ovate, hairy, curled at the edge, here and there beset with 
glands ; petioles cottony, without prickles ; leaflets seven, 
simply serrated, with the teeth callously tipped, naked at the 
upper side, hairy and paler at the under. Flowers generally 
solitary, red; bracteas elliptic, nearly naked ; peduncles 
naked, purple ; tube of the calyx round, naked ; leaflets of 
the calyx very narrowly triangular, furless on the outside, 
beset with glands, broader at the tip, longer than the petals; 
petals obversely cordate, tipped, ultimately flat. Disk 
raised, fleshy. Ovaries nearly naked ; styles hairy, rather 
naked at the base : mass of stigmas conical, naked. Fruit 
one furless, scarlet, waxy, shorter than the calycine 
eaflets.”’ 
The species is a native of Kamtschatka, whence it was 
introduced to the gardens of Europe by M. Czts in 1802, 
and is a great ornament to them. 
Our drawing was made from a plant in the garden of Mr. 
M‘Leay, of Tilbuster Lodge. 
