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Sracuys Coccinea. SCARLET STACHYS,. 
BREE 
Clafs and Order, 
DipyNaMia GyMnosperMta. 
Generic Charatier. f 
_ Corolle labium fhipeting fornicatum ; Ibid jaferius lateribus 
teflexum: lacinia intermedia majore se sae Stamina 
deflorata verfus latera reflexa. / 
Specific Character and Syatepe é e oe 
ACHYS coccinea ; verticillis fexa fois. ovatis Coils 
crenatis, petiolis dilatatis. Willd. Sp. Pl. 3. p. 97. 
HYS verticillis fexfloris, foltis oblongo-ovatis bali cor- 
datis. Jacq. Hort. sige: & is 18. ¢. Pg" 
oof perennial. "Leaves se ee Sesion 
on both fides, Footfalks channelled, dilated to- 
leaf. Stalk {quare ; angles obtufe, elevated. Flowers 
whorl, large, of a bright fearlet colour, peduncled, ee 
e the leaves, feffile, two undereach whorl. Peduncles 
alf the length of the calyx. ‘ Calys ¢ hairy, bell-fhaped, | 
‘Hve-toothed, renee? ‘pungent. Tude of corolla. thrice. as 
Tong. as calyx, nearly ftraight : iS border bilabiate:. upper li 
— a little concave: lower lip trifid, the middle gn 
‘Cmarginate, fide ones bent back. Filaments equal, ereét, 
ae to one fide, — Germ ki r-cleft on | ai 
tacle ; 3. ftyle fhorter than the filaments: f yma bifid. 
