stout, three-quarters of an inch in diameter, with scattered 

 subulate scales towards the top. Leaves ten to fourteen inches 

 long, three to five inches broad, very narrowly obcuneate- 

 spathulate, obtuse or subacute, narrowed into the very short 

 stout petiole, remotely toothed towards the apex, dark-green, 

 very coriaceous ; nerves obscure ; midrib very stout. Racemes 

 erect, four to five inches long, an inch and a half in diameter, 

 rachis entirely hidden by the densely crowded flowers. Pedi- 

 cels very short, stout, glabrous. Base of calyx turbinate ; lobes 

 orbicular, minutely ciliated. Corolla half an inch to two- 

 thirds of an inch in diameter, deep orange-red, yellow in the 

 disk ; lobes rounded, with very tumid subhemispherical glands. 

 Stamens small, sunk between the glands of the petals ; fila- 

 ments short, stout, free ; anthers subquadrate ; cells recurved 

 at the base on the very thick, subquadrate, SAvollen connec- 

 tive. Ovarii with a short conic style and capitate stigma. — 



Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Calyx and ovary. 3 and 4. Stamens -.—nil magnified. 



