We entirely agree with our friend Dr. Hooker 



sidering S 



g 



of Humboldt and Kunth identical 



with the S. involucrata of Cavanilles. We do not discover 



the sli 

 species 



ghtest 



difference between those two supposed 



Stem exceeding the human stature, 4-cornered, some 



what shrubby. Leaves cordate 



rated, smooth, with purplish veins. Flowers 



acummate. ser- 



pitate 



thy 



bright rich purple or lake colour, growing by 



threes out of the axillse of large, ovate, deciduous, coloured 

 bracteae. Calyjc coloured, 2-lipped; the upper lip 



the lower shorter, with two obscure teeth 



Corolla 



inflated, smooth, an inch and more lonsr, the helmet downy 



the lip rounded, with 3 lobes 



Anthers small, white 



1 -celled, the connectivum elongated downwards mto a 



of semisagittate straight process. Style pubescent. 



J. L. 



