An erect slender hispid annual herb, 9–12 in. high. Stem simple or slightly branched above the middle. Leaves opposite, 1–2 in. long, deeply pinnatifid; lobes 3–7, linear, costate. Flowers subsessile, solitary in the axils of the upper leaves, and in short, terminal spikes, about 1/2 in. long. Bracteoles 2, lanceolate, costate, equalling the calyx, somewhat obtuse. Calyx coarsely hairy outside, glabrous within; lobes about a quarter the length of the tube. Corolla-limb about 1/3 in. across.
Distribution
Angola Lower Guinea by the River Onschingue, not far from the River Kuito, 4000 ft., Baum, 785!
