about the length of the leaves, solitary or in pairs, generally 
1-flowered, kneed, very shortly bracteate at the knees, below 
which they are green though purple above. Flowers scent- 
less. Calyx dotted, green. Petals rosy. Anthers yellow. 
Segments of the small 5-leaved calyx lanceolate, pointed, 
concave and upright; of these the two nearest to one ano- 
ther bear each two oblong glands on the back, while the 
two that close upon their sides have only one gland, and the 
one between these none. Petals unequal; wnguis long and 
narrow ; /amina nearly round and curled at the edge; two 
nearer to each than the rest and opposite to the segments of 
the calyx that has no gland. Styles 3, inbent. Berry of the 
size of a largish Pea, 3-furrowed, red. Seeds wrinkled. 
