sessile, somewhat folded together, undulate, acuminate. 
Stems erect, 2 or 3 feet high. Flowers very shewy, in 
axillary, many-flowered cymes, arranged in a spicate man- 
ner at the summit of the stem. Sepals 5, equal, imbri- 
cated, ovate, edged with a membrane, terminating in an 
abrupt point. Corolla about an inch long, sky blue, vary- 
ing to red; the tube inflated, the limb 2-lipped, its lobes 
rounded, nearly equal, the palate prominent, smooth. The 
fertile stamens and the rudiment perfectly smooth. Ovarium 
ovate, cylindrical. Style purple, filiform, smooth. Stigma 
simple. 
J.L. 
