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much greater splendour of its vermillion colour, the nar- 
rower, more lanceolate, more acuminate, more scabrous 
leaves, the greater length of its stipules, and its exserted 
style, seem to justify the separation of it from any variety of 
that species. It was obtained from the Chiswick Gardens 
by Mr. James M‘Nas, in September, 1838, and flowered 
very freely in the greenhouse of the garden of the Caledo- 
nian Horticultural Society in July and August. Mr. J. 
M‘Nas does not know whence it was introduced. He has 
made many attempts, always unsuccessful, to propagate it 
by cuttings of the branches, but has found it very easily 
increased by slips from the roots not half an inch long, 
and covered so as to leave the upper extremities only ex- 
posed and level with the surface. He has distributed many 
plants obtained in this way under the name which I have 
adopted. There is scarcely any thing in cultivation more 
brilliant than a large specimen covered with clusters of its 
pot splendid flowers. The seeds are formed and will pro- 
y ripen. 
Descr. Shrub with long, slender, diffuse branches, gray 
and cracked when matured, when young trigonous, sub- 
glabrous, coloured on the upper side, green on the lower. 
Stipules subulate, occasionally cut, elongated, adpressed. 
Leaves ternate, rarely opposite, lanceolate, acuminate, 
strongly veined, scabrous on both sides, bright green above, 
pale below. Corymb terminal, with three lateral branches 
and a leading stalk, which is once or oftener divided in a 
similar way. Calyx green, slightly scabrous ; tube adher- 
ent; limb four-parted, segments subulate, diverging towards 
the apex, and having minute, intervening teeth at the base. 
Corolla of uniform very bright vermillion colour, acquiring 
a faint lake tint, slightly scabrous : tube of equal diameter 
above and below, bluntly four-angled, nearly five times 
longer than the calyx, bearded near its base within ; limb 
four-parted, segments ovate, spreading, subacute. Stamens 
four, included ; anthers sessile, attached by their middle to 
the corolla, at about three-fourths of its height, pollen 
yellow. Stigma bifid, fleshy, glandular, segments oblong, 
slightly divaricated at the apex. Style central, filiform, 
glabrous, exserted at the apex. Germen inferior, bilocular, 
shortly elliptical, or obovate, compressed ; placente large, 
central ; ovules numerous, imbricated, winged all round, 
resembling concave scales. Graham. 
Fig. 14 Corolla laid open. 2. Calis and Pasi] 3. Deanchlet of Snut 
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