of the genus, I. coccinea and striata : to both of which it is 
superior in the size of the inflorescence and the large leaves, 
some of which are a foot in length. 
Descr. This seems to form a large shrub in its native country, 
branched : the branches terete, rich brown. Leaves among the 
largest of the genus, oblong>ovate, acuminate, somewhat cuneate 
at the base, tapering into a short stout petiole^ penninerved, 
with numerous transverse veinlets, glabrous, as is every part of 
the plant. Stipules broad, short, acute. Cyme large, broad, 
nearly flat at the top, compound, with innumerable richly coloured 
flowers, and subtended by two small leaves. Calyx very small, 
with four short, blunt teeth. Corolla hypocrateriform, at first 
orange-yellow, then red-orange : the tube long, slender, the limb 
of four rotundate, very obtuse, spreading lobes. Anthers sessile, 
inserted at the mouth of the tube, and lying horizontally between 
the lobes. Style a little longer than the tube : stigma bifid. 
Fig. 1. Flower:— magnified. 
