Descr. a shruh about tour feet and a half high in the present 
instance, erect, branched: the branches di- or tri-chotomous, tri¬ 
or tetragonous, the angles winged, glabrous as is the whole 
plant. Leaves in our plant rarely opposite, mostly in whorls of 
from three to four, large, handsome, nearly sessile, oval, or oval- 
oblong, often waved on the surface, usually obtuse at the base, 
acuminate at the point, quite entire, five- or seven-nerved, the 
nerves beneath and often the margin red. Where the leaves 
have fallen away a circle of harsh wiry hairs surrounds the 
stem, especially at the setting on of the branches. Panicle 
terminal, branched almost to the base, and so dense as to form 
a fhr^sus a span long, drooping, main peduncle and branches 
red: the secondary branches in whorls : ultimate pedicels short. 
Calyx urceolate, pale red, truncate, deepest coloured towards the 
margin. Petals four to five, ovate, acute, spreading, delicate 
rose. Stamens eight to ten : filaments subulate : anther longer 
than the filament, curved, subulate, with two blunt anterior 
horns at the base and a short spur there behind. Style filiform, 
shorter than the stamens, curved. 
Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Calyx and pistil. 3. Stamen :— magnified. 
