479 Labiatae Jss. 



basi subcordatae, abruptlm acuminatae, virides trinerviae, 

 prima juventute extus puberulae, dein exsculpto-punctatae, 

 longiter ciliatae, diametro 0,1 poll., in anthesi reflexae, rhachi 

 parallele adpressae; flores in axilla quaque bracteae terni, 

 oppositi, patentissimi , lateraliter divergentes et inde loco 

 semi-verticillorum binorum, oppositorum, 3-flororum, verticil- 

 lum totum, 6-florum formantes ; verticilli remoti, summi saepe 

 per paria valde adproximati et inde verticillos 10 — 12 floros 

 formantes; pedunculi teretes, apice subcernui, 0,1 poll. longi, 

 cum calyce pallide virides patenti-puberuli ; cali/x obovato- 

 turbinatus, 0,15 poll. longus, bilabiatus persistens, fructifer 

 paullo auctus; ttibus dorso planus, ventre convexus, subcym- 

 biformis, 4-striatus, fauce nudus; labium superius subrotun- 

 dum, 3-nervium, apiculatum suberectum, basi decurrens in 

 calycis tubum, dorso concavum; inferius 4-dentatum; dentes 

 subulati bini intermedii (carinales) adscendenti-horizontales, 

 subaristati, paullo longiores; corolla gamopetala, bilabiata, 

 obversa, exserta; tubus basi subglobosus, albus, superius ca- 

 lycis labio superiori oppositum (an non potius inferius?), 4- 

 lobum, 0.1 poll. transverse latum; lobi patentes subrotundi, 

 subaequales, interiores 2 basi paullo attenuati; labium infe- 

 rius (superius?) inter calycis lacinias longiores infimas re- 

 ceptum kermesinum, oblongum, obtusum, patentissimum, sub- 

 revolutum, superiore paullo longius et multo angustius, 0,1 

 poll. longum, 0,03 poU. latum; stamina exserta didynama, 

 deflexa, labio inferiori incumbentia, basi tubi constrictae in- 

 serta, inferiora longiora, ante anthesin involuta, labio corollae 

 inferiore incumbente superioreque obtecta ; filamenta filiformia, 

 albida, vix incarnata, basi pilis minutis patentibus, summis 

 pauUo longioribus hyahnis, acutissimis, nunc flexuosis subbar- 

 bata, apice spirallter revoluta, lablum Inferlus plus mlnus in- 

 -volventla, 0,20 — 0,25 poU.longa, glaberrima, aut hlnc mucrone 

 lato paullo elevato, hyalino, obsessa, summo aplce subulata; 

 ■antherae minutae,terminales versatlles, rublglnosae, subrotundo- 

 ovatae, aplce obtusae, basi profunde cordatae biloculatae; /o- 

 culi aplce confiuentes, basi subdlvergentes , longitudlnallter 



