Descr.—A small, much-branched, nearly glabrous bush. 
Branches very slender, leafy at the tips only, covered with 
a very dark brown bark, young branchlets red. Leaves — 
ternate, one and a half to two inches long, rhombic-ovate, 
sub-acute, base cuneate, thin in texture, bright green 
above clouded with blood-red, very pale beneath, nerves 
three to five pairs, very slender above, stouter, and with 
reticulate branches beneath ; petiole one-third to one-half 
an inch, long, very slender, red. Inflorescence terminal, 
clothed with imbricating, ovate, pale green, recurved, 
glabrous bracts. lowers geminate; pedicels short, red, 
setulose, and glandular. Calyx truncate. Corolla two 
inches in diameter, deeply two-lipped, bright rose colour, 
fading to white towards the base within, tube very short ; 
lips divaricate, upper erect, three-cleft to the middle, lobes 
shortly ovate-oblong, obtuse ; lower lip deflexed, bipartite, 
segments oblong, obtuse. Stamens 5, declinate and in- 
curved, filaments very slender, rose-red, three longer than 
the corolla, two upper shorter ; anthers small, pale brown. 
Ovary oblong, truncate, glandular; style very slender, 
stigma minute.—J. D. H. 
Ail Store calyx, and ovary ; 2 and 3, back and front view of anther :— 
