(t. 4985); T. natalensis (t. 5082); TZ. coccinea (t. 5124), 
and 7’, affinis (t. 6975). ~ 3 
Descr.—Perennial, at first silky-hairy in nearly all 
parts. Rootstock thickened, woody. Stems numerous, 
weak, annual. Leaves shortly stalked, rather thick, 
rhomboid-ovate, one inch and a half to two inches and a 
half long, with one small lobe on each side, rounded or 
truncate at the base, abtuse or rounded at the tip, 
becoming almost glabrous. Flowers axillary, solitary, 
primrose-yellow, with an orange ring around the mouth of 
the tube, about an inch and a half across; stalks about 
half an inch long; bracts ovate-oblong, nearly as long as 
the tube of the corolla. Calyx very short, glandular, — 
multifid; segments unequal, linear. Covrolla-tube nearly 
_ cylindrical, slightly curved ; lobes of the limb spreading, 
obcordate; tube furnished inside with two longitudinal 
lines of hairs. Stamens very short, inserted a little above 
the base of the tube; anthers mucronate, with the cells 
bearded and spurred at the base. Stigma nearly equally 
two-lipped, included.—W. B. H. | 
_Fig. 1, bracts laid open, showing calyx and pistil; 2, calyx laid open and 
pistil; 3, corolla-tube laid open, showing the stamens; 4 and 5, front and 
back views of anther:—all enlarged. - — . 
