a shrub 1 1/2 ft. high; branches of the previous years' growth devoid of leaves, adpressed-pilose, becoming glabrous with age; leaves 1/3– 1/2 in. long, scarcely 1/4 lin. in diam., crowded, slender, terete, acutely mucronate, glabrous or sometimes with a few scattered hairs when young; involucres 1-flowered, arranged in sessile solitary terminal spikes; spikes few-flowered, 3–5 lin. long; subtending bracts 2 lin. long, linear-subulate, subacutely acuminate, ciliate, equalling the involucre; involucre 1 1/2 lin. long, bilabiate, pubescent outside; upper lip entire, lower deeply tripartite; segments ovate-lanceolate, subacutely acuminate; perianth-tube pubescent; segments 2–2 1/2 lin. long, linear-spathulate; claw tomentose; limb ovate, obtuse, densely villous; anthers rounded; hypogynous scales 3/4 lin. long, subulate, acute; ovary 1/2 lin. long, globose, densely villous; style 1 3/4 lin. long, terete; stigmatic disk 1/4 lin. long, obovate. null
