Empalement. Cup one leaf, five divisions very short, permanent; segments upright and egg-shaped.
Blossom. One petal, gaping; tube cylindrical, very short; mouth swelled, oblong, rounded on the upper, and flat on the lower part; border shut, and small; upper lip blunt, bordered; lower lip nearly as long as the upper, slightly divided into three at the end.
Chives. Threads four, hid under the upper part of the blossom; of which the two side ones are a little longer than the others. Tips fixed sideways to the threads.
The rudiment of a fifth thread, like a sharp point is placed equal with, and between the upper chives.
Pointal. Seed-vessel egg-shaped. Shaft thread-shaped, of the same length, and place as the chives. Summit blunt.
Seed-vessel. Capsule egg-shaped, two cells longer than the empalement.
Seeds many, nearly round, bound at the edge by a thin skin.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Chelone foliis inferioribus spathulatis, glabris; superioribus lanceolatis, oppositis; corollis cernuis, coccineis; labiis inferioribus barbatis.
Chelone with spathulate, smooth leaves on the lower part of the stem; and lance-shaped, opposite ones on the upper; blossoms hanging down, and scarlet; the lower lips bearded.