Suffruticose; 4 in. to 1 ft.; young shoots covered with a silky pubescence.Lower leaves opposite, upper alternate, shortly petiolate, coriaceous, 1–3 in. long, elliptical-obovate, reflexed at the apex, veins prominent. Flowers in dense stunted panicles, frequently leafless. Calyx-limb elongate-campanulate, teeth short, cuspidate, vermilion. Petals sessile, orbicular, 1 line long, vermilion. Stamens generally 10. Fruit shortly pedicellate or sessile, elliptical, 1 1/2 in. long by 1 in. broad, vermilion.
Distribution
Angola Lower Guinea abounding in the low shrubby pastures at 5000 ft., Dr. Welwitsch!
Notes
A beautiful species, readily known from the rest by its small habit and exquisite red flowers.
