hispidulous. Calyx 5-partite, about J in. long, often 

 finely hispidulous, punctate ; lobes imbricate, ovate- 

 lanceolate, acuminate. Corolla dark purple or lilac- 

 violet, densely beset outside with white short glandular 

 hairs, paler within ; tube funnel-shaped, f-l£ in. long, 

 near the base narrowed by a ring of 5 pits ; limb slightly 

 2-lipped, 4-lobed ; lobes somewhat spreading, wide-ovate 

 or rounded, over ^ in. long, ^ in. wide, the upper emar- 

 ginate, the others entire. Stamens 4, the 2 posterior 

 included, the 2 anterior connivent under the upper 

 corolla-lobe; filaments with a broad basal scale ; anthers 

 cohering in pairs, their cells divergent and confluent at 

 the tip. Ovary ovoid, J in. long, glabrous, surrounded 

 at the base by a pale yellow thickened disk ; style rather 

 shorter than the corolla-tube, 2-lamellate at the top. 

 Capsule subglobose, nearly \ in. in diameter. 



Fig. 1, calyx and pistil; 2, base of corolla, laid open; 3 and 4, anthers; 

 5, ovary and disk ; 6, transverse section of ovary :— all enlarged. 



