Staurogyne

Erect to ascending forest herbs, usually densely pubescent in upper parts. Leaves narrowly elliptic to elliptic-oblong, sometimes obovate, rarely ovate, entire, petiolate. Inflorescences terminal or sometimes terminal and axillary, spicate; bracts narrowly elliptic to linear-elliptic, acuminate; bracteoles linear-elliptic. Calyx almost free to base, posterior one broader than others. Corolla 2-lipped; upper lip 2-lobed with lobes divided by a notch; lower lip 3-lobed. Androecium : stamens 4, didynamous, rarely 2, included or hardly exserted; anthers 2-thecous, thecae +/-parallel, +/-mucronate at base, opening by longitudinal slits; staminode small or absent. Gynoecium : ovary ellipsoid-cylindric, with 8-14 ovules per locule in 2 rows; style glabrous; stigma unequally 2-lobed. Capsule slightly compressed, +/-ovoid-conical; retinacula O. Seeds subglobose, without hairs.