leafy, distantly flowering spikes. Bud pendent : the flower 
stands out horizontally and is quite sessile. Calyx hairy, 
of four superior segments, which, however, as in G2NoTHERA, 
split open for the whole length only on one side, the apices 
still continuing united, and the base forming a cup-shaped 
tube above the germen. Petals four, equal, spreading, 
somewhat rhomboidal, with a distinct claw, of a deep rose 
colour. Stamens eight, four longer and fertile: four ste- 
rile. Anther linear-oblong, red, fixed by the base. Style 
ascending, white: Stigma of four spreading lobes. Capsule 
immature, cylindrical, hispid, marked with eight furrows. 
Fig. 1. Portion of the Calyx, with two Stamens (a fertile and a sterile 
one,) and the base of a Petal. 2. Immature Capsule: magnified. 
