlet with the limb yellow. The rest of 

 the flower very much resembles that of 31. speciosissima of this 

 volume, Tab. 5543. 



Fig. 1. Calyx, stamens, and pistil. 2. Two stamens with a portion of the 

 staminal tube. 3. Transverse section of the ovary : — magnified. 



