reticulated and rugose, the nerves prominent beneath and then 
tomentose. Petioles an inch or more long, thick, woolly, and 
villous. Vowers axillary, generally ternate and spreading, so as 
to form pseudo-verticils. Pedicels short, single-flowered. Calyx 
gibbose at the base, above deeply cut into five, large, much acu- 
minated segments, inclining upwards, about one-third as long as 
the tube of the corolla, very villous. Corolla villous externally ; 
the tube gibbous at the base above, curved, compressed, the 
mouth spreading, within on the lower side marked with purple 
lines ; 42m two-lipped, upper of two, lower of three, spreading, 
rounded lobes. Stamens included, four, didynamous. Anthers 
nearly globose, approximate in pairs. Ovary ovate, villous, with 
a large gland at the back. Sfy/e much shorter than the stamens. 
Stigma obtuse. 
a 1. Base of the tube of the corolla, with stamens and pistil. 2. Pistil and 
gland. 
