Involucre of three ovate, foliaceous bracteas. Corolla mode- 
rately large, of five spreading, rotundato-cuneate, unevenly 
truncated, pale red, somewhat roseate, oblique petals, the 
base with its short, ciliated claw, deep yellow, having a 
deep rose-coloured ray. Column of stamens short, hairy, 
deep yellow, conical ; free portion of the filaments nume- 
rous, spreading, moderately long, each terminated by a 
reniform, yellow, one-celled anther. Ovaries twelve to 
thirteen, united in a circle, clothed with long, upright hairs, 
each one-ovuled : Style dividing above the stamens into as 
many red branches as there are ovaries: Stigmas capi- 
tate, red. 
bad Fig. 1. Petal :—magnijfied. 
