Leaves closely sheathing at the base, with orbicular stipular 
sheaths, obovate or obovate-cuneate, three to six inches long, 
narrowed into the short stout petiole or cordate at the base, 
obtuse, bright green, margin irregularly toothed, ciliate. 
Flowering-stem four to eight inches high, stout, succulent; 
panicle much branched, drooping, more or less glandular- 
pubescent; bracts deciduous. Mowers three-quarters to one 
inch diameter. Calye-tube hemispheric ; lobes orbicular. Petals 
obovate-spathulate or orbicular, pink. Stamens ten, red; 
anthers primrose yellow. Ovary of three crimson carpels; 
styles narrow, conical ; stigmas capitellate.—J. D. H. 
Fig., Flower with the petals removed :—magnified. 
