Struthiola striata Lam.

A subshrub; branchlets pubescent, becoming glabrous and scarred in age; leaves opposite, closely imbricate, ovate-oblong, subacute, 5 lin. long, 1.5 lin. wide, strongly nerved on the back, ciliate when young, glabrous in age; bracteoles linear, obtuse, 11 lin. long; flowers solitary in the axils of the upper leaves; calyx-tube pubescent outside, 5 lin. long, cylindrical except close to the apex; lobes oblong, acute, 1.25 lin. long, 0.5 lin. wide; petals 4, half as long as the calyx-lobes, oblong, surrounded by straight hairs of about equal length; anthers included, slightly callose at the apex; ovary glabrous.