~~ the end of 1850, it was both in flower and fruit, making it pro- 
bable that it flowers more or less throughout the year.’”’—With 
us (in Kew) it began to show its blossoms in March, 1853. 
Descr. An erect, branched, suffruticose, downy plant, herba- 
ceous above ; dranches terete. Leaves opposite, petiolate, ovate 
or ovato-lanceolate, tapering below, acuminate at the apex, penni- 
veined. Flowers from the axils of all the superior leaves, so that 
they may be said to form a leafy raceme. Peduncle slender, one 
to two inches long (longer in fruit), single-flowered. Flower 
large, handsome, every part except the ovary bright red, even the 
style and filaments of the stamens. Ovary globose, small, green. 
Calyx petaloid ; the ¢wée infundibuliform ; the Zimé cut into four 
linear, acuminate, very long segments, of which three are quite 
reflexed, while the fourth is erect. Petals four, linear subulate. 
Stamens two. Filaments very long, combined in the lower half 
with the inside of the calyx: free above. Anther oblong. Style 
a little longer than the stamens. Sfigma capitate and umbilicate. 
Capsule about the size of a pea, on the elongated very patent or 
even reflexed peduncles, which latter curve upwards just below 
the fruit. 
Fig. 1. Tube of the calyx (laid open), petals, pistil, and stamens. 2. Trans- 
verse section of the ovary. 3. Capsule :—wnat. size. 
