same country (" locis subfrigidis Regni Quitensis, prope Delay, 

 Cumbe et Cuenca, alt. 1,400 hexap."), is a good representation 

 of the plant ; but the intermediate lesser teeth of the limb of 

 the corolla are omitted, which indeed are not easily seen in 

 the dried specimens ; and the fruit is given as a small globose 

 berry. In the Nov. Gen. Amer., however, the berry of the 

 same plant, is, on the authority of Humboldt, described as 

 " ovate ;" so that I cannot doubt of our plant being identical 

 with it. It flowered during a good part of the summer, and, 

 which may be inferred from our figure, made a very handsome 

 appearance. 



Descr. A shrub, as cultivated by us, about five feet high, 

 everywhere glabrous, or nearly so, unarmed. Leaves often 

 fascicled, obovate, inclining to oval or oblong, very obtuse, 

 entire, tapering at the base into a short footstalk. Peduncles 

 aggregated, axillary, or supra-axillary, or terminal, shorter 

 then the leaves, single-flowered. Floivers drooping, large, 

 handsome. Calyx subcampanulate, five-toothed, and bursting, 

 as it were, with a fissure on one side, or into two unequal 

 lobes. Corolla thrice as long as the calyx, orange-scarlet; 

 tube elongated, nearly straight; limb moderately spreading, 

 five-toothed or angled, with a smaller intermediate tooth. 

 Stamens inserted near the base of the corolla. Filaments 

 included, downy at the base. Germen pyramidal, obscurely 

 five-lobed : Style as long as the corolla : Stigma capitate. 

 Berry (on native specimens) ovate, acuminate, in part sur- 

 rounded by the cleft calyx. 



Fig. 1. Stamens. 2. Pistil : magnified. 3. Capsule : nat. size. 



