sheathing at the base, very taper-pointed, striated ; those of 

 the stem erect, or somewhat spreading, and hairy ; of the 

 branches that bear the flowers smaller, quite smooth, and 

 pressed close to the axis. Spike ovate, short. Flowers 

 white, supported by two navicular smooth bracteae. Calyx 

 5-leaved ; sepals oblong, concave, imbricated, smooth ; the 

 outer obtuse. Corolla hypocrateriform, with cuneate, some- 

 what wavy segments. 



J . .Li. 



