Roella recurvata A.Dc.

A small erect shrublet, branched especially from the base, 10-25 cm. high. Stems usually glabrous. Leaves crowded, squarrose or the lower reflexed, flat, rigid, 3-4 mm. long, acute, remotely.ciliate, slightly decurrent. Flowers usually solitary, terminal, surrounded by numerous bracts like the leaves but slightly wider, more crowded, and squarrose-recurved, the innermost with narrow teeth near the tip. Calyx lobes lanceolate, flat, acute, 4 mm. long, toothed near the tip, the tip and teeth recurved. Corolla campanulate, blue or white, 1-1-5 cm. long, the lobes shorter than the tube. Ovary minutely hairy.