SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath, with beardless tips, without the blossom, and very long; blossom conical and greenish, having the segments of the mouth blunt, and straight; the flowers grow by threes, at the end of the branches, hanging down; cup double and tiled; the leaves grow by threes, are bent backward, crowded together, and arched.
DESCRIPTION.
Stem sturdy, upright, and a foot high; the branches are covered with very short lesser branches, crowded together.
Leaves grow by threes, are linear, arched, crowded together, nearly three-sided, reflexed, sharp-pointed, and on very short footstalks.
Flowers grow by threes, at the end of the shorter branches hanging down.
Empalement. Cup double; the outer three-leaved, the leaflets of a broad egg-shape, skinny, pressed to the inner cup, and tiled; the inner four-leaved, the leaflets larger.
Blossom conical, twice the length of the cup, and pale green; the segments of the border are blunt, and straight.
Chives. Eight linear, flat threads; tips beardless, without the blossom, very long, and reddish.
Pointal. Seed-bud conical. Shaft thread-shaped, without the blossom, and something longer than the chives. Summit four-cornered.