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 crested tips, nearly within the blossoms, which are almost egg-shaped, and flesh-coloured; the foot-stalks are very long, and coloured; the leaves grow by fours.

DESCRIPTION.

Stem nearly upright, a foot high, and very much branched; the larger and smaller branches grow zigzag, and spread outward.

Leaves grow by fours, are blunt, linear, smooth, and furrowed underneath; with short foot-stalks pressed to the branches.

The Flowers grow at the end of the smaller branches, forming a close bunch; the foot-stalks are very long, and purple, having three floral leaves.

Empalement. Cup four-leaved, which are egg-shaped, keeled, and pointed.

Blossom nearly egg-shaped, bending downward, and flesh-coloured, the mouth contracted, but slightly cut into four upright segments.