stem herbaceous, setose, erect, simple, virgate, leafy; leaves connato-perfoliate, oblongo-lanceolate or lanceolate, acute or acuminate, flat, carnoso-coriaceous, glabrous or setose, cartilagineo-ciliate; cymes densely corymbose, much branched, subsessile; calyx-lobes 2/3 of corolla, subulato-lanceolate, acute, ciliate and keeled; petals suberect, oblong, concave, acute, fleshy; filaments thick; styles very short and squamæ minute. Very similar in habit to C. vaginata, but with a rough, sometimes a very rough stem, closer leaf-pairs, longer and more tapering leaves, ciliated calyces and bright red flowers. Stem 2–3 feet high. Leaves 4–6–8 inches long. Corymb. 4–6 inches across. Flowers 2 lines long.
