villous. Leaves (half an inch long, a quarter of an inch 
broad) numerous, evergreen, coriaceous, distichous, erect, 
presenting one edge outward, longer than the internodes, 
obovate, obscurely triplinerved, alike on both sides, dark 
green, having a cartilaginous, crenulated border. Flowers 
axillary, solitary, on peduncles which are much shorter 
than the leaves, and concealed by one or two pairs of small, 
opposite, sheathing, subacute, adpressed, green, imbricated, 
slightly ciliated scales. Calyx of four leaflets, similar to the 
scales of the peduncle, but larger and more obviously cili- 
ated. Petals four, ovate, coriaceous, red, more than twice 
as long as the calyx. Stamens eight, alternately longer, 
all much shorter than the petals ; filaments woolly, and the 
longer ones swollen upwards, and toothed on the back 
below the anthers ; anthers ovate, bilocular, attached to the 
filament by the back, bursting longitudinally on the inner 
side. Pistil rather shorter than the stamens ; stigma incon- 
spicuous ; style stout, erect, tapering, furrowed on four 
sides, green; germen green, ovate, four-lobed, four-celled ; 
ovules two in each cell. Graham. 
Fig, 1. Flower, from which the Petals are removed. 2. Petal. 3. Ovary 
and Disk. 4.5, Stamens. 6. Leaf:—magnified. 
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