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PROSTANTHERA violacea. 
Violet Prostanthera. 
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DIDYNAMIA GYMNOSPERMIA. 
Nat. ord. LABIATE. 
PROSTANTHERA. Supra, vol. 2. fol. 143. 
P. violacea ; foliis subrotundis crenatis glandulosis utrinque ramisque pubes- 
centibus, racemis paucifloris, calycibus pubescentibus: labio inferiore 
dupld longiore angustiore. Brown prodr. 1. 509. 
Fruticulus ramosus, erectus. Rami teretes, pubescentes, scabri. Folia 
parva, opposita, petiolata, pilis scabra, subrotundo-ovata, crenis utrinque 
duábus tribusve, subtús glandulis majusculis pellucidis sessilibus irrorata. 
Racemi terminales, 5-7-flori. Calyx glandulosus, pilosus, labio superiore 
fornicato, truncato, purpureo, inferiore ovato, herbaceo, longiore. Corolla 
purpurea, pilosa, fauce campanulato, atriore, calyce paulo longiore. 
A pretty greenhouse plant, native of the vicinity of 
Port Jackson, in New Holland. It flowers in April. Our 
drawing was made at Mr. Mackay's Nursery, in 1826. 
A little branched, erect, half-shrubby bush. Branches 
round, pubescent, rough to the touch. Leaves small, oppo- 
site, petiolate, rough with hairs, roundish-ovate, with two 
or three crenatures on each side, covered beneath with 
rather large sessile pellucid glands. Racemes terminal, 
5-7-flowered. Calyx glandular, hairy, the upper lip arched, 
truncate, and purple, the lower ovate, green, and longer. 
Corolla purple, pilose, with a campanulate, darker-coloured 
throat, a little longer than the calyx. 
