somewhat shrubby, herbaceous above, perhaps perennial, branched, about 2 ft. high; stem erect, roundedly tetragonal, pubescent, purplish below, pallid above; branches opposite, decussate, divaricate, rather slender, glandular-pubescent, leafy; leaves opposite, ovate or oval, obtuse, wedge-shaped or shortly narrowed at the base, rather strongly dentate, membranous, pale green, sparingly puberulous above, hispidulous on the slender veins beneath, 1/3–2 in. long, 1/8–1 1/6 in. broad; petioles 1/16– 1/3 in. long; flowers about 1/3– 3/8 in. long, rather numerous, racemose or subcymose; racemes comparatively compact and short, simple and terminal or somewhat compound and together forming a leafy and bracteate pyramidal cyme; ultimate pedicels glandular-puberulous, 1/24– 1/6 in. long; bracts basal, smaller than the leaves; calyx 3/16– 1/5 in. long, glandular-pubescent, deeply 5-lobed; segments narrowly lanceolate-linear, acute; corolla-tube subcylindrical, narrowly funnel-shaped above, nearly straight, sparingly and minutely glandular outside, 3/10– 1/3 in. long; throat glabrous; limb 1/4– 1/3 in. in diam.; lobes obovate, entire, 1/12– 1/8 in. long; one pair of anthers more or less exserted, the other pair shortly included; style more or less exserted. null
