an annual herb, erect, simple, nearly glabrous, minutely glandular, shining, 3–5 in. high, leafy, weak; stem 1–3 in. long; leaves crowded at the base, alternate, erect or suberect, petiolate, narrowly elliptical, ovate or obovate, obtuse at the apex, attenuate at the base, dentate, incise or subpinnatifid, membranous, subglaucous beneath, 1/3–1 in. long, 1/6– 2/5 in. broad; teeth or lobes obtuse, directed upwards; petioles 1/4–1 in. long, somewhat dilated at each end; flowers pedunculate, axillary, about 3/8 in. long and 1/2 in. broad, few; peduncles 1-flowered, erect or suberect, often bent or curved near the apex, slender, furrowed, 1 1/2–3 in. long, ebracteate; calyx-segments pale green, cordate-ovate, subacuminate, minutely glandular, ciliolate, nearly equal, about 1/6 in. long by 1/10 in. broad; corolla in the dry state pale purple for the most part, dark purple about the base and on the two short broad depressed blunt pockets, with two orange-coloured patches above the pockets; stamens 4, all bearing anthers, glabrous; anthers cohering in pairs; filaments flattened, not lobed, even or one pair slightly dilated towards the base, 1/24– 1/20 in. long; pollen globose, corrugated-furrowed; furrows shallow, about 7–8 radiating from a pole; capsules not seen. null
