REFERENTIA.
| 1. Calyx et Corolla. |
| 2. Calyx lente auctus. |
| 3. Stamina et Pistillum. |
| 4. Stamina a Pistillo diducta, antherâ unâ lente auctâ. |
| 5. Stylus et Stigma lente aucti. |
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath, with beardless tips just out of the blossoms, which are nearly cylindrical, of an orange yellow, almost an inch long; the leaves grow by fours, are harsh, sharp, and sawed at the edges.
DESCRIPTION.
Stem upright, harsh, grows a foot high, and much branched; the smaller branches are numerous, and short.
Leaves grow by fours, are harsh, sawed, sharp, shining, three-sided, and spreading, the point bent inwards; with very short floral leaves pressed to the stem.
Flowers are terminal, two or three together at the end of the smaller branches, bending a little downward; the footstalks are short, having three floral leaves.
Empalement. Cup four-leaved; the leaflets are spear-shaped, sawed, and bent outward.
Blossom near an inch long, almost cylindrical, orange yellow, a little contracted at the top; the segments of the mouth are bent back.