a 
spontaneous specimens. The vermilion colouring of the 
bractee is very beautiful; sometimes it varies to a lively, 
yellow, and even to white. 
Stem annual, decumbent, striated, covered with long hairs, 
Leaves oblong, trifid at the end, or entire, covered with long 
hairs, with three nerves; the lowest often entire. Bractea 
oblong, pinnatifid, scarlet, yellow, or white. Calyz tubular, 
with a dilated limb and retuse segments. Corolla green, 
pubescent ; its tube shorter than the calyx. Capsule round. 
ish, oblong. Seeds cuneate, reticulated. ‘ 
J. L. 
