beneath, dull green, papillose and more or less scab rid on 

 the upper surface; nerves about five pairs, spreading, 

 prominent beneath. Raceme very short, intra-axillary, 

 very shortly peduncled, two or three-flowered. Sepals four, 

 minute, ovate, obtuse. Corolla about one-third of an inch 

 long, pitcher-shaped, globose below the middle, narrowing 

 upwards into a quinquefid tube, glabrous or very sparsely 

 papillose, the globose portion very dark blood-red, the 

 tubular and ovate teeth rose-coloured ; within the corolla 

 are two rings of hairs, one at the mouth of the corolla, 

 the other at about the middle of the globose portion. 

 Older scales of the corona hammer-shaped ; inner linear- 

 oblong, bifid.— J. D. n. 



Fig. 1, flower; 2, vertical section of the same ; 3 and 4, outer scales of the 

 corona; 5, colTimn of anthers; 6 and 7, inner" scales of the corona: — all 

 enlarged. 



