hairy, rather by the extension of the surface, than by the 
hairs being deciduous; middle-rib and primary veins pro- 
minent on both surfaces, transverse reticulations only pro- 
minent behind. Racemes arising from the stem near its 
base, where the leaves have dropped, and quite in the shade 
(even under the table in the stove) several-flowered, pendu- 
lous, like the petiole and young branches densely covered 
with brown hairs, which are reflexed on the last, but erecto- 
adpressed on the first two. Flowers membranous, covered 
with spreading hairs, pendulous; tube turned upwards in 
the middle, the reflected portion being parallel to and in 
contact with the other, yellowish-white within and without, 
but having externally many nerves, smaller transverse reti- 
culations, and small, elandular excrescences, all of a brick- 
red colour, contracted a little above its base, (and below 
this part, both within and without, of a dirty-red colour, and 
having spread over its inner surface a covering of hairs sin- 
gularly crystalline and ramified,) forming a large pouch, 
where it is reflected, and in its erect portion again contract- 
ed, flattened in front, and slightly clavate upwards, within 
this portion, minutely glandular, but without any hairs ; 
throat circular, placed vertically, of bright yellow colour, 
with a narrow, erect margin ; limb narrow, before expan- 
sion folded in three triangular divisions across the throat, 
when expanded flat and obscurely three-lobed, on its upper 
(anterior) surface dark purple, densely covered with erect 
warts of similar colour; on its lower (posterior) surface 
similar to the outer surface of the tube. Anthers six, yel- 
low, two-celled, bursting along the front, oblong, sessile 
upon the short, stout, clavate style ; pollen yellow, granules 
nearly globular. Stigma of three acute, connivent lobes, 
sending projections downwards upon the style, so as to 
separate the stamens into pairs. _Germen inferior, slightly 
clavate, furrowed, densely covered with erect, brown hairs. _ 
Ovules very numerous, horizontal. Graham. 
Fig. 1. Pistil with Stamens :—Magnified. 
