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 aucta. |
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath, with beardless tips, just within the blossom, shaft without; the flowers grow at the end of branches in whorls, club-shaped, curved, and of a scarlet colour; the leaves of the cup are sharp-pointed; the leaves grow by sixes, and are turned inwards.
DESCRIPTION.
Stem upright, of a brownish ash-colour, growing a foot high; branches grow in whorls, upright, and spreading, seldom branching.
Leaves grow by sixes, turned inwards, sharp-pointed, smooth, and of a bluish green; the leaf-stems pressed to the branches.
Flowers grow in close whorls at the top of the branches; the foot-stalks very short, the floral leaves appearing like a second cup.
Empalement. Cup four-leaved, which are awl-shaped, skinny at the edges, sharp-pointed, and keel-shaped.
Blossom curved, club-shaped, downy, and of a blood colour; the segments of the mouth are upright.