solitary racemes ; peduncle very short and stout ; pedicels also short, 

 usually shorter than the calyx, red ; bracts minute. Calyx-tube 

 hemispherical, lobes short, obtuse. Corolla two-thirds of an 

 inch long, between oblong and cylindric, more inflated below, 

 smooth and fleshy, pale red, mouth contracted with small short 

 teeth. Filaments short and thick ; anthers short, linear-oblong, 

 with a short straight terminal tube, beneath the insertion of which 

 is a very short mucro. — /. D. H. 



Fig. 1. Ovary with two calyx-lobes removed, disk and style. 2 and 3. Sta- 

 mens : — all magnified. 



