SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath, with beardless tips, within the blossoms; which are of a pointed oval shape, and yellow, the leaves grow opposite in pairs, are three-sided, and pressed to the stem.
DESCRIPTION.
Stem flexible, thread-shaped, and slender, branching to the bottom; the branches crowded together.
The Leaves grow opposite in pairs, are linear, pressed to the stem, three-sided, concave on the upper, and keel-shaped on the under surface, furrowed, and shining; having very short leaf-stems pressed to the branches.
Flowers are numerous, close together, and nearly terminating the branches; the foot-stalks are hair-like, and yellow, having two floral leaves.
Empalement. Cup four-leaved, leaflets oval, pointed, yellow, and smooth.
The Blossom yellow, of a pointed oval shape, compressed at the mouth; having a slightly reflexed, four-lobed border.
Chives. Eight hair-like threads, half the length of the blossom, bent back at the point, and fixed into the receptacle. Tips beardless, within the blossom, and small.
Pointal. Seed-vessel cylindrical, and furrowed. Shaft thread-shaped, purple, and twice as long as the chives. Summit four-cornered.