lanceolate,acuminate, irregularly or doubly toothed, contracted 
somewhat above the amplexicaul base, which unites with that 
of the opposite leaf, dark-green, pubescent on both surfaces, 
nerves very oblique. Cymes usually 3-flowered, much shorter 
than the leaves ; peduncle three-quarters to one inch long; 
pedicels very short; bracts oblong, herbaceous, caducous. 
Calyz half-inch long, tubular, somewhat oblique, 5-angled ; 
mouth 5-lobed; lobes straight, subulate-lanceolate, green. 
Corolla golden-yellow ; tube twice as long as the calyx, broad, 
smooth, terete, gradually expanded into the obscurely 
2-lipped spreading limb, which is one to one and a half inches 
broad ; lobes nearly equal, rounded; tube puberulous within, 
speckled with red at the throat. Stamens inserted towards 
the base of the tube, filaments nearly straight, two rather 
longer than the rest; anthers shortly oblong, cells parallel. 
Ovary ovoid; style slender, stigmatic lobes flat elliptic. 
Capsule rather longer than the calyx, oblong; valves flat, 
grooved down the middle of the back, glabrous; placentas 
thick. Seeds very minute.—/. D. H. 
Fig. 1, Corolla laid open; 2, calyx and style; 3, ovary; 4, tranverse 
section of ditto :—all magnified. y yle; 3, ovary; 4, 
