a woody much-branched shrub, growing to 3 ft. in height; branches whitish-puberulous; leaves subfasciculate at the nodes, 1/8– 1/2 in. long, 2/3–1 1/4 lin. broad, subspathulate-oblanceolate, obtuse, tapering into a short petiole at the base, longitudinally folded, rather thick, densely white-puberulous, sometimes glabrous above; whorls 6-flowered, 1/3– 3/4 in. apart; pedicels 1–1 1/2 lin. long, puberulous; calyx 1 1/2–2 lin. long and campanulate in flower, 3–3 1/2 lin. long and somewhat tubular in fruit, whitish-puberulous outside, glabrous within; upper tooth orbicular-ovate, apiculate; lower lip with the obliquely truncate sides projecting beyond the base of the lower teeth into short minutely denticulate ciliate lobes; lower teeth 1/3 lin. long, subulate; corolla rose-pink; tube about 2 lin. long, glabrous; upper lip 1–1 1/4 lin. long, with 4 subequal obtusely rounded lobes, pubescent outside; lower lip 1 1/2 lin. long and about as broad, suborbicular, obtuse, concave, glabrous; stamens 4–4 1/2 lin. long; upper pair dilated near the base into a broad flattened retrorse densely ciliate tooth, otherwise glabrous; lower pair adnate to the corolla-tube; nutlets rather more than 1 lin. long, oblong, very pale brown, glabrous, smooth. null
