Calyx oblong, green, somewhat plicate, five-cleft, the teeth 
or segments erect, rather obtuse, clothed with large brown, 
pedicellated glands. Corolla hypocrateriform : tube slen- 
der, purple, more than twice as long as the calyx: limb 
of five spreading, oval, acute, deep bluish-purple segments, 
with a dark line down the centre of each. Stamens five, 
as long as the tube, hypogynous. Filaments slender to the 
very base. Anthers oblong, two-celled, purple. Pistil as 
long as the tube of the corolla. Germen ovate, green, gla- 
brous : Style filiform : Stigmas five, small, linear. Raised 
from seeds sent to the Glasgow Botanic Garden. 
It is cultivated in the stove; and the flowers, though 
— have a very pretty effect, from their extremely rich 
color. 
With us it blossomed in the month of September. 
Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Pistil, 3. Stamen.—Magnified. 
