202 
PYCNOSTACHYS carves. | 
Blue Pycnostachys. ae ee 
DIDYNAMIA GYMNOSPERMIA.—Nar. Orv. LABIATA. 
Gun. Cuan, —Flores densissime spicati, inferiores bracteati. Calyx tubo 
brevi subangulato, dentibus spinosis, — sinubus involutis oram _ 
tegentibus. Corolla bilabiata, declinata, tubo longiusculo, labio infe- 
riore longiore, ovato-concavo, integerrimo; superiore concaviusculo, tri- 
fido, lobo medio bifido. Semina ERE: 4, retundata —— a 
Pycnostachys caerulea. 
Apparently annual or biennial. Stem erect, a quadrangular, gla : 
aa aac i : leanddolate 
curved ‘apes Anthers oval, -celled, bluish. Germen 4-lobed ; ov ae 
as long as the stamens; stigma bifid. Seeds, or Achenia, 4, oval, com- 
pressed, smooth, enclosed in the calyx, and concealed by the 5 valves, 
or i. naga opt e seas oa cer meric Oa 
In the = asd int this year, 182, when cad : 
