from the same country. Flowersin July; and propagated 
by cuttings. 
An under-shrub, with pilose, 3-cornered, somewhat 
winged branches. Leaves disposed in whorls of 8, sessile, 
slightly downy, cuneiform, dilated at end, 3-5-fid, the 
segments being awned, netted on both sides, particularly 
on the lower. Mowers bright purple, terminal, in little 
loose heads of about 6. Calyxes downy, stalked, the 
stalks thickened at the apex, with a little bractea on each 
side; 2-lipped, the upper lip broad, bifid, subtruncate, 
the lower trifid, with ovate, somewhat acute, equal segments. 
Ovarium smooth. Pod oblong, smooth, longer than calyx. 
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