Descr. A shrub, with rounded branches, and leaves 

 which are alternate, ovate, somewhat coriaceous, entire, 

 obtuse, on very short petioles, penninerved, two or Four of 

 the lower, lateral nerves much longer than the rest, and 

 running nearly parallel. The leaves on the young shoots 

 are very delicate, and have a deep tinge of red. Flowers 

 three together, from the axils of the leaves. Peduncles 

 about an inch long, rather thickened, especially upwards. 

 Lalyx cup-shaped, truncated, with five, obscure, mucro- 

 nated lobes, and as many sharp, wing-like angles. Corolla 

 nearly an inch long, bright red, the limb yellow. Its form 

 is ovato-urceolate, with five prominent angles : the neck, or 

 mouth, contracted, the limb of five, erecto-patent teeth. 

 stamens ten. Filaments united into a thick, fleshy tube, 

 which is broader upwards, and then again contracted where 

 the anthers are set on. Amhers linear, slightly downy, 

 tapering into a rather short, slightly incurved tube, which 

 opens by a longitudinal fissure at the apex. Ovary united 

 with nearly the whole of the calyx. Style almost as long 

 as the corolla. Stigma capitate. 



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