Descr. Forms densely tufted convex masses, three to six 

 inches diameter j branches red, ascending, puberulous, one 

 to three flowered towards the tip. Leaves one-third to two- 

 thirds inch long, bright green, sessile, ovate or ovate- 

 lanceolate, acuminate ; pedicels as short as, or scarcely longer 

 than the leaves, tomentose, pink. Flowers one-half to two- 

 thirds inch diameter. Sepals lanceolate, one-third shorter 

 than the petals, green, keeled, obscurely nerved. Petals 

 elliptic, obtuse, quite entire. Stamens ten, bright red. Ovary 

 short, ovoid, and three styles also red. Capsule two to three 

 times as long as the calyx. — J. D. H. 



Fig. 1, Flower; 2, the same with the petals removed; 3, disk and 

 ovary; 4, transverse section of ovary ; 5, fruit: — all magnified. 



