Angelonia
(from angelon, the local name of A. salicariaefolia in South America). SYN. Schelveria. ORD. Scrophularineoe. Very pretty stove herbaceous perennials. Flowers axillary, racemose; corolla irregular, bilabiate; lower lip saccate at the base, trifid; upper one smaller, bifid. Leaves opposite. Stem and branches quadrangular. A mixture of light turfy loam, peat, leaf soil, and sand, is a good compost. Cuttings of young shoots in spring strike readily under a hand glass, or plunged in the propagating bed, giving plenty of air daily.
A. salicariaefolia (Willow-leaved).* fl. blue, hairy, axillary, solitary, pedicellate, disposed in terminal racemes. August. l. sessile, lanceolate, acute, serrated towards the apex, finely pubescent on both surfaces. h.1 1/2ft. to 3ft. South America, 1818.