Plants ± woody. Stems many branched apically or unbranched. Leaves alternate, ovate to linear-oblong, shallowly to deeply crenate. Inflorescences spicate, racemose, or axillary, usually short and compact; bracts sessile. Calyx 2-lobed or sometimes 4- or 5-lobed. Corolla tube less than 2 X as long as calyx; galea recurved apically; beak short, indistinct.

About 12 species: Bhutan, China, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand; nine species in China.