Descr. Stem four to six inches high, stout, erect, 
cylindric, hairy, leafy. Leaves opposite, with leafy buds in 
all the axils, one and a half to two inches long, broadly 
ovate, obtuse, crenate, rather thick, finely pubescent on 
both surfaces, base rounded or cordate; petiole one-third 
to half an inch long. Scapes axillary, very slender, three 
to four inches long, hairy, dichotomously branching into a 
very lax pubescent cyme with slender branches and pedicels. 
Flowers drooping, opposite. Calyx one-tenth of an inch 
long, cleft to the middle into erect lanceolate lobes, pubes- 
cent. Corolla three-quarters of an inch long, pale lilac; 
tube hairy, upcurved, broad and subcampanulate, mouth 
expanded, lobes short rounded ciliolate. Stamens two, in 
the middle of the tube, filaments very short; anthers 
broadly ovate. Ovary pubescent, contracted into a straight 
style with a broad disciform stigma. Capsule about an 
- jong: very slender, straight, twisted, acuminate.— 
Fig. 1, Corolla laid open; 2 and 3, stamens; 4, calyx and ovary :—all enlarged. - 
