suffruticose; stems stout, pubescent; leaves 2 in. long and as broad as long, orbicular, somewhat distinctly and obscurely crenate, softly villous on both sides; base cuneate running down into a short stout petiole, the junction of which with the leaf-blade is obscure; inflorescence paniculate, the racemes composing the panicle spike-like, reaching 10 in. long, densely villous; verticils many-flowered, close; bracts ovate-lanceolate, acute, deciduous, 1 1/2 lin. long, 3 lin. broad, pubescent on the back and with ciliate margins; pedicels 1 lin. long; fruiting calyx 2 1/4 lin. long, campanulate, straight, villous; upper tooth 1 1/4 lin. long, 1/2 lin. broad, ovate-oblong, subacute, ciliate; 2 lateral teeth 3/4 lin. long, ovate-oblong, acute, ciliate; 2 lower teeth similar but slightly smaller; flowering calyx 1 1/4 lin. long, densely villous; upper tooth rather more than 1/4 lin. broad; other 4 teeth subequal or the lower smaller, oblong, ciliate; corolla yellow (Wood); tube 1 1/2 lin. long, nearly straight, enlarged above; nutlets nearly 1/2 lin. long, 1/4 lin. broad, almost flat on one face, angular on the other, smooth, shining, yellowish-brown. null
