Descr. A small heath-like shrub, with twiggy branches, 

 somewhat fastigiate at the apices. Leaves patent, or in the 

 younger branches suberect, linear, acute, opposite, glabrous, 

 plane above, or slightly channelled, keeled at the back. 

 Flowers solitary, rather large, handsome, lilac, terminal. 

 Perianth hypocrateriform, silky on the outside; the tube sunk 

 in the floral leaves, nearly cylindrical, striated upwards, 

 downy within. Limb of four spreading, ovate, acute, seg- 

 ments. Stamens eight, four placed at the mouth of the tube, 

 and a little exserted, the other four a little lower down in the 

 tube, and alternating with them : below these and near the 

 middle of the tube, are eight small, oblong, yellow, sessile 

 glands, alternating with the eight stamens. Ovary oblong. 

 Style elongated, inserted below the apex, thickening upwards, 

 and terminating in a capitate, downy stigma. 



Fig. 1. Flower. 2. The same laid open, to show the Stamens and 

 Glands. 3. Pistil : — magnified. 



