Erect herbs to 3.8 dm. tall, subligneous at least near the base, the branches with brown hispid recurved hairs in lines decurrent from the paired nodes above, area between lines grayish-strigose. Leaves elliptic to ovate-elliptic, acute at the apex, attenuate at the base? 3-9 cm. long, 1-3 cm. wide, both surfaces strigose with interspersed setose hairs, the primary lateral veins arcuate, almost forming a sub-marginal vein, the margin ciliate; stipules setose. Cymes gathered into terminal, bracteate, racemiform, rarely paniculiform, clusters. Flowers decussate, solitary, infra-interbracteal; bracts elliptic, to 2.5 mm. long, 1 mm. wide, coarsely ciliate, caducous; peduncle 0.5-1.0 mm. long; pedicel 1.25-2.0 mm. long; bracteoles 2, minute, sometimes caducous. Hypanthium ampullaceous, 5.0-6.5 mm. long, median diameter about 1.5 mm., oblique at orifice, spur straight, hispid without, tomentose within, sometimes insect-infested and becoming swollen and bladdery. Petals 6, 1.5-2.0 mm. long, 0.75-1.0 mm. wide, violet. Stamens 11, the anterior 9 alter-nately unequal, included, the anthers oblong, to 0.5 mm. long, the filaments tomentose with the exception of the 3 anterior antesepalous; disc unilateral, strongly reflexed. Ovary narrowly ovoid, 1.0-1.25 mm. long, 0.5--0.75 mm. in diameter, tomentose; style 1.5-2.5 mm. long, tomentose, included. Seeds 4, almost cordiform, 1.5 mm. long, 1.5 mm. wide, emarginate.
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