scabrid on both surfaces ; lobes variable in length, the middle 
longest and sometimes produced, irregularly lobulate and 
toothed, teeth setose; nerves very strong beneath, radiating 
from the top of the petiole; upper leaves less deeply lobed. 
Flowers one inch in diameter, axillary, and in leafy terminal 
divaricating few-flowered panicles; peduncles very stout, 
longer than the leaves, spreading horizontally. Calyx-lobes 
oblong-lanceolate, acute, toothed, rather shorter than the 
petals. Petals oblong, boat-shaped, yellow. Scales broadly 
conial, 2-fid, with 3 bristles at the base, scarlet below the 
middle, white above it. Staminodes curved, with a bristle 
below the club-shaped tip. Stamens about 12 in a bundle. 
Ovary turbinate. Seeds very few, large, oblong; testa 
smooth.—J. D. H. 
Fig. 1, Vertical section of flower; 2, front, 3, back, and 4, side view of scale ; 
5, Staminode ; 6, bundle of, stamens :—oil enlarged. 
