Dzscr. Our plant forms a moderate-sized shrub, a good 
deal branched. Leaves usually alternate, but sometimes oppo- 
site and even subverticillate, the largest of any species known 
to me, sometimes almost a span long, broadly obovato-lanceo- 
late, shortly acuminated, tapering into a short petiole, the tex- 
ture is coriaceous, the margin entire; veins pinnated; colour 
paler beneath. Corymdé of yellow, large flowers, compound, on a 
terminal peduncle. Pedice/s downy. Bracteas \inear-subulate, 
lower ones subinvolucrate. Calyx ot five, erect, concave, pointed, 
silky sepals. Corolla: petals with the damina obovate or wedge- 
shaped, streaked with orange at the base; the claws very long, 
straight, and approximated into a tube, silky on the outside. 
Stamens five, longer than the claws. ///aments subulate, downy : 
anthers oblong-sagittate. Ovary much elongated, cylindrical, 
very silky, as long as the claws of the petals : style short : 
stigma two-lobed. 
Fig. 1. Stamen. 2. Petal. 3. Pistil :—magnified. 
