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 tips two-horned at the base, nearly within the blossoms; shaft very long; blossoms almost bell-shaped, and purple, having the segments of the mouth spreading, very large, and egg-shaped; leaves growing mostly by fours, and blunt ended.
DESCRIPTION.
Stem upright, cylindrical, branching, shrubby, growing a foot high; the larger and smaller branches are thread-shaped, weak, and upright.
Leaves grow by fours, often by fives, blunt ended, bent back, and turned inward at the point; smooth, shining, and channelled beneath; foot-stalks red, and pressed to the stem.
The Flowers grow near the summits of the branches, in bunches, hanging down; having very long foot-stalks, angled, purple, and two small, coloured leaves on them.
Empalement. Cup four-leaved, which are egg-shaped, tapered, and pressed to the blossom, the points green.
Blossom globularly bell-shaped and purple, the border very large and spreading; the segments egg-shaped and concave.