ous, secund, crowded. Pedicels (one inch long) compress- , 
ed, finely villous, each with one bractea at the base, and 
two nearly opposite below the middle. Bractee linear, 
acute, villous, entire or sparingly toothed, the lowest nearly 
as long as the peduncle and decurrent, the others shorter. 
Calyx five-parted, green, villous, persistent, segments del- 
toideo-linear, acuminate, serrated, at length reflected at the 
apex. Corolla deep and dull purple, before the separation 
of the segments falcate, segments linear, acute, the two 
upper becoming reflected laterally, the others scarcely al- 
tering their form. Filaments pink, straight, flattened, cili- 
ated, ciliz colourless. Anthers lead-coloured, cernuous, 
the two upper ciliated for half their length. Stigma bilob- 
ular, pubescent, scarcely ciliated, pink. Style (one inch 
long) filiform, glabrous, slightly coloured. Germen infe- 
rior ; ovules numerous. 
_ A native of Hayti. A plant was received at the Botanic 
Garden, from our excellent friend Dr. Fiscuer of St. Peters- 
burgh, in 1830. It flowered in August, 1831. Graham. 
. Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Summit of the Style and Stigma: slightly magnified. 
