their upper side is a deep or rather sattiny green, the under side 

 pale, and, especially the petiole and costa, tinged with red. Nerves 

 strong, prominent beneath. Flowers solitary, pendent, on pe- 

 duncles which spring from the back end of the upper leaves, large, 

 handsome. Ovary green, oblong. Calyx swollen at the base 

 and there deep red, the long tube gradually becoming pink and 

 paler, at length the red hue gives place to yellow-green in the 

 tour lanceolate spreading acuminated segments. Petals four, 

 obovate, waved, shorter than the calycine segments. Stamens 

 unequal, four longer and four shorter, but nearly as long as the 

 calycine segments, and longer than the petals. Anthers oblong, 

 yellow. Style rather longer than the stamens, terminated by a 

 thick club-shaped stigma. 



