spreading, sessile, two-thirds to one inch and a quarter 
long, one-third to half an inch broad, one-sixth thick, 
spathulate-oblanceolate, acute, flat above, convex beneath, 
light green, tips tinged with red. Peduwncles arising 
below the rosettes of leaves, two to six inches long, 
bearing a few scattered, spreading leaves, which soon 
fall away, one- or two-flowered; pedicels half to one inch 
long. lowers sub-erect. Sepals unequal, spreading, 
linear-lanceolate, four to six or seven lines long, about two 
lines broad, acute, light green. Corolla about an inch 
long, and half an inch in diameter, tubular-campanulate, 
five-angled, bright, clear red, or almost scarlet outside, 
light yellow within ; segments free almost to the base, but 
closely overlapping, oblong, acute, recurved at the apex, 
slightly gibbous at the base, acutely keeled down the 
back. Stamens inserted a little above the base of the 
corolla, included, filaments rather stoutly filiform, not 
dilated at the base, pale yellow, glabrous; anthers pale 
yellow. Hypogynous glands very short, broader than long, 
truncate. Carpels about an inch long, shortly ovoid at the 
base, tapering into long styles, pale yellow below, greenish 
above, with brown stigmas.—N. E. Brown. 
= ag re of oe and two stamens; 2, pistil and two hypogynous 
glands :—all enlarged. 
