EK 
Reg. t. 1138) has the greatest affinity. It is a very orna- 
mental species, but, probably, rather tender. At Woburn 
it is, we believe, cultivated in the greenhouse. 
Descr. Root perennial. Stem herbaceous, rounded, 
glabrous. Leaves opposite, sessile, lanceolate, broad at the 
base, much acuminated and strongly serrated from the base 
to the very apex; gradually, towards the upper part of the 
stem, the leaves become smaller, and, in proportion, broad- 
er, till at length they constitute ovate bracteas. From the 
axils of these leaves the bracteated peduncles arise, each 
generally with two branches, and two rather large, hand- 
some flowers, which are subsecund. Thus the inflorescence 
may be called a compound raceme, or a narrow panicle. 
Calyx of five serrated segments. Corolla rose-purple, pale 
beneath, narrow at the base, the rest of the tube campanu- 
late, inflated below, the limb spreading, of five roundish 
lobes: the faux hairy. Sterile filament equal in length 
with the fertile ones, clubbed at the apex and hairy ; all 
of them included. 
Fig. 1. Calyx and Pistil. 2. Stamens and sterile Filament: magnified. 
