from those gardens in 1880, which flowered in May, and is, 
as might be expected, perfectly hardy. 
Deser.—A small, much-branched, quite glabrous shrub 
2 ft. high; branches divaricate in native specimens, less 
so in cultivated, bark dark. Leaves 3-11 in. long, sessile, 
linear, obtuse, very pale beneath, quite entire, or with one 
or two acute teeth on each side, near the base. Flowers 
in pairs, terminating short lateral branches, fragrant; 
bracts short, rounded, connate into a 4-lobed stipitate cup, 
the ovaries quite free. Calyzx-tube ovoid, contracted at 
the tip; lobes 4, short, obtuse, unequal. Corolla glabrous, 
rose-red ; tube cylindric, hairy within, }-} in. long; limb 
4 in. diam., lobes equal, ovate, obtuse. Stamens shortly 
exserted. Stigma spathulate, recurved.—J. D. H. 
Fig. 1, Top of flowering branch and flowers; 2, ovary and style; 3 and 4, 
stamens :—A// enlarged. 
