SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath with beardless tips, very long, and without the blossom; flowers grow solitary, hanging down, with the floral leaves at a distance; blossom nearly cylindrical, appearing nearly as if cut off at the mouth, of a deep purple; the segments of the mouth are small, and upright; the cups simple; leaves grow by threes, crowded together, and turned inwards.
DESCRIPTION.
Stem grows nearly a foot high, upright, and sturdy; the branches grow in whorls, spreading; the smaller branches are numerous, and nearly upright.
Leaves grow by threes, linear, smooth, bent like a bow, turned inward, and furrowed beneath; scarce any foot-stalks.
Flowers grow in the middle of the branches, from the base of the leaves in whorls, and singly; the foot-stalks the length of the blossoms, having very small floral leaves at a distance from the cup.
Empalement. Cup three-leaved, leaflets smooth, keeled, egg-shaped, pointed, coloured, and pressed to the blossom.
Blossom nearly cylindrical, appearing almost as if cut off at the end, smooth, and of a deep purple; the segments of the border blunt, very small, green, and upright.
Chives. Eight flat threads, the length of the blossom. Tips beardless, without the blossom, the length of the threads, and tapered into them.
Pointal. Seed-bud egg-shaped, and smooth. Shaft thread-shaped, without the blossom, and a little longer than the chives. Summit slightly four-cornered.