high in our cultivated plant, bearing at the top many long 
branches spreading horizontally, glabrous, as is every part 
of the plant. Leaves in pairs, rarely solitary, unequal, peti- 
olated : the lesser one on the shorter petiole, cordate, short- 
ly acuminate, entire, glossy and somewhat succulent ; the 
larger one on a longer petiole, and rather ovate than cor- 
date, dark green, a little paler beneath. From the forking 
of the branches the peduncles have their origin ; these are 
pendent, bearing a raceme of flowers, of which the pedicels 
are all secund, the lower ones, (and, indeed, all of them as 
the blossoms expand, ) singularly reflexed, that is, bent in the 
direction of the base of the Sebi. but the mouth of the 
flowers all directed downwards. Calyx a shallow cup with 
five spreading, rather short, triangular lobes. Buds at first 
purple, then greenish, at length when fully open, green 
with a dark streak on the back of each segment: valvate 
but not plicate in estivation. The corolla is thick and 
fleshy, rotato-campanulate ; that is broadly campanulate, 
and deeply cut into five oblong, reflexed segments. Sta- 
‘mens with the filament short, bent back, and suddenly geni- 
culated at the top, so as to incline the anthers forward, of 
which the tips reach the top of the style, while their bases 
are at a considerable distance, purplish : the connectivum 
swollen and gibbous at the base. Germen subglobose, 
tapering into a very short, thick style. Stigma dilated, 
very thick, green, transversely oval, concave, with two 
swellings or tubercles within. 
Fig. 1. Stamens and Pistil: the Calyx and Corolla almost entirely re- 
moved. 2. Nearly front view of a Stamen. 3. Back view of ditto. 4. 
Pistil. 5. Section of the Germen:—magnified. — 
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