Pedicels three to five in a whorl, longer than the mvolucres. 
Calye \ong in proportion to the corolla, lax ; the tube turbinate, 
tapering at the base, deep red, villous: teeth five, acute, patent, 
green. Corolla with the tube somewhat infundibuliform, longer 
than the calyx, brick-red: Zimb broader than the tube is long, 
oblique, of five, spreading, horizontal, downy, deep rose-coloured 
lobes, bifid at the apex; round the mouth is a deep, blood- 
coloured spot, which sends out rays corresponding to each seg- 
ment: at the mouth are five, erect, emarginate scales. Stamens 
about one-third of the way within the tube, and where the tube 
is a little inflated. Filaments extremely short: anthers oblong- 
subsagittate. Ovary subglobose (or having a somewhat rhom- 
boidal outline). Sty/e filiform, nearly as long as the tube. Stigma 
a flattened disc. 
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Fig. 1. Corolla laid open. 2. Pistil :—magnified. 
