into a petiole half an inch long, firmly coriaceous, dark green 
above, pale beneath. Spikes solitary at the end of the 
branches, or crowded on short subterminal branches, one to 
three inches long, sessile or shortly stalked; rachis and 
peduncle finely downy. Bracts shorter than the calyx, 
appressed, ovate with subulate points, keeled. Calyx about one- 
third of an inch long; sepals subulate, lanceolate, quite gla- 
* brous. Corolla-tube one inch long and upwards, very slender, 
slightly curved ; limb one inch in diameter, straw-coloured on 
the back, bright red above; segments flat, horizontal, elliptic- 
obovate-obtuse, the lower rather the larger, and the two 
upper rather the smaller, each with a very dark red base, 
which is speckled with almost black dots. Azthers shortly 
protruded, dark blue-purple. Ovary narrowly ovoid, on an 
obscure annular disk.—/. D. H. 
Fig. 1, Stamens; 2, calyx and style:—all magnified. 
