35° PLANTAE AMERICAN AE. 



Radix lignofa, hinc inde fparfa, fibris filifor- 



mibus durioribus. 

 Caulis fuffrutefcens, lignofus, duor. vel trium 



pedum altitudine, erectus, tenuis ; ramis 



oppofitis, brachiatis, fed faepe deficiunt ab 



uno alterove latere *, tener, glaber. 



Folia inferiora decidua; fuperiora pauca, viren- 

 tia, ovato-oblonga, acuta, mox fenfim mu- 

 cronata, uncialia, tenera, pubefcentia, inte- 

 gerrima. Petioli oppofiti, vix femiunciales, 

 magis pilofi, fuperne lineola concavati. 



Flores in fpicis terminalibus feflllibus, laxe im- 

 bricatis. Bratteis ovatis et fubrotundo-ova- 

 tis, planiufculis, apice leviter patulis, acu- 

 minatis, trinerviis, margine pubefcenticilia- 

 tis, cum pilis foras, fed tenerrimis ramuf- 

 culis. 



Cal. Perianthium monophyllum, breve, ad « 

 bafin fere unam quartam partem partitum: 

 laciniis furfum fetaceis, anguftiiTimis.* 



Cor. monopetala, tubulata, inaequalis. 'Tubus 

 longus filiformis, anguftus, calyce duplo 

 triplove longior, furfum leviter arcuatus, 

 tener. Limhus ereclo-patens, tubi longitu- 

 dine, ad bafin quadripartitus : lacinia fupe- 

 riore lanceolata, acuta, concava, paululjurn 

 adicendente. 



Sem. Filament a duo, capillaria, ad medium 

 lirabi attingentia, labio fuperiori parallela 



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