REFERENTIA.
| 1. Calyx et Corolla. |
| 2. Calyx lente auctus. |
| 3. Stamina et Pistillum. |
| 4. Stamina a Pistillo diducta anthera una lente aucta. |
| 5. Stylus et Stigma lente aucta. |
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath, with bearded tips, within the blossom; leaves growing by fours, the flowers grow close to the stem, peeping out from amongst the leaves, are cylindrical, and yellow.
DESCRIPTION.
Stem shrubby, two feet high, upright, branching out at the base, then forming a simple, pyramidal spike, covered by very short branches.
Leaves grow by fours, linear, curved, sharp-pointed, and smooth, furrowed underneath, having short leaf-stems pressed to the branches.
Flowers are numerous, growing close to, and about the middle of the stem, peeping straight out from amongst the leaves, with scarce any footstalks.
Empalement. Cup, double the outer three-leaved, which are oval, and pointed, the inner four-leaved, being awl-shaped, and bent back at the point.
Blossom cylindrical, near an inch long, smooth, yellow, and narrow at the mouth, having a four-lobed, reflexed border.