SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath, with tips two-horned at the base, and within the blossom; flowers numerous, standing straight out from amongst the leaves; blossom cylindrical and shining; stem upright, and pyramidal.
DESCRIPTION.
Stem shrubby, near two feet high, upright, branching out at the base, then forming a single or often a triple pyramidal spike covered by short branches.
Leaves by fours or fives, linear, smooth, and pointed, with short footstalks.
Flowers many, emerging from the leaves in a horizontal direction; footstalks very short, and furnished with three floral leaves.
Empalement. Cup four-leaved; leaflets broadly lance-shaped, finely sawed, and pressed to the blossom.
Blossom cylindrical, of an oblong form, and shining, of a pale purple or yellowish colour: border rose-coloured.
Chives. Eight hair-like threads: tips two-horned at the base, and within the blossom.
Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped, and furrowed, with honey-cups at the base. Shaft thread-shaped. Summit four-cornered.