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PHYSOSTEGIA TRUNCATA. BLUNT-CALYXED 
PHYSOSTEGIA. 
Class and Order. | 
Dipynam1A GyMNOSPERMIA. 
( Nat. Ord.—Lasuara. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calyx per anthesin tubuloso-campanulatus, post anthesin 
inflato-campanulatus, obscure sub 10-venius, subequaliter 
5-dentatus vel truncatus vix dentatus. Corolla tubo longe 
exserto, intus exannulato, fauce inflata, limbo bilabiato, 
labio superiore suberecto subconcavo integro vel marginato, 
inferiore patente trifido, lobis rotundatis, medio majore 
emarginato. Stamina 4, sub labio superiore adscendentia, 
subdidynama, inferioribus eminentibus. Anthere approx- 
imate, biloculares, loculis parallelis distinctis nudis. Stylus 
apice subequaliter bifidus, lobis subulatis apice stigmati- 
feris. Achenia sicca, levia. Benth. - 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Puysosrecia truncata ; annua, calyce bilabiato, labio supe- 
riore latissime trilobo, inferiore bidentato segmentis 
omnibus cuspidato-acuminatis. 
Puysosteaia truncata. Benth. Lab. Gen. et Sp. p. 505. 
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My first knowledge of this plant was derived from very in- 
different specimens in my Herbarium, gathered in Texas by 
M. Bertanpier, the same as were described by Mr. Bentuam 
in the admirable work just quoted. So conspicuous a 
plant could not escape the researches of Mr. DrumMonp, 
who, on visiting the same country in 1833 and 1834 found 
it abundantly about San Felipe de Austin, and communi- 
cated specimens and seeds to Europe. Our i were 
rawn 
