sessile, somewhat folded together, undulate, acuminate. 

 Stems erect, 2 or 3 feet high. Flowers very shewy, in 

 axillary, many-flowered cymes, arranged in a spicate man- 

 ner at the summit of the stem. Sepals 5, equal, imbri- 

 cated, ovate, edged with a membrane, terminating in an 

 abrupt point. Corolla about an inch long, sky blue, vary- 

 ing to red ; the tube inflated, the limb 2-lipped, its lobes 

 rounded, nearly equal, the palate prominent, smooth. The 

 ieriiXe, stamens and the rudiment perfectly smooth. Ovarium 

 ovate, cylindrical. Style purple, filiform, smooth. Stigma 

 simple. 



J. L. 



