so closely are the small leaves placed, in the axils of which 
the flowers are situated. Calyx deeply five-partite, the 
segments subulato-lanceolate, and bearing at the base, on 
each side, a subulate bractea, about as long as the calyx. 
Corolla bright and deep blue a little inclining to purple, 
the tube swollen at the base, slightly hairy; limb bilabiate, 
striated ; upper lip roundish, erect, emarginate ; lower one 
large, horizontal, deeply cut into three cuneate, slightly 
waved lobes: the mouth and tube within hairy. Anthers 
four, didynamous, all perfect ; no sterile stamens. Pistil : 
Germen oval-oblong, inserted on a yellow, fleshy disk or 
ring. Style about as long as the tube of the corolla, white: 
Stigma broad, compressed, white, two-lipped ? 
I have referred this plant to Gratioxa, with which Genus 
it agrees in habit, and in the calyx and corolla ; but from 
which, as defined by Mr. Brown, it differs by having four 
fertile stamens. 
Seeds of it were received at the Botanic Garden of Glas- 
gow from Buenos Ayres, by favor of Mr. Tweepie. Culti- 
vated in the stove, it produced its small but bright blossoms 
in August, 1831. 
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Fig. 1. Front view of a Flower, with its Floral Leaf. 2. Upper Side of 4 
Flower. 3. Section of the Tube of the Corolla, 4 Bracteas, and 
a6 fan, esiied: e Corolla, 4. Calyx, Bracteas, 
