Floret a mense Julii in Decembrem.
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 aucti. |
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath, with beardless tips, just within the blossoms; leaves grow by sixes, are tremulous, linear, and crowded together, tapering into hair-like foot-stalks; the flowers are club-shaped, and white.
DESCRIPTION.
Stem grows three feet high, loose and upright, simple at the base, with simple ascending branches.
Leaves grow by sixes, crowded together, smooth, linear, tremulous, furrowed underneath, and tapering into hair-like foot-stalks a quarter of an inch in length.
Flowers grow in whorls upon the smaller branches, upright, and spreading; with short foot-stalks having three floral leaves.
Empalement. Cup four-leaved, which are awl-shaped, pressed to the blossom, smooth, and clammy.