Floret a mense Augusti in Novembrem.
REFERENTIA.
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1. Calyx. 2. Stamina a Pistillo diducta, antherâ unâ lente auctâ. 3. German et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. |
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath, with tips two-horned at the base, within the blossom: flowers skittle-shaped, purple, and shining: leaves by threes; branches crowded together: stem low.
DESCRIPTION.
A dwarf shrub, with numerous large and small branches crowded together.
Leaves by threes, linear, blunt-ended and straight, slightly furrowed beneath, and rounded on the edges.
Flowers grow mostly by threes, spreading or nodding: footstalks coloured, and furnished with three floral leaves: blossom skittle-shaped, purple, and shining: segments of the border upright: leaflets of the cup ovate, pointed, and pressed to the blossom.
Seed-bud turban-shaped, two-coloured, and furnished at the base with honey-bearing nectaries.