tapered towards the base into 4 short subalate petiole, the 
largest about three inches in length. Panicles leafy, from 
the axils of the upper leaves and terminal, hispid, several- 
flowered, nutant, flowers in each approaching by _ pairs, 
uppermost closest: pedicles recurved, shorter than the co- 
rolla. Calyx very short, campanulate; hispid, segtnents 
acuminate: Corolla somewhat more than half an inch long, 
soon falling off, young of a rosy red, full blown of a shining 
sky-blue colour, smooth, tubularly campanulate; tube wide, 
cylindrical, swelled at the base, bearded inwards, and sur- 
rounded at the faux by 5 shortly prominent roundish glands 
alternating with the filaments; /imb oblong-campanulate, 
obsoletely pentagonal, shortly five-cleft, Jdobes rounded, 
patent, broader than long. Stamens enclosed, upright, 
connivent; filaments inserted at the faux just below the five 
glands, membranous, oblong, subspathulate, with a pro- 
minent midrib; anthers linear-oblong, rather longer than 
the filaments, appended from the back of the receptacle of 
their loculaments, upright. Style persistent, equal to the 
stamens, tetragonally setaceous, connecting by its base the 
usual four naked seeds (cariopsides); stigma a small swollen 
obtuse point. 
Will do with the usual treatment of hardy perennials. 
Propagated by seed, and by parting the root. ‘There is a 
variety with white flowers. 
a Calyx. 6 Corolla dissected. c Pistil.- 
