but better name of S. Cardinalis, by which it was described 

 by M. Kunth. 



The stem is about 3 feet high, hairy, with rounded 

 angles, and two callosities at the base of the petiole. 

 Leaves rugose, cordate, ovate, crenated, hairy, on long- 

 stalks. Racemes terminal, at first nodding, enclosed within 

 very large ovate, acuminate, concave, deciduous bracteae. 

 Verticillastri 3-flowered. Calyx downy, coloured, striated, 

 2-lipped, the upper lip entire, somewhat recurved, the lower 

 rather larger, bifid, straight. Corolla deep scarlet, ven- 

 tricose, three times as large as the calyx ; the helmet in- 

 flated, villous, with inflected margins ; the lip nearly equal 

 to the helmet, smooth, 3-lobed ; the lobes folded back, 

 the lateral ones ovate, with the intermediate one truncate. 

 Stamens 2, with very small subulate rudiments of two 

 others. Filaments short ; fertile lobe of the anther with a 

 straight subulate connectivum ; sterile of the same length, 

 deflexed, spatulate, pilose ; it is by the aid of these hairs 

 that the stamens cohere. Ovaria smooth, very small, 

 seated on a disk with a very large anterior fleshy tooth. 

 Style villous at the end. Stigma unequal, 2-lobed. 



J. L. 



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