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opposite, of the flowers two, sessile, unequal, obovate, or ob- 

 long ventricose, embracing between them one or two com- 

 plete flowers, and one or two rudiments. Bractes (or inner 

 calyx), ensiform, two to each flower, and rudiment. Flow- 

 ers small, pale-pink. Calyx five parted, segments ensiform. 

 Corol ; tube, length of the involucres, a little twisted. Bor- 

 der bilabiate ; upper lip linear, three-toothed ; under lip oval, 

 and slightly einarginate. Anthers two on each filament, 

 purple. Capsule pedicelled, small, flat, round, villous, two- 

 celled, with two thin round seeds in each cell. 



Obs. 1 have two varieties (if not distinct species) from the 

 coast of Coromandel. In the first, the leaves are much nar- 

 rower, and run more down on the petioles, and, with the 

 bractes of the flowers, longer, more cuspidate, and ciliate. 

 In the second variety, the leaves are cuneiform-lanceolate, 

 and the bractes of the flower broad-ovate, short cuspidate, 

 and hairy. 



1G. J. latebrosa. K n. MSS. 



Herbaceous; brcmehes straggling, round, smooth. Leaves 

 petioled, cordate oblong', pointed. Tube of the corol twisted ; 

 lips almost equal ; the upper one three dentate, the lower one 

 bidentate. Seeds solitary. 



It grows always among bushes, or under their shade, in a 

 dry barren soil. Flowering time, the wet and cold seasons. 



Root perennial. Stem scarcely any ; branches many, 

 straggling, weak, round, smooth, jointed, ramous. Leaves 

 opposite, petioled, cordate-oblong, pointed, entire, smooth ; 

 size very various. Flowers terminal, large, of a bright, red 

 colour. Bractes numerous, lanceolate. Calyx single. Co- 

 rol ; tube twisted at the middle; lips equal, linear ; the up- 

 per one three toothed, an;l the under one emarginate. Sta- 

 mens as long as the lips of the corol, projecting along the un- 

 der lip. Anther* double. Stigma two-cleft. Capsules two- 

 deeded, one in each cell. 



