deciduous, the rest alternate, all of them oblong-ovate, 
entire, shortly petiolate, glabrous ; flowers sessile, from the | 
axils of the upper leaves, and forming a sort of leafy corymb. 
Calyx with the upper part of the tube slender and crowning 
the germen ; the limb four-cleft, the segments linear-lance- 
olate, often cohering by the apex, sometimes free and then 
reflexed, red. Petals four, unequally placed, cuneate, 
trifid, rose-coloured, with pale veins and deeper spots. 
Stamens four, erect : Filaments didynamous : Anthers ovate, 
slightly hairy, recurved at the point: Style rather longer 
than the stamens. Stigma two-lobed, white, fleshy, and 
velvety. 
Fig. 1. Upper part of the Calyx, Stamens, and Style. 2. Petal. 3. 
Stamen: magnified, 
