woody, knotted, branched at the top. Stem very short. Leaves 

 opposite, very crowded, spreading horizontally, one to two inches 

 long, cordate, obtuse, quite entire, slightly pubescent above 

 veins below margins and petioles ciliatewith red hairs- upper 

 surface very dark green, blotched with pale green alon/the 

 mid-rib and principal veins ; petiole one half to two inches long 

 bcapes axillary, numerous, erect, slender, green, one to three- 

 flowered, naked, or with minute subulate bracts at the 

 pedicels or below it. Flowers three-quarters of an inch lon^ 

 horizontal; pedicels short. Calyx-lobes one quarter of an 

 inch long subulate-lanceolate, green, hairy. Corolla slightly 

 pubescent pale lilac ; tube funnel-shaped, suddenly in- 

 Hated at the middle, gibbous above and below, streaked with 

 crimson veins j upper lip with two short notched lobes ; 

 lower lip with three longer rounded lobes. Stamens four ; 

 nlaments very broad, membranous, ciliate; the lower pair 

 with a broad obtuse lobe produced below the insertion; 

 upper pair hooded at the top; anthers small, didvmous co- 

 hering over the stigma. Ovary seated in a cup-shaped disk, 

 narrowed into a , short style ; stigma peltate ; ovules nnm* 

 rous, on two parietal bifid placentas. Capsule ovoid. Seeds 

 many, small ; testa deeply pitted.—/. D. If. 



Fig. 1, Corolla laid open; 2, stamens; 3, calyx- 4 ovary and disk- 5 

 transverse section of ditto :— all magnified. * ' ' } dnddlsk > 5, 



