Erect, about 1 ft. high; branches slender, subvirgate, glabrous; leaves 3-nate, erect or subspreading, mostly shorter than the internodes on the slender flowering branches, or sometimes imbricate, linear-elliptic, subacute, sulcate, thickish, glabrous, 1-1 1/2 lin. long; flowers 3-nate or umbellate (4-8-flowered), corolline; pedicels decurved, slender, glabrous, 1 1/2-4 lin. long; bracts subapproximate to subremote, linear, small, coloured; sepals narrow-lanceolate, acute, glabrous, ciliate or naked, mostly deep red, 3/4-1 lin. long; corolla urceolate or obovoid-urceolate, constricted at the throat, red, 1 1/4-2 lin. long; segments spreading, rounded, 1/6-1/4 the length of the tube; filaments slender, mostly ciliate, with short or long hairs, about 1 lin. long; anthers oblong or cuneate-oblong, obtuse, smooth, pale brown, bearded at the base or naked, 1/4-2/5 lin. long, crested at the base; pore 1/2-2/3 the length of the cell; crests ovate to lanceolate, acuminate, variously incised, from 1/2 as long to nearly as long as the cell; style mostly included, sometimes just manifest; stigma subsimple or clavellate, small; ovary subturbinate, constricted at the base, glabrous.
More
Erect and spreading shrub up to about 30 cm (1 ft). Branches slender, subvirgate, glabrous. Leaves 3-nate, 2-3 mm long, erect to slightly spreading, mostly shorter than the internodes, linear-elliptic, sulcate, thickish, glabrous. Flowers 3-nate or umbellate, 4-to 8-flowered, corolline; peduncles 3-6 mm long, slender, glabrous; bracts median, linear, small. Sepals 1.5-2 mm long, narrow-lanceolate, acute, minutely keel-tipped, glabrous, ciliate or naked, mostly deep red. Corolla 2.5-4 mm long, urceolate or obovoid-urceo-late, constricted at the throat, glabrous, dry, red; lobes spreading, obtuse, short. Filaments slender, mostly ciliate with long or short hairs; anthers included, 0.5-0.8 mm long, lateral, oblong or cuneate-oblong, obtuse, smooth, pale brown, bearded at the base or naked, appendiculate; pore 1/2-2/3 the length of the cell; crests ovate to lanceolate, acuminate, variously incised, from half as long to nearly as long as the cell. Ovary subturbinate, glabrous, style mostly included, sometimes manifest; stigma subsimple, small.
Home
