a small weak branched herb; branches apparently prostrate or decumbent, up to 6 in. long, only 1/4– 1/3 lin. in diam., shortly retrorsely pilose; leaves ovate, 4–10 (usually about 7) lin. long, 3 1/2–9 lin. broad, obtuse, rounded, subtruncate or sometimes slightly cuneate at the base, rather regularly crenate-serrate, thin, shortly pilose on both sides, slightly glandular-puberulous beneath; teeth moderately large, usually 6–9 each side; petiole very slender, 3–7 lin. long; bracts lanceolate, as long as or shorter than the calyx; flowers about 6, in a single lax whorl terminating the branches; pedicels 3/4 lin. long; calyx very narrowly campanulate, 3 1/2 lin. long, covered with short slender spreading hairs and shorter gland-tipped hairs; teeth narrowly lanceolate-triangular, 1 3/4 lin. long, about 1/3 lin. broad at the base, somewhat spinescent; corolla shortly pubescent outside, about 5 1/2 lin. long; tube 4 lin. long, narrowly cylindric up to near the apex where it is curved and slightly enlarged; upper lip reflexed, elliptic, 2 1/4 lin. long; lower lip 2 1/2–3 lin. long; median lobe transversely elliptic, about 1 lin. long and 1 1/2 lin. broad. null
