suffruticose; stems stout, erect, tomentose or villous; leaves 1 1/4–3 1/2 in. long, 1 1/4–3 in. broad, broadly ovate, obtuse, coarsely crenate, tomentosely villous on both sides, rounded or cuneate at the base; petioles 1/2–1 1/2 in. long, tomentose; inflorescence rarely a simple raceme, the racemes usually forming a large panicle; verticils 6–12-flowered, not pedunculate; bracts rhomboid, deciduous; pedicels 2–3 lin. long, tomentose; fruiting calyx 3–4 lin. long, hairy; flowering calyx 1 3/4 lin. long, campanulate, hairy; upper tooth 1 lin. long, 3/4 lin. broad, ovate-oblong, obtuse, ciliate; other 4 teeth lanceolate, ciliate, 2 lower slightly longer than the lateral; corolla 1/2 in. long or more, purple; tube 3 lin. long, deflexed about the middle, enlarged above; upper lip 1 1/4 lin. long, obovate, rounded at the apex, hairy; lower lip 3 lin. long, scarcely 1 lin. deep, boat-shaped, acute, hairy; upper pair of stamens 1 3/4 lin. long; lower 2 1/4 lin. long; style as long as the upper stamens, equally 2-fid; nutlets 1/2 lin. long and as broad as long, compressed, smooth and shining, dark brown. null
