Descr. Annual, very variable in size and stature, glabrous, . 
except the calyx. Stem six to twelve inches high, usually 
ascending from a short base, simple or branched above, rather 
stout, guite smooth, pale yellow-green. Leaves one to four 
inches long, glaucous, usually ovate-oblong and somewhat 
contracted in the middle, rounded or obtusely pointed; base 
2-lobed, with two deep rounded auricles ; upper surface with 
scattered small warts, only visible in the dry state, under 
surface quite smooth; tips always discoloured, yellow-green 
with a purple band beneath it, strongly contrasting with the 
glaucous blue of the rest of the leaf; nerves faint. oral 
leaves large, distichous, imbricate, enclosing and almost con- 
cealing the flowers. /owers shortly pedicelled, nearly one 
inch long. Calyx half the length of the corolla; leaflets 
linear-oblong, acute, ciliate, with a purple band below the 
tip. Corolla curved, lower parts rather inflated, subclavate, 
deep red-purple except at the base; upper part cylindric, 
yellow; lobes short, triangular, subulate, yellow, sharply 
reflexed. Filaments short; anthers slender, with exserted 
subulate purple tips, the cells caudate at the base.—J/. D. H. 
Fig. 1, Flower; 2, corolla laid open; 3, stamen; 4, disk, ovary and style :— 
all magnified, 
