Descr. A low procumbent shrub, much branehed, the branches 
slender, densely covered with fasciculated foliage. Leaves alter- 
nate, deeply cut in a digitated manner, almost to the very base, 
into from five to seven, subulate, but terete, rigid, hairy seg- 
ments mucronate at their apices. Flowers copious, large, from 
short lateral branches, often so crowded as entirely to conceal the 
leaves and branches, sessile from the axils of the leaves. Calyx 
with long, spreading hairs ; ¢vée cylindrical, with five ribs ; ¢eeth 
subulate, mucronate. Corol/a hypocrateriform, rose-coloured ; 
_ tube slender, longer than the calyx ; /imé of five, large, spreading, 
cuneate, sometimes erose lobes. Anthers five, almost sessile, in- 
serted just within the tube of the corolla, oblong. Ovary ovate, 
glabrous, arising from an annular disc. Style as long as the 
ovary. Stigmas three, erect, linear, as long as, or longer than 
the style. 
Fig. 1. Leaf with its axillary fascicle. 2. Calyx. 3. Corolla, the tube laid 
open, showing the stamens. 4. Pistil :—magnified. 
