red, and paler; claws and central rib more red than the 
rest of the petal; veins indistinct, undivided, curved; the 
petals are sometimes flat, and sometimes convolute. Sta- 
mens eight, inserted into the faux of the calyx within the 
petals ; anthers small, incumbent, bilocular ; pollen pale 
yellow ; filaments bright red, longer than the calyx, un- 
equal, shining.. Pistil one; germen. inferior, nearly cy-) 
lindrical, four celled, dull purplish red; seeds obovate, 
very numerous, attached to the central column: Style 
filiform, slightly pubescent, projecting beyond the anthers, 
the same beautiful colour as the filaments and calyx, swell- 
ing near the stigma, which is of a dull purple colour, four- 
pointed, with an opening between the points. Nectaries’ 
eight, green glands in the bottom of the calyx tube. 
The above description was taken by Professor Granam, 
from a plant that flowered in the botanic garden at Edin- 
burgh, in June 1824; and the drawing was made by Dr. 
GREVILLE, at the same time. “eet | 
Raised from seeds sent from Chili, in 1822, by Mr. 
Cruixsnangs, through Francis Puace, Esq. — 4 
Hitherto the plants have been kept in the greenliouse ; 
but some are now planted in the open air and’are expected 
to prove as hardy as the Fucusia coccinea: ! 
