plant 8–12 in. high, branching from the woody base; branches obtusely 4-angled, pubescent to thinly and minutely puberulous with reflexed curved hairs; leaves shortly petiolate, 1/2–1 1/4 in. long, 2–3 1/2 lin. broad, linear-lanceolate, acute at both ends, entire or obscurely toothed, longitudinally folded (in dried specimens), glabrous on both sides with the exception of a few hairs along the midrib; racemes 2–4 1/2 in. long, sometimes arranged in a corymb-like panicle, with the whorls 1/3– 1/2 in. apart, about 6-flowered; lowermost bracts leaf-like, the remainder reflexed, petiolate, 1–2 lin. long, 1/2– 3/4 lin. broad, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acute, cuneate at the base, glabrous, obscurely and minutely ciliate, persistent; pedicels 1–1 1/2 lin. long, thinly pubescent; calyx campanulate, pubescent and glandular outside, ciliate on the teeth, densely hairy within the tube, especially when in fruit; tube 1 (in fruit 1 1/2) lin. long; upper tooth 3/4 lin. long, orbicular, apiculate; lateral teeth 1/2 lin. long, deltoid, with a short subulate point; lower teeth 3/4 lin. long, subulate; corolla thinly pubescent outside; tube 1 1/3 lin. long; upper lip 1 1/3 lin. long, shortly 4-lobed; lobes subequal, obtusely rounded at the apex; lower lip 1 2/3 lin. long, 2/3 lin. broad, oblong, obtuse; stamens exserted much beyond the lower lip of the corolla, all free; upper pair inserted near the base of the corolla-tube, 1/4– 1/3 in. long, with a reflexed pubescent tooth near the base; lower pair inserted at the base of the lower lip, about 1/4 in. long, glabrous; nutlets 3/4 lin. long, ellipsoid, sometimes slightly angular at the sides, glabrous, black. null
