35o   PLANTAE    AMERICANAE.
Radix lignofa, hinc inde fparfa, fibris filifor-
mibus durioribus.
Caulis fuffrutefcens, lignofus, duor. vei trium
pedum akitudine, eredus, -tenuis ; ramis
oppofitis, brachiatis, fed faepe deficiunt ab
uno akerove latere ; tener, glaber.
Folia inferiora decidua; fuperiora pauca, vireri-
tia, ovato-oblonga, acuta, mox fenfim mu-
eronata, uncialia, tenera, pubefcentia, inte-
gerrima, Petioli oppofiti, vix femiunciales,
ma^-is pilofi, fuperne lineola concavati.
Flores in fpicis terminalibus feffilibus, laxe im-
bricatis. Brafteis ovatis et fubrotundo-ova-
tis, planiufculis, apice leviter patulis, acu-
minatis, trinerviis, margine pubefcenti cilia-
tis, cum pilis foras, fed tenerrimis ramuf-
. culis.
Cal. Perianthium monophyllum, breve, ad
bafin fere unam quartam partem partitum:
laciniis furfum fetaceis, anguftiffimis.
Cor. monopetala, tubulata, inaequalis. Tubus
longus filifoimis, anguftus, calyce duplo
triplove longior, furfum leviter arcuatus,
tener. Limbus eredo-patens, tubi longitu-
dine, ad bafin quadripartitus : lacinia fupe-
riore lanceolata, acuta, concava, paulullum
adfcendente.
Sem. Filamenta duo, capillaria, ad medium
limbi attingentia, labio fuperiori parallel*
et