lowest decidedly oblique, all visible above and raised 
beneath, with rather few transverse veins hardly visible 
above, but slightly raised beneath; margin irregularly 
denticulate except at the entire base, at first somewhat 
sparingly ciliolate, soon glabrous. Scape single, much 
longer than the leaves, up to 2 ft. in height, bearing 
several 6—10-flowered superposed whorls, at first sparingly 
mealy near the top, soon quite efarinose throughout ; 
bracts 4-3 in. long; pedicels up to 1} in. long, at first 
sparingly mealy, soon efarinose. Calva in flower } in. 
long, mealy within; lobes deltoid or narrow-deltoid, 
rather acute, shorter than the tube, at times entire, at 
times denticulate. Cvrol/a purple; tube over } in. long, 
with annulate mouth; lobes obcordate, nearly { in. 
long. Filaments broad-based; anthers short. Capsule 
oblong or globose-oblong, tipped by the persistent style 
and enclosed in the purplish, distinctly 5-costate fruiting 
calyx, the lobes of which are persistent, erect and not 
infrequently leafy ; seeds small, tawny-brown, papillose. 
Fig. 1, calyx with denticulate lobes, enclosing pistil ; 2, calyx with entire 
lobes, in vertical section, disclosing the pistil; 3, corolla in vertical section, 
showing staminal insertion; 4, two fruits, showing the dimorphic calyx; 5, a 
single fruit enclosed in a calyx with denticulate lobes ; 6, sketch of the entire 
plant, showing habit :—all enlarged except 4, which is of natural size, and 6, 
which is much reduced. 
