REFERENTIA.
| 1. Calyx, et Corolla. |
| 2. Corolla. |
| 3. Calyx, lente auctus. |
| 4. Stamina, et Pistillum. |
| 5. Stamina a Pistillo diducta, anthera una lente aucta. |
| 6. Stylus, et Stigma, lente aucta. |
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath, with beardless tips, just within the blossoms, which are globular, white and downy, being covered with a large, hairy, coloured cup; leaves grow by threes, and are hairy.
DESCRIPTION.
Stem upright, weak, thread-shaped, and brown; branches thread-shaped, and hairy; small branches like hairs, numerous, and downy.
Leaves grow by threes, linear, blunt, furrowed at the back, and covered with long, harsh hairs; foot-stalks very short, and pressed to the branches.
Flowers grow at the extremity of the smaller branches, by twos or threes, spreading out, and nodding; foot-stalks very short, having three small floral leaves, which are pressed to the blossom.
Empalement. Cup of four leaves, which are egg-shaped, concave, turned inwards, very large, quite covered with strong hairs, pressed to the blossoms, and of a yellow-green.
Blossom nearly globular, white and woolly, almost hid within the cup.