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ALASSIO AND ITS FLORA 
a concavity towards the end of the lower 
lip. The style is equal to the stamens, bifid 
at the end. 
Calyx large, funnel-shaped, penta-den- 
tated, white-tomentose outside, green in- 
side, with equal, pointed teeth. Peduncle a 
little shorter than the calyx. 
Before the flowers open they look like • 
small whitish globes, the lower lip being 
wrapped over itself, and embraced by the 
two sections of the upper. 
The fruit is a reticulated akenium, the 
involucrum globular, reticulated, having 
several dark seeds rather long. 
It flow^ers all the year except in summer. 
It is to be found on the southern slope 
of Cape Mele, at the side of the high road, 
250 metres from the Lighthouse, and on 
various part of the same slope. 
