rarely branched ; these are pilose with short, soft, white hairs, 
as is almost every part of the plant, scarcely perceptible to the 
naked eye. Leaves alternate, distichous, on short petioles two 
lines long, suborbicular (especially below) or ovate, obtuse or 
acute, one to one and a half inch long. Peduncles axillary, 
solitary, one- to three-flowered, twice or more longer than the 
leaves, slender, filiform, bibracteate at the setting-on of the 
pedicels, and the intermediate flower has two bracteoles, all of 
them linear, patulous. Calyz of five, linear-oblong, villous se- 
pals, two a little smaller than the rest. Corolla twice as lon 
as the calyx; the /imé patent, nearly entire, purplish-blue ; the 
faux or tube white. Stamens included. Filaments subulate, 
pubescent at the base, two longer than the rest. _Anthers ob. 
long. Ovary ovate, seated on a fleshy disk, tapering into a 
slender, filiform style, with two very slender, linear stigmas. 
Fig. 1. Calyx, including the pistil. 2. Base of the corolla open, with sta- 
mens. 3, Pistil:—magnified. 
