REFERENTIA.
| 1. Calyx lente auctus. |
| 2. Calyx et Corolla. |
| 3. Stamina a Pistillo diducta, antherâ unâ lente auctâ. |
| 4. Germen, Stylus, et Stigma, stigmate aucto. |
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath, with bearded tips, within the blossom; shaft just within the blossom; flowers grow in whorls, hanging down, of a swelled cylinder shape, pinched in at the base, and of a deep blue purple; leaves grow by fours, are linear, and smooth.
DESCRIPTION.
Stem simple, shrubby, upright, a foot and a half high; branches grow in whorls, seldom making smaller branches, and upright.
Leaves grow by fours, linear, smooth, and straight; the older ones spread out, the younger grow upright, and are furrowed beneath; having very short foot-stalks, which are pressed to the stem.
Flowers are near an inch long, grow in whorls at the top of the branches, hanging down; foot-stalks very long, having three small floral leaves at a distance from the cup.
Empalement. Cup of four leaves, which are of a broad egg-shape, pointed, having the margins skinny, the ends coloured, and are pressed to the blossom.
Blossom of a swelled cylinder-shape, tapered at the end, and pinched in at the base, of a deep purple; the segments of the border are very small, upright, and blunt.