twelve or thirteen flowers, forming a terminal globose head. 
Calye membranaceous, deeply cut into five, very unequal, mo- 
derately spreading odes. Corolla as in R. arboreum, red, with 
five nearly equal spreading rounded /odes, notched at the apex. 
Stamens eight, erect, compact. Anther small. Ovary cylindri- 
~ cal, furrowed, clothed with clavate erect hairs, slightly sunk in 
a waved fleshy annulus. Séy/e a little longer than the stamens. 
Fig. 1. Portion of the under side of the leaf, with branched hairs. 2.{Two 
of these hairs. 8. Stamen. 4, Calyx and pistil. 5. Ovary. 6. Transverse 
section of ovary :—magnified. ; 
