Descr.—A herb about: 6 in. high. Stems many from the 
root, glabrous. Leaves linear, or the lower almost ovate, 
very acute, $—} in. long, about ,4, in. broad, connate at 
the base into a short tube. Flowers solitary and terminal. 
Calyz-tube membranous, $ in. long, glabrous, with 5 linear 
acute lobes about 3 in. long. Corolla blue, funnel-shaped, 
striate, about 1} in. long and + in. in diameter at the 
throat; lobes deltoid, acute, $ in. long, 4 in. broad, with 
subacute, deltoid folds between. Stamens included, in- 
serted about the middle of the tube; filaments slightly 
dilated downwards. Ovary glabrous, with a stalk about 4 
in. long; style short. Capsule about $ in. long, at length 
much exserted from the corolla.—J. Huroninson. 
Fig. 1, section of calyx with pistil ; 2 section of corolla; 3 and 4, anthers :— 
all enlarged, 
