cific name zuéans is hardly applicable, for it is only in the young 
state of the raceme that it droops. 
Drscr. Perennial, glabrous. Stem erect, obscurely four-angled, 
bearing a few opposite branches. Leaves opposite, lanceolate, 
shortly acuminate, tapering into an imperfect fooéstalk, which is 
semi-amplexicaul, penninerved, paler, and minutely dotted be- 
neath. Aaceme terminal, spicate, at first drooping, afterwards erect, 
many-flowered. Pedicels very short, bracteated ; bracteas small, 
linear-lanceolate. Calyx cut almost to the base into five linear- 
oblong, obtuse, erect segments. Corolla large in proportion to 
the calyx, in shape campanulato-infundibuliform, but cut into 
five very deep, oblong-cuneate /odes, erose or jagged at the extre- 
mity ; the colour a deep bright reddish-purple, the short tube mi- 
nutely dotted within. Stamens inserted at the edge of the tube, 
five, equal: filaments much exserted, erect, minutely dotted, 
purple: anther oval, almost black. Ovary small, subrotund. 
Style thick, subulate, about half the length of the corolla. 
4 
Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Pistil, with a portion of the corolla and stamens. 
3. Transverse section of ovary :—magnified. 
