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ed, ovate, pointed. Peduncles trichotomous. Upper lip of 

 the corol vaulted. Lower anthers calcarate. Capsules four- 

 seeded. 



A native of similar places with the last described. Flower- 

 ing time the same. 



Root perennial. Stems several, erect, branchy, annual, 

 round, smooth, jointed. Leaves opposite, oblong-cordate, 

 pointed, entire, smooth. Panicles axillary, small, three-fork- 

 ed. Flowers rose-coloured, yellow, and whitish green mixed. 

 Bractes small, pointed ; generally two below every division 

 of the panicle, and two or three pressing upon the calyx. 

 Calif x single. Corol; tube short, widening; upper lip erect, 

 vaulted ; under lip broad, and three-parted. Filaments 

 concealed under the upper lip. Anthers double, the lower 

 ones calcarate. Stigma slightly bifid. Capsule four-sided, 

 two seeds in each cell. 



25. J. tomentosa. R. 



Herbaceous, sub erect, hairy. Leaves lanceolar, tomentose. 

 Spikes terminal, strobilitbrm. Anthers distinct. Capsules co- 

 nic, four-seeded. 



A native of wet, rich, pasture ground. Flowering time the 

 wet and cold seasons. 



Root nearly spindle-formed, perennial. Stems several, sub- 

 erect, round, hairy, from one to two feet high. Leaves oppo- 

 site, petioled, broad-lanceolar, entire, very downy ; the low- 

 er many times larger than the upper ones, the former being 

 often twelve inches long, and the latter (or floral leaves) not 

 more than one. Spikes terminal, oval, strobiliform, sessile on 

 little terminal branchlets. Flowers small, bright, bluish 

 purple. Bractes numerous, imbricated, oval, pointed, concave, 

 hairy, one-flowered. Calyx four-cleft ; the lower leaflet two- 

 cleft. Corol; tube gibbous on the under side, contracted at 

 the mouth ; upper lip ovate, half two-cleft, divisions pointed ; 

 under lip very broad, three-parted. Anthers twin, equal, 



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