TRICHOSTEMA DICHOTOMA. 



. BASTARD PENNYROYAL. 



Diaynamia Gymnospermia, Linn. Labiatx, Juss. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Calix resupinate. Upper lip of the corolla falcate. Stamina very long and incurved. 



Nutt. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



T. leaves rhomboid-lanceolate, the flower-bearing branchlets bi-furcate, stamens very- 

 long. WiUd. &? Pursh. 



Plant from eight to ten inches high, all over densely pubescent. 

 Root annual, fibrous. Stem erect, cylindrical, branched above. Leaves 

 numerous, opposite, oval-lanceolate, obtuse, attenuated at base, paler 

 underneath than above, costa and veins conspicuous beneath. One or 

 two pairs of small leaves arise from the axils of the larger ones, and 

 those situated on the ends of the brandies and near the flowers, like- 

 wise quite small. Flowers terminal, campanula-purple. Stamens also 



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