Monochilus
(from monos, one, and cheilos, a lip ; alluding to the form of the flower). ORD. Verbenaceae. A monotypic genus, remarkable for the form of its corolla. The species is a pretty, low, stove herb. It thrives in a compost of loam, peat, and sand. Propagated by cuttings inserted under a bell glass, in bottom heat.
M. gloxinifolius (Gloxinia-leaved). fl. white, disposed in terminal elongated racemes, solitary in the axils of the bracts, shortly pedicellate; calyx campanulate, shortly five-fid; corolla tube cylindrical, oblique above, scarcely enlarged, cloven at back; limb very oblique. l. alternate or almost opposite, rather large, membranous, repand-toothed. Brazil, 1838.