an erect herb; branches ascending, tomentosely pubescent, often canescent; leaves 3 1/4 in. long, 2 1/4 in. broad, broadly ovate, obtuse or subacute, coarsely inciso-serrate, green, membranous, sparsely hairy above, more densely adpressedly pubescent beneath, base broadly and obliquely truncate; petiole reaching 2 in. long; inflorescence densely many-flowered, 4–6 in. long, 1 1/2–2 in. broad; cymes 1/2–2 in. long; bracts small, ovate, deciduous; pedicels very unequal; flowering calyx 1/2– 3/4 lin. long, pubescent; teeth 5, lanceolate, subequal, very short; fruiting calyx 2 lin. long, tubular-urceolate, pubescent with short forward pointing hairs; corolla blue, shortly pubescent; tube slender, cylindric for 1 1/2–2 lin., then suddenly deflexed and enlarged in a throat 1 1/2 lin. long; upper lip 3/4–1 lin. long; lower lip separated by a broad sinus 1 1/2 lin. long, 3/4–1 lin. deep, obtusely boat-shaped; nutlets scarcely 1/2 lin. long, ovoid, smooth, yellow. null
