who received the seeds from M. Godefroy in Cochin China 
in 1876, and it is now a common stove plant, flowering in 
summer and autumn. 
Descr. Branched from the base, glabrous or sparsely 
hairy. Stems and branches erect, from a decumbent rooting 
base, or prostrate, or pendulous, acutely four-angled, one 
to one and a half inches long. Leaves one to nearly two 
inches long, petioled, ovate or oblong, acute or obtuse, 
coarsely crenate; petiole half as long as the blade or shorter. 
Flowers axillary and solitary, or subracemose at the ends of 
the branches, in distant pairs on an erect rachis with small 
bracts or floral leaves; pedicels usually shorter than the 
calyx, thickened in fruit. Oalyx one-half to three-fourths 
of an inch long, narrowly oblong, tube with five deep 
furrows and acute ribs or keels; lobes short, subulate. 
Corolla variable in length, tube sometimes twice as long as 
the calyx, rather broad, red-purple above, dirty yellow 
beneath ; limb one inch in diameter and less, bright golden 
yellow, with a purple eye. Longer filaments with a tooth 
at the base.—J. D. H. 
Fig. 1, Corolla laid open; 2, ovary and disk :—both enlarged. 
