single or several-tiered umbel; pedicels slender, 3-13 in. 
long, at first straight, ultimately recurved. Caly« green; 
tube 3 lin. long, about 13 lin. wide; teeth acute or sub- 
acute, about half as long as tube, with ciliate margins. 
Corolla red; tube cylindric, slightly widened upwards, 
4-2 in. long, 14 lin. wide, with a faintly 5-angled ring at 
the throat, limb 2 in. across; lobes oblong, reflexed, 4-1} in. 
long, 14 lin. wide, always dark purple in dried specimens. 
Stamens with short filaments, dilated towards the base ; 
anthers small. Ovary globose; style slightly longer than 
the calyx-tube ; stigma depressed capitate. 
Fig. 1, section of calyx, showing pistil; 2, section of corolla, showing 
stamens :—both enlarged, 
