margins of the nascent leaves (as well as the flowers) are of a 
coral-red. The flowering plant was sent by Messrs. Rollison in 
October, 1852. 
- Descr. The plant before us is nearly a foot and a half high, 
a compact handsome shrub; the young éranches quite red, and 
the young foliage stained with red. Leaves alternate, evergreen, 
coriaceous, glossy, one and three-quarters to two inches long, 
ovate, rather obtuse, quite entire. Petioles very short, thick, 
red. acemes clustered (two to four together), terminal, two 
and a half to three inches long, sessile, or nearly so. lowers 
numerous, moderately large, secund, drooping (all pointing down- 
wards). achis rather stout, green, bearing on the upper side 
several large, foliaceous, oblong, green dracteas, much longer 
than the flowers. Pedicels curved downwards, shorter than the 
flowers, red. Calyx green, glabrous, ¢ude (incorporated with 
the ovary) hemispherical, lobes of the /imé rather large, ovate. 
Corolla urceolate, quite glabrous, deep coral-red ; the limd of 
five, small, reflexed segments. Stamens ten, included ; filaments 
_ subulate, free, hairy. Anther oblong, muticous, the two cells 
truncated (not prolonged into tubes), opening by nearly trans- 
verse pores as wide as the cells (not contracted). Epigynous 
dise very large and hairy. Style columnar, as long as the co-: 
oe hairy in its lower half. Stigma peltate, obscurely five- 
obed. 
Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Stamen. 3. Calyx and pistil :—magnified. 
