somewhat shrubby, subherbaceous above, perhaps perennial, about 2 ft. high or more, closely branched; branches erect, rigid, obtusely tetragonous, rather robust, more or less viscid-puberulous, purplish or drab; branchlets opposite, decussate, purplish, viscid-puberulous, rather slender, ascending, subvirgate or subfastigiate, moderately leafy; leaves opposite, elliptical or oblong, obtuse, wedge-shaped at the base, shortly petiolate, denticulate or sparingly toothed above, entire below, firmly or thickly membranous, glandular-papillose or -puberulous, 1/6– 1/2 in. long by 1/16– 1/4 in. broad or rather larger; lateral veins few, inconspicuous on the upper face, in relief on the lower; flowers numerous, paniculate, about 1/4 in. long; panicles terminal, pyramidal, many-flowered, comparatively dense; bracts smaller than the leaves; ultimate pedicels rather rigid and slender, viscid-puberulous, 1/10– 2/5 in. long; calyx about 1/8 in. long, viscid-hispidulous, 5-cleft half-way or a little deeper; lobes lanceolate-subulate; corolla-tube subcylindrical, slightly curved towards the apex, minutely glandular outside, nearly 1/4 in. long; throat glabrous; limb about 1/5– 1/4 in. in diam.; lobes 1/16– 1/12 in. long, obovate, entire; stamens glabrous, inserted on the upper part of the corolla-tube; filaments filiform; anthers all alike, one pair shortly exserted, the other shortly included; style filiform, glabrous, shortly exserted; capsules oval-oblong, obtuse, obsoletely glandular, 1/8 in. long. null
