Descriprion.—Shrudb, spreading or prostrate, about 3 ft. 
high; branches somewhat flexuous, costate, adpressed hairy 
or nearly glabrous. eaves 2-pinnatifid, petioled, usually 
14-1} in. apart, including the petiole 3-6 in. long, 33-5 in. 
wide, green, glabrous above, reticulate, sparingly pilose or 
glabrous underneath ; lobes 5-10 on each side, pinnately 
lobulate or occasionally coarsely toothed; lobes ovate- 
triangular, abruptly spinosely acuminate with cartilaginous 
edges; petiole up to 2 in. long, narrowly winged. Facemes 
solitary or several together in a terminal panicle, secund, 
up to 6 in. in length, rachis pubescent or tomentose; 
pedicels soon reflexed, 3-5 lin. long, softly pubescent or 
tomentose. Perianth red, softly pubescent outside, glabrous 
within ; tube 4-4 in. long, enlarged and somewhat gibbous 
below the middle, narrowed and revolute under the limb ; 
limb wide-ovate, mucronate at the tip, inflexed. Anthers 
under 1 lin. long. Gland transversely oblong, fleshy, 
glabrous. Ovary sessile, oblique, tomentose; style far 
exserted, 14-12 in. long, shortly pubescent ; stigmatic disk 
widely oblique. 
Fig. 1, flower; 2, limb with stamen ; 3, ovary :—all enlaryed. 
