linear-oblanceolate, acute, thickly coriaceous, hard, as much 
as half an inch at the broadest part, concave, dark green, 
and shining on the upper surface, pale, and almost green 
beneath. Scape with the sub-paniculate raceme erect or — 
inclined ; branches very short, rather distant, about three- 
flawered ; bracts and bracteoles small, coriaceous, green. 
Calyx-tube three-quarters of an inch long, cylindric, 
pubescent, limb small, two-lipped, lobes free, dentiform. 
Corolla of four spreading, oblong, pink lobes in opposite, 
spreading pairs, each about half an inch long, bearing a 
setiform appendage, and a very small, obovate, deflexed 
lip, armed with a pair of bristles on either side towards 
the base. Column sigmoid, about as long as the petals, 
white. Anthers brown. Capsule narrow, half an inch 
long, or rather longer.—J. D. H. 
_Fig. 1, Branch of panicle with buds and flower; 2, fruit, and 3, dorsal 
view of anthers :—A// enlarged. 
