i : R6his 
CoH ULA PUNCTATA. DoTTED-FLOWERED 
oe CorNUTIA. 
Class and Order. 
DipyNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 
Generic Character. 
al. 4-dentatus. Corolla subringens. - Stam A, quorum 
duo sterilia. Drupa nuce 4-loculari. * ig 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Cornutia punctata; corymbis axillaribus trichotomis. 
Willd. Sp. Pl. 3. p.322.  _ Mise 
Cornutia punctata ; foliis ovatis subdentatis utrinque at- 
tenuatis glabriusculis, corymbis axillaribus trifidis. 
_.. Spreng. Syst. Veget. 1. p. 39.— ee ah 
ae pyramidata. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 4. p. 45. non 
Hosta coerulea, Jacq. Hort. Schenb. 1. p. 60. t. 114. 
Poirét Encycl. Bot. Suppl. 3. p.60. | | 
Hosrana coerulea. Persoon Syn. 2. p. 143. - 
Sa 
Descr. Stem shrubby, erect, branched : branches square, 
with sharp, winged angles. Leaves opposite crosswise, 
ovate-acuminate, sinuate-dentate, soft-villous on the upper 
side, tomentose and netted-veined on the under. Flowers 
in axillary, trichotomous corymbs, blue. Pedicels very 
short. Calyx inferior, minute, obsoletely 4-toothed, pu- 
bescent. Corolla subbilabiate, pubescent : tube four times 
longer than calyx, incurved : limb irregular, 4-lobed: upper 
and lateral lobe entire, lower lobe largest, emarginate, with 
a round yellow spot at the base, but the dots on its sur- 
face are not seen unless magnified, and are white glands 
at the base of the hairs. Stamens four, equal, within 
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