2ï8 PLANTES DU BRÉSIL 
stolonifer, 4 _ g onus > g^er : rami brèves, 4 *g 0Iî i : stolonæ graciles, 
replantes, 5*7 pollicares, punctis exterioribus glandulosis conspersi 
lutescentibus. Folia caulina opposita, sessilia, circiter i81.1onga, 
2 1 . lata, linearia, acuta, obsoletissimè dentata ( V^eronicœ scutel- 
Icttœ), punctis glandulosis conspersa, glabra ; stolonum erecta, se- 
cunda, circiter 6 1 . longa, i \ lata, lineari-oblonga, falcata, sub- 
integerrima, glabra. Panicula terminalis, subcoarctata (si inavis, 
racemi in apice caulis axillares, simplices) : paniculæ rami oppositi, 
erectiusculi, distantes, simplices, bi vel trifidi, 4 “g on ^ graciles, 
glabri, enati ex axillis bractearum 2 , oppositarum, caulinarium, fo- 
liis conformium, infra flores insuper onusti bracteis quibusdam 
oppositis, foliis consimilibus sed multo minoribus (folia ramea). 
Flores in paniculæ ramis spicati, remotiusculi, oppositi, sessiles 
vel subsessiles, basi bracteis 3 stipati linearibus, angustis, acutis- 
simis, glabriusculis ,* unâ intermediâ majore caulinari ; lateralibus 
2 e basi calycis enatis. Calyx 5-partitus, glabriusculus; laciniis an- 
gustissimis, lineari-subulatis, inæqualibus, subdistantibus. Corolla 
circiter 4 L longa, tubulata, 2 -labiata , vix puberula, dilutè coeru- 
lea:tubussubrecurvus,labium superiusobtusissimum, emarginatuin, 
seuvixemarginatum; inferius 3-partitum;divisuris lineari-cuneatis, 
obtusissimis, integerrimis seu vix emarginatis; intermediâ pilosâ. 
Stamina 4, didynama, inclusa, valdè inæcjualia, supra medium tu- 
bum inserta : antheræ in tribus staminibus didymæ, lobis inæqua¬ 
libus, distantibus, rotundis, connectivo, suboloboso: in uno staminé 
anthera minor, lobis lineari-oblongis, distinctis, connectivo oblongo 
angusto; omnes 2 -loculares, anticæ, lateraliter deliiscentes. Stylus 
persistens, incurvus, glaber , apice cnpulæformis; cupulâ intiis 
stigmatica, mox clausa. Ovarium oblongum, glabrum, 2 -loculare, 
polyspermum, gynophoro brevi insidens paulo latiore : ovula 
numerosa, in utroque loculamento placentæ proeminenti affixa. 
Capsula vestitacalycepersistente,circiter ï { 1 . longa, oblonga, 2 -sulca, 
glabra, 2 -valvis, polysperma ; yalvulis dissepimento parallelis, 
