Herbs to subshrubs; stems erect, terete to subquadrangular, glabrous to puberulous. Leaves ovate elliptic to elliptic, 11.5-26 cm long, 4.5-10 cm wide, apically acuminate, basally attenuate, glabrous to subglabrous, the costa and the lateral veins moderately prominent (10-11 pairs), the cystoliths dense and con-spicuous above, the margins entire; petioles to 2.5 cm long, glabrous. Inflores-cences in loose terminal and axillary spikes, to 17 cm long, the peduncles to ca. 3 cm long, quadrangular, puberulous, the rachis quadrangular, puberulous, one bract subtending each flower, the bracts lanceolate, 5.5-6 mm long, ca. 1.5 mm wide, glabrous, the margins ciliolate. Flowers sessile to subsessile, the calyx seg-ments subequal, lanceolate, 13-15 mm long, 2-3 mm wide, glabrous; corolla scarlet, to 5.5 cm long, glabrous to sparingly puberulous toward the tip, the tip curved outward before expanding, the tube ca. 2.5 mm wide at base, expanding abruptly to 12 mm at the middle and reduced to 10 mm at the mouth, the upper lip lanceolate, acute, to 13 mm long, 4 mm wide at base, erect in expanded flowers, the lower lip triangular, recurved, 13 mm wide at the base, apically 3-lobed, the lobes ca. 1 mm long, 0.5 mm wide; stamens attached near the base of the corolla tube, exserted ca. 20 mm beyond the mouth of the corolla tube to just beyond the tip of the upper lip which partially encloses them, the anthers 1-celled, 4 mm long, 1 mm wide, apically and basally acute, glabrous, the filaments glabrous. Capsule not seen.
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