suffruticose; stems erect, stout, pubescent; leaves 1 in. long, sessile, obovate-oblong, obtuse, obscurely crenate, densely finely villous on both sides, base cuneate; inflorescence of several villous dense spike-like racemes forming a branched panicle; verticils many-flowered, villous, closely packed; bracts 3 lin. long and as broad as long, broadly ovate, acute, villous on both sides; pedicels about 1 lin. long; flowering calyx 1 lin. long, densely villous; upper tooth larger than the others, 1/4 lin. broad, ovate-oblong, subacute, densely ciliate; other 4 teeth subequal or the 2 lower smaller, oblong, much shorter than the upper tooth, densely ciliate; corolla 2 1/2 lin. long, lilac (Wood); tube 1 1/2 lin. long, deflexed about the middle, enlarged above the deflexion; upper lip 3/4 lin. long; lower lip 1 lin. long, 1/2 lin. deep, boat-shaped; upper pair of stamens 1 1/4 lin. long; lower pair 1 3/4 lin. long; style as long as the lower stamens; nutlets scarcely 1/2 lin. long and nearly as broad as long, angular, pale brown, quite smooth and shining. null
