B110 



RED MOUNTAINHEATH 



Phyllo'doce empetrifor'mis, syn. Bryan'thus empetrifor' mis 



Flowers pink or red, up to Ji 

 in. long, each on a slender, 

 glandular stalk, borne in a 

 somewhat flattened or rounded- 

 topped cluster at the top of the 

 stems 



Outer flower parts (sepals) 

 4 or 5, purplish, blunt and 

 hairless 



Leaves evergreen, thickened, 

 crowded on the stems, alternate, 

 narrow, % to } in. long, some- 

 times with rolled-under edges. 



Stems wiry, roughened by leaf 

 scars, often clustered above, 

 and somewhat creeping below 



United petals (corolla) broad- 

 ly bell-shaped, usually 5-lobed 

 above, the lobes up to % as long 

 as united portion, falling off 

 before fruit ripens 



Stamens twice as many as 

 corolla lobes, attached to _ co- 

 rolla tube and not protruding: 

 filaments not markedly curved 



Seed pod (capsule) somewhat 

 globe-shaped, 4- or 5-celled, 

 many-seeded, splitting from the 

 top along the partitions 



Roota thickened, woody, ex- 

 tensive 



