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to ripen its seeds with us, by which, or by cuttings, it may 
be readily increased. 
Descr. Whole plant pubescent and viscid. Stem and 
branches rounded, green. Leaves an inch to an inch and a 
half long, ovato-acuminate, rarely approaching to oblong, 
with five to seven nerves, the lower ones dentate: all of 
them sessile, paler beneath. Calyx often tinged with brown, 
the teeth nearly equal, the angles much less acute than in 
M. luteus. Corolla beautiful rose-colour: tube longer than 
the calyx, pale beneath ; segments of the limb broadly ob- 
long, obtuse or retuse, nearly equal, the base deeper red, 
forming a sort of ring around the mouth, except on the 
lower side, where are two elevated, longitudinal, yellow, 
hairy lines. Stamens and Style as in M. luteus, and shorter 
than the tube of the corolla. 
