Descr. Our plants at present have only attained a height of 

 one and a half to two feet, with an erect habit, moderately 

 branched ; the branches, foliage, bracts, and calyx clothed with 

 short, soft, stellated down. Leaves three to four inches long, 

 rather long-petioled, cordate, palmately five- or sub-seven-lobed, 

 the lobes broad, acute, rather coarsely but unequally serrated, 

 rather strongly nerved, smaller upwards. Flowers moderately 

 large, copious, appearing in nearly sessile clusters in the axils, 

 or, in the extremities of the branches, forming a rather long 

 compound spike. Calyx subpatent, deeply cut into five, broad- 

 ovate, subserrated, deep lobes, and subtended by three, small, 

 subulate, free bracteoles. Corolla deepish rose-colour, afterwards 

 paler, an inch and a half in diameter. Petals five, obcordate. 

 Stamens very numerous. Ovary very villous. Styles also very 

 numerous. 



Fig. 1. Calyx, with bracteoles and pistil, — magnified. 



