The caudex is completely covered by the leaves and is gene- 

 rally from four to eight inches in height ; lower leaves imbri- 

 cately upright, upper imbricately piled and nearly horizontal. 

 Flowers {lender, diftant, fparfe, not (hewy. Pedicels (hort. 

 Segments of the corolla concrete to where they are bilabiately 

 reelected. Stamens unequal, enclofed. Style (horter than thefe, 

 filiform. Stigma fimple. 



Vijcofa is not a very eligible appellatio'n, as refering only to 

 the liquid contained in the tube of the corolla, a circumftance 

 not peculiar to this fpecies. G. 



