erect, 1 1/2 ft. high; branches verticillate, densely covered with leaf-scars; leaves squarrose, 4–5-(rarely 6-)nate, elliptic-linear, subobtuse, glabrous, 1 3/4 lin. long; inflorescence axillary, verticillate, crowded at the tops of the branches; pedicels pubescent, 1 lin. long; bracts approximate, linear; sepals adpressed, lanceolate, obtuse, glabrous, thick, subfoliaceous, 2 lin. long; corolla clavate, glabrous, purple, 9 lin. long; limb short, erect, crenulate; anthers exserted, lateral, elongate, cells parted to the base, muticous; stigma simple, obtuse, ovary turbinate, puberulous. null
