An erect slender minutely and hispidly pubescent herb 3–5 in. high; stem quadrangular, simple or freely branched in the upper part; branches ascending. Leaves sessile, oblong-linear or lanceolate-oblong, 3–5 lin. long, 3/4–1 1/2 lin. broad, obtuse, entire or obscurely few-toothed. Flowers solitary in the axils of the upper leaves; peduncles 3–5 lin. long, ascending in flower and fruit. Calyx 1 1/2–1 3/4 lin. long; teeth ovate-lanceolate, somewhat unequal, about 1/2 lin. long, acute. Corolla 3 lin. long; upper lip ovate, 1 lin. long, bifid, with short broad acute lobes; lobes of the lower lip suborbicular. Staminodes gibbous, with short filaments minutely capitate at the apex. Capsule oblong-linear, 3 1/2–4 lin. long, 3/4 lin. broad, acute, with divergent valves.
Distribution
Nigeria Upper Guinea Nupe: Jeba on the River Quorra (Niger), Barter!
Notes
Welwitsch 5879, a tiny solitary flowered specimen, should probably be referred here.
