at the base, penniveined, pale beneath. Cyme pedunculate, few- 
flowered, subtrichotomously divided, the branches bracteated, 
and two, large, opposite, ovate, pale green dracts occupy the — 
base of the flower. Calyx of five deep lobes, two outer ones 
large and bracteiform, three inner ones smaller, all erect. Corolla 
large, hypocrateriform, yellow: fuse of the corolla two inches 
long ; Limé of five, large, oblique, spreading, oval, obtuse odes. 
Stamens included. Ovaries two, surrounded by a fleshy lobed 
disc. Styles united into one. Fruit a double follicle, reflexed, 
broad ovate, sharply acuminate, according to J acquin. 
Fig. 1. Tube of the corolla, laid open to show the stamens. 2. Ovaries and 
combined styles :—magnified. 
