Erect, aromatic herb. Stem and branches densely villose. Leaves membranaceous, ovate or spathu-late-obovate, 5-9 by 4-6.5 cm, acute or rounded, base acute or acuminate, entire; margin elsewhere crenate-dentate; hirsute on both surfaces, especially densely on the nerves; petiole 1-3 cm. Flowers 20-30 in a verticillaster, arranged in spurious spikes and disposed in a large terminal panicle 25-30 cm long. Pedicels 2-4 mm. Calyx campanulate, 4-4.5 mm long, in fruit 5.5-6 mm, the teeth sub-equal, lanceolate. Corolla blue, 10-12 mm long, tube erect, prominently gibbous in the medium portion above; upper lip 4-lobed, lower lip concave. Filaments inserted at the base of corolla tube, free above the point of insertion. Style briefly 2-fid. Nutlets subrotundate, flattened, 1.2 mm long and wide.
Stony slopes in Casuarina forest, 2000-2650 m; on Mt Idjen above Bajeman said to have been collected by BACKER between 50-600 m which I think is an error. Fl. April, June, Oct. Locally on Mt Ardjuno gregarious in one place.
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