copious veins, the margin, doubly toothed, often lobed  to- 
wards the base, downy above, pale, almost white, and some- 
what woolly beneath ; the wing of the petiole, very broad at the 
base, is much toothed and foliaceous, and is decurrent, as it were, 
from the base of the blade of the leaf. Panicle ample. Mowers 
very large. Calyx of four deep, broadly ovate, acuminate, 
spreading, slightly dentate, hairy /odes, measuring two inches 
across. Corolla with upper lip inflexed, much shorter than the 
calyx ; lower lip almost orbicular, very large, folded against the 
upper lip, but not so much as to exclude from view the deep 
blood-coloured spots in the inside. 
Curr. This distinct species is of robust habit, and, like others 
of the genus, grows freely in the open border during the summer, 
but requires the protection of a pit or greenhouse during the 
winter. We have hardly yet had the opportunity of testing its 
merits as a bedding plant, but we fear its tall and rude growth 
may be somewhat against it for that purpose. Its handsome 
flowers make it well worthy of being grown as a show-plant for 
the greenhouse. It is readily increased by cuttings, which should 
be taken off about the end of the summer and placed under a 
hand-glass in a moderately warm place. /. S. 
