the leaves gradually pass into ovate or obovate imbricated drac- 
teas, of which the younger superior ones are purple, and these are 
crowded about the flowers. Racemes terminal, recurved (scor- 
pioid). The flowers, when perfect, are protruded beyond the 
bracteas. Calyx large, foliaceous, of five very unequal sepals, 
the outer one much the largest and bracteiform, ciliato-serrate. 
Corolla tubular-clavate, curved downwards above the middle, 
then ascending, inflated below the contracted mouth, lemon-yel- 
low, the apex deep-purple, the /mé small, of five spreading teeth. 
Stamens included. Ovary of four lobes. Style filiform, shorter 
than the corolla. Stigma capitate. 
Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Calyx and pistil. 3. Pistil:—magnified. 
