Floioers in terminal fascicles of from six to ten and even twenty, 
large, handsome, showy, slightly pubescent. Peduncle erect, 
short, single-flowered. Calyx cut to the base in five deep 
almost subulate, erect segments. Corolla between three and 
four inches long, full orange, with the extremity scarlet: the 
tube clavate, curved downward at the extremity, and there convex 
at the back, concave or canaliculate beneath (within glandular): 
the mouth oblique, four-lobed, the lobes patent, rounded, the 
upper one bifid: each lobe bears a lunulate, black line, forming 
the boundary between the orange and red colour. Stamen and 
style exserted. Ovary linear, inserted in a fleshy gland or cup. 
Stigma transversely grooved. 
Fig. 1. Pistil:— magnified. 
