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Diffusely branched ; stems short, 3-4 in., purple, slender ; scales purple, orbicu- 

 lar, obtuse, opposite, short-petioled ; flowers racemed rather long-pedicelled, erect , 

 bracts subsessile like the stem-scales. Calyx purple. Corona-tube purple, about twice 

 as long as calyx, "75 in. long ; upper lip purple hooded, subacutely toothed below the 

 apex on both sides ; lower lip 3-lobed, purplish-white with dark pnrple veins. Sta- 

 mens didynamous, included ; anterior filaments pubescent throughout and one-third 

 shorter than the posterior which are only pubescent towards the apex. Ovary 

 2-lobed, purplish ; style simple ; stigma very small, subexserted ; each chamber 10-15- 

 ovuled. 



Nearest to L. clandestina Linn., but differing in its nearly uniform purple colour, 

 its subentire calyx, and its smaller corolla with subacute not rounded subapical teeth. 



