stems erect, simple or sparingly branched, 1–1 1/4 lin. thick, minutely puberulous or glabrous; leaves ascending, 1 1/2–3 in. long, 1–2 lin. broad, linear, acute, narrowed at the base into a petiole 1–2 lin. long, microscopically puberulous or glabrous; cymes 3–6 to a stem, bifurcate, lateral at the nodes, pedunculate, whitish-tomentose, many flowered; peduncles 1/3–1 in. long, ascending; bracts 1–2 1/2 lin. long, subulate; sepals 2–2 1/2 lin. long, 1/2– 2/3 lin. broad, lanceolate, acute, tomentose, ciliolate; corolla hypocrateriform; tube 2–2 1/4 lin. long, about 1 1/4 lin. in diam., cylindric, minutely pubescent outside; lobes about 2 1/2 lin. long, 2/3–1 lin. broad, obliquely oblong, spathulate-oblong or lanceolate, obtuse or subacute, usually somewhat twisted, glabrous on both sides; corona-lobes 3/4–1 lin. long, erect, subulate, with a shortly decurrent keel at the base; stamens with filaments 1/4 lin. long; anthers deltoid-sagittate at the base, produced into a filiform, densely hairy appendage about 1 1/4 lin. long, connivent-erect; apex of the style deeply bifid, 1/4 lin. long; follicles widely divergent, 2–2 1/2 in. long, 3–4 lin. thick, terete, tapering to an obtuse point, smooth, minutely puberulous or glabrous; seeds about 3–4 lin. long, 1–1 1/4 lin. broad, oblong-lanceolate, keeled down the concave face, smooth on both sides, blackish-brown. null
