Perennial herb, up to 1.2 m. high; stem erect or decumbent at the base and rooting at the lower nodes, glabrous.. Leaves glabrous, sessile, obovate or oblong, up to 10 cm. long, 5 cm. wide, apex obtuse, base cuneate and semi-amplexicaul, margins entire or slightly sinuate, green.. Inflorescence ± globose, up to 15(–25) cm. long, glandular-pubescent with short-stalked glandular hairs up to 0.1 mm. long; pedicels 2–3(–5) mm. long.. Calyx-lobes lanceolate, 3–4 mm. long, 1–2 mm. wide, connate at the base for 0.7–1 mm.. Corolla bright red, green on the lower part of the tube; tube 9–12 mm. long; lobes oblong-ovate, 3.5–5 mm. long, 1.5–2.5 mm. wide, apex obtuse or obtuse-apiculate (apiculum only visible in buds or young flowers).. Episepalous stamens included ± 1 mm. below the epipetalous stamens, epipetalous stamens included 1–2 mm. within the corolla-tube; anthers without apical glands, broadly oblong, both whorls nearly the same size, ± 0.7 mm. long, 0.5 mm. wide.. Nectary scales linear, ± 2 mm. long.. Carpels linear-lanceolate, 5.5–7.5 mm. long, terminating in styles ± 1.5 mm. long.
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