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Mature plant (Fig. 2) about .3 ft. high, l)raiiching from 

 noar the base or from higher up, lower branches with a 

 collar at their base, stem and branche.s reddish (usually 

 bright red) to near the top, also bearing numerous long hairs 

 ari.sing from red oapillae. Stem-leaves about 15 cm. long and 

 35-10 mm. broad, finely puberulent, tapering at both ends, 

 short-petioletl, broad margin repand-denticulate, midribs 

 pink above, and also below except near the base. Bracts 

 more or le.ss curled, very short petioled, lanceolate with 

 rounded base and acute, narrow point. 



Flowers small, buds green, cone 15 mm. long, squarish, 

 sepal tips terminal, approximate, spreading at the extreme 

 ends, petals 15 x 15 mm. (minimum length of petals at end 

 of .season 8 mm.), hypanthium40 mm. long, 2.5 mm. thick, 

 ovary 16 mm. long, bud cone and hypanthium bearing very 

 scattered long hairs and numerous short ones; ovary reddish 

 and with numerous rather small hairs of the longer type 

 arising from red papillae. Petals obcordate to truncate, 

 lemon yellow, opening out fiat and half-closing to a vertical 

 position next day, not overlapping but with spaces between 

 the petals, style short, surrounded by the anthers, stigma 

 lobes stout, reaching 10 mm. in length; capsules green with 

 scattered small red papillae bearing hairs, cylindrical, taper- 

 ing near the top, about 4 cm. long. 



Diagnosis: 



Folia radicalia plana aut leviter corrugata, elliptica, 

 oblanceolata aut subspatulata, modice lata, circa 25 cm. longa 

 et 56 mm. maxima latitudine margine repando-denticulato, 

 utrincjue subtiliter puberula, angustata ad petiolos, costis 

 fere utrinque puniceis. Caulis et rami subrufi, multis longis 

 pilis rubro-tuberculatis instructi. Folia caulina untrinque 

 acuta, breviter petiolata, circa 15 cm. longa et 35-40 mm. 

 lata, bracteye plus aut minus crispse. Spica densa. Petals 

 flava, circa 15 mm. longa et 15 mm. lata; hypanthium 40 mm. 

 longum: ovarium 16 mm. longum; antherae stigmata attin- 



