stem herbaceous, puberulous; leaves 1 1/4–4 in. long, 1–3 3/4 in. broad, broadly ovate, subobtuse, coarsely and obtusely toothed, thinly puberulous above and on the veins beneath, base cordate; petioles 3/4–3 in. long; inflorescence terminal, simple or with 1–2 ascending branches at the base; verticils 1/2–1 in. apart, 4–6-flowered; bracts 1–2 lin. long, 2/3–2 lin. broad, somewhat rhomboid-ovate, acute, glabrous, ciliolate; pedicels 2–3 1/2 lin. long; fruiting calyx 3–4 lin. long; flowering calyx 1 1/4–1 1/2 lin. long, puberulous or nearly glabrous; tube 2/3–1 lin. long, campanulate; upper tooth 1/2– 3/4 lin. long and about as broad, broadly ovate, subobtuse; 4 other teeth subequal, subulate from a triangular base; corolla dark red (Wood); tube about 5 lin. long, abruptly deflexed at the middle, enlarged above, with a minute triangular spur; upper lip about 4 lin. long, erect, pubescent, unequally 4-lobed, terminal lobes about 1 1/2 lin. long and broad, oblong, obtuse, lateral lobes rounded; lower lip 4 lin. long, 1 1/2 lin. deep, boat-shaped, obtuse; stamens unequal; filaments all free, glabrous; style about as long as the stamens; stigma shortly 2-fid; nutlets 3/4 lin. long, subquadrate-ellipsoid, light brown, not shining. null
