a branched erect shrub, 3 ft. high, more or less covered with short grey tomentum; leaves petiolate or the upper subsessile, thick, subcoriaceous, sometimes slightly rugose, oblong-lanceolate, lanceolate or sometimes ovate, 1/2–1 1/2 in. long, 2–7 lin. broad, acute, entire or the lower auriculate or dentate; petiole 1–7 lin. long; whorls 2-flowered, in short usually branched terminal racemes; calyx broadly campanulate, 7–8 lin. long, accrescent, membranous after flowering, veined, purplish, villous; upper lip broad, undulate; lower lip shortly and broadly 2-lobed; corolla about 1 1/2 in. long, purple, sparingly pubescent outside; tube 10–11 lin. long, 2 3/4–4 lin. broad above; upper lip 8–9 lin. long, slightly falcate, compressed, emarginate; lower lip about 5 lin. long and broad, flat; median lobe 3 lin. long and broad; lateral lobes much smaller, rounded. null
