Flowers in July, and, we believe, through most of the 
months of summer. 
An annual. Stem round, somewhat pubescent. Leaves 
alternate, sessile, pinnatifid, smoothish; /odes linear, some- 
what falcate, rather acute, generally having a denticulation 
in their sinuses. /Vowers axillary, solitary, on long stalks. 
Peduncles filiform, smooth, three times as long as the leaves. 
Calyx smooth; its teeth subulate from a broad base. 
Corolla hypocrateriform ; tube round, greenish, becoming 
pale, a little divided at the upper end only ; limb 5-parted, 
somewhat regular ; segments bright blue, linear-lanceolate, 
spreading. Ji/aments monadelphous. Anthers connate, al- 
most beardless, unequal; the two lower smaller, furnished 
on one side with a setaceous process. Ovarium smooth, 
2-celled, with central, fleshy, many-seeded placentae. 
Stigma a. little higher than the anthers, capitate, obscurely 
2-lobed. 
J. L. 
