elliptic or elliptic-ovate, acute, crenulate-serrate, convex and 
bullately reticulated on the upper surface, dark emerald-green, 
paler along the midrib, inclined to coppery, especially the 
young ones; petiole stout, about one-eighth the length of the 
blade. Peduncles axillary, solitary, stout, one to two inches 
long. Calyx gibbous at the base, one-half to three-quarters 
inch long, campanulate ; sepals spathulate-oblong, rounded 
and crenate towards the recurved tips. Corolla bright and 
almost vermilion-red; tube hirsute, one and a-half inch 
long, cylindric, nearly straight ; limb one inch in diameter, 
nearly equal; lobes rounded, irregularly toothed, pubescent 
towards the throat. Stamens included, filaments very slender ; 
anthers small, adnate to the large connective. Ovary broadly 
ovoid, hirsute; gland emarginate—/. D. H. 
Fig. 1, Cape; 2, corolla laid open; 3, top of stamen; 4 and 5, front and 
side view of ovary :—all magnified. 
