wrinkled. Peduncles (half an inch long,) erect, glandular, 
axillary, solitary, single-flowered, collected near the ex- 
tremities of the branches, bibracteate at the base. Bractee 
ovate, concave, crenate, opposite. Calyx pentaphyllous, 
red without, green within, except on the edges, where it is 
red, glabrous, ciliated with minute, white hairs; leaflets 
blunt, wrinkled and gibbous at the base. Corolla (three 
lines long, two broad,) reddish-purple, campanulate, erect, 
glabrous, about three times as long as the calyx, five-tooth- 
ed, teeth reflected. Stamens ten, of rather unequal length 
alternately, about the length of the germen ; filaments rose- 
coloured, flat, linear; anthers purple, oblong, narrower at 
the upper end, as long as the filaments, connivent, grooved 
along the sides, but bursting by two terminal pores, attach- 
ed by their backs to the filaments. Pistil exserted ; stigma 
of five connivent, triangular teeth; style slightly curved, 
cylindrical, red; germen globular, green, glandular, five- 
locular ; ovules very numerous, attached to a large, central 
placenta. 
This very distinct species of Mrnzres1a was raised at the 
Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, from seeds communicated by 
Mr. Drummonp, on his return from the last expedition to 
North America under the command of Capt. Sir Jouy 
Frangun, and, I believe, collected by Mr. Drummonp on 
the Rocky Mountains. It first flowered in November, 1831, 
but much more abundantly in May, 1832. 
If Sir James Surru had seen the living plant, I think he 
would have given a different specific character. The leaves 
in the recent state are decidedly tumid, both above and 
below, being depressed only along the middle rib on either 
side. ( Graham.) 
Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Stamens. 3. Pistil, 4, 5. Leaves. 6. Branch of a 
Plant in Fruit (from the Herbarium). 7. Capsule :—all but fig. 6 magnified. 
