Dezscr. Our plant scarcely equals a foot in height, branched ; 
the dranches herbaceous, very obtusely four-angled. Leaves 
shortly petiolate, glabrous, ovate, acuminate, acute at the base, 
entire or slightly sinuated, purplish beneath, dark green above, 
with a broad white or milky line down the centre. Peduncles 
about two-flowered, each flower has a pair of leafy dracteas. 
Corolla with the tube funnel-shaped, contracted at the base. 
Limb of five nearly equal, spreading, obtuse segments. Sfamens 
included. Filaments tree. Anthers \mear-oblong. Style filiform. 
Stigma oblique, subulate. 
Fig. 1. Pistil. 2. Stamens :—magnijied. 
