back of the leaf, it presents a remarkable contrast to the E. 

 Brasilicme (Tab. Nost. 4742) ; it is further a much less 

 attractive plant, wanting- the bright red calyces and copious 

 flowers which render the other so ornamental. The 

 position of the flowers upon the midrib of the leaf varies, 

 as they are sometimes produced not far above the petiole 

 (fig. 3), and are often subtended by a second leaf, the upper 

 surface of which faces the back of that from which they both 

 spring. 



Descr. Quite glabrous. Stem very slender, unbranched. 

 Leaves obovate-lanceolate, ten to eighteen inches long, sub- 

 acute, quite entire, many -nerved ; petiole very short, swollen 

 at the base and top. Flowers one to three, from the back of 

 the midrib of the leaf, shortly peduncled, white. Calyx sub- 

 cylindric, an inch long, green ; lobes short, subacute. Petals 

 oblong-ovate, obtuse. Ovary concealed in the cup-shaped 

 disk ; stigma flve-lobed. — J. D. H. 



Fig. 1, Reduced view of the entire plant ; 2, leaf and inflorescence ; 3, 

 portion of another leaf, with flower and accessory leaf; 4, corolla laid open ; 

 5, ovary and disk ; 6, disk laid open ; 7, transverse section of ovary. Figs. 

 4—7 magnified. 



