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uppermost leaves. Raceme lermninl, erect, eyhndneal, more 

 or less enlarged below, densely flowered, U-4-,lcm. long; 

 rachis pubescent ; bracts opposite, sessile, membranaceous, 

 broad and subrhombic, cuspidate, but subulatcly or laii- 

 ceolately leaf-like in the lower ones at tlie ajK-x, entire 

 and villoso-ciliated on margin. villosc dorsally. Habcl- 

 lately veined, viridcscent above, scarions below, about 

 7-11 rnra. broad, the lowest pair often leaty ; veins arc- 

 uate, reticulated towards the margin. Verticillasters con- 

 densed, 6-flowered, 3-flovvered to a bract. Flower small, 

 pedicellate, about 11 mm. long ; pedicels pubescent, ebracteo- 

 late, 11-3 mm. long. Calyx about 7-8 mm. long, depress- 

 ed, green but purpurascent above, patently villose except 

 the upper and dorsal portions, rigidly membranaceous, ciliated, 

 strongly veined, 2-labiated, persistent, with 10-nerves and 

 reticulated veinlets ; upper lip broader, ovato-square, shallow- 

 ly 3-lobate, very minutely ciliated ; sinus small, deltoidly 

 open ; midlobe much broader, subtruncato-angulate, shortly 

 spinulose at the apex ; lateral lobes often scarcely shorter, 

 oblique and spineseent-tipped ; lower lip equal to or hardly 

 shorter than the upper lip, ovate, 2-fid with deltoid-subulate 

 spinescent-tipped erect lobules ; tube turbinate, shorter than 

 the lip. Corolla deep-violet, 2-labiate ; upper lip arched, 

 broadly elliptical, subcrenato-emarginate at the apex, with a 

 pubescent carina dorsally, 4 mm. long ; lower lip spreading, 

 4-5 mm. broad, 3-| ram. long ; midlobe broadly orbicular, 

 concave, subfimbriato-denticulated on margin, about 3j mm. 

 broad ; lateral lobes much smaller, oval-ovate, obtuse ; tube 

 inflated above, slightly pubescent in front, provided a pubes- 

 cent ring above the base, about 8 mm. long Stamens didy- 

 namous, shorter than the upper corolla-lip, curved forwards; 

 anterior pair longer and inserted in the middle of the tube; 

 posterior pair shorter and inserted in the lower portion of 

 the upper-lip ; filaments stout, glabrous, divaricately bifid at 

 the tip, the sterile one subulate, tapering, the other antheri- 

 ferous; anther about 1^ mm. long; anther-cells horizontally 

 diverging, fusiform-oblong, puberulent on margms ; connective 



