stem herbaceous, 8 in. high, softly pubescent with long white hairs; leaves 1/2–1 1/2 in. long, 1/8– 3/4 in. broad, obovate, obtuse or subacute, moderately thick, hairy on both sides, margins crenate, base cuneate; petioles very short, hairy; inflorescence a simple spike-like raceme up to 5 1/2 in. long; rhachis densely pubescent, quadrangular; verticils 4–6-flowered, not pedunculate, separated in fruit 4–5 lin. in the lower, closer in the upper part of the raceme; bracts large, reaching as much as 5 lin. long (including the mucro), 4 lin. broad, broadly ovate, acute, with ciliate margins and a purplish mucro reaching 1 lin. long; pedicels 2–2 1/2 lin. long, erect, pubescent, drooping at the tip; flowering calyx 1 1/2–2 lin. long, campanulate, hairy; upper tooth 1 lin. long and as broad or broader than long, orbicular-ovate, very shortly acuminate; 2 lateral teeth deltoid, acute, ciliate, 3/4 lin. long; 2 lower teeth linear-lanceolate, acute, slightly longer than the lateral; fruiting calyx 2 1/2–3 lin. long, curved, densely villous in the throat within; upper tooth shortly acuminate, strongly nerved; corolla purple (Wood), 1/2 in. long; tube 2 3/4 lin. long, deflexed about the middle, slightly enlarged upwards; upper lip 1–2 lin. long, obovate, cuneate, 4-lobed; lower lip 3 1/2 lin. long, boat-shaped; filaments connate below for 1 1/2 lin.; upper pair of filaments 3 lin. long; lower pair 4 lin. long; style longer than the stamens; nutlets nearly 3/4 lin. long and broad, subglobosely ovoid, smooth, brown-black, minutely punctate. null
