t. 8280 of this work, from which it differs in its longer 
leaves, its larger, violet-purple flowers, and its exserted 
stamens. 
Descriprion.— Shrub, 2-3 ft. high; branches straight, 
rigid, at first lepidote; internodes nearly as long as the 
petioles. Leaves scattered, persisting, coriaceous, the upper 
spreading ; blade narrow lanceolate, 14-3 in. long, slightly 
apiculate, cuneate at the base, the margin recurved, dark 
green shining smooth and with the midrib sunk above, 
beneath closely lepidote with fine scales and with a stout 
raised midrib; petiole rather stout, 2-4 lin. long. Flowers 
pedicelled, in clusters of 3-5 at the tips of the branches; 
pedicels rather stout, 4-3 in. long, reddish and dotted with 
white scales. Calyx very short, faintly lobed or almost - 
truncate. Corolla campanulate, 3-1 in. long, lobes broad, 
tube deep reddish-purple and dotted with white scales 
outside in the lower part, higher up like the lobes outside 
violet-purple, within corolla uniformly violet-purple save 
for yellowish blotches on the upper lobes. Stamens 10, 
exserted, alternately longer and shorter, the longest 14 in. 
in length, filaments with a band of longish spreading hairs 
above the base but below the middle. Ovary 5-celled, 
closely lepidote ; including the quite glabrous style 14-14 
in. long. Capsule not seen. 
Fig. 1, portion of underside of a leaf; 2, a scale from the same ; 3, calyx and 
pistil; 4, scales from the ovary; 5 and 6, stamens of each series; 7, section of 
ovary :—all enlarged. 
