nen^es. Flmoers terminal, apparently in pairs, and each remark¬ 
able for a very large pair of hracteas, resembling the leaves at 
the base, much smaller than the stem-leaves, indeed, but nearly 
as long as the flower. Calyx small, deeply cut into five subulate 
erect segments. Corolla of a fine deep crimson-lilac colour, with 
the tube much elongated, curved, gradually enlarging upwards: 
limb of five nearly equal spreading w aved segments. Stamens 
four, didynamous. Anthers sagittate, white, protruding a little 
beyond the tube. Ovary oblong, seated on a fleshy base, two- 
ceUed. Style as long as the tube. Stigma cleft: the subulate 
segments unequal. 
Fig. 1. Calyx and Pistil. 2. Anther. 3. Ovary. 4. The same cut through 
transversely;— magnified. 
