Descr.—Stem very stout, erect, columnar, five inches 
high, and haJf an inch in diameter in the specimen figured, 
annulate, with minute buds at the lower nodes, dull grey 
green below, clouded with pale brown, vinous red above, 
and minutely pubescent. Leaves four to five by three and 
a half inches, ovate, subacute, base cordate, rather 
fleshy, serrulate; upper surface bullate, dull green, clouded 
with brown, and clothed with tubercle-based setule; beneath 
vinous-red hispidulous, lacunose, midrib pale above; 
nerves about twelve pairs, arching, sunk above, very pro- 
minent beneath, with prominent reticulating nervules ; 
petiole about half an inch long, very stout, vinous red. 
Flowers axillary, solitary. Pedicels one to one and a half 
inch long, erect, stout, pubescent, rather thickened up- 
ward, scarlet. Sepals half an inch long, ovate-cordate, 
erect, pubescent, scarlet. Corolla nearly an inch long, 
urceolate, hirsute except at the glabrous base, pale yellow ; 
mouth constricted, lobes very short, broadly ovate, re- 
curved, scarlet. Filaments dilated below, and confluent in . 
a deep lamina. Disk oblong, placed behind the ovary. 
Ovary pubescent; style glabrous; stigma capitate, his- 
pidulous.—J. D. H. 
Fig. 1, Superficial papillae and hairs of the leaf: 2, corolla; 3, base of 
-eorolla and stamens; 5, ovary and disk :—Al/ enlarged. : Oe gees 
