Thesium ericaefolium A.Dc.

A heath-like much-branched low shrub; stem purplish, subterete, glabrous; branches ascending, rather slender, slightly grooved; leaves linear, keeled, obtuse or subacute, 1 1/2-2 lin. long, glabrous; flowers crowded towards the apex of the branchlets, sessile; bracts rather longer than the flowers, ovate-Ianceolate, acute, keeled, concave above; bracteoles similar to the bracts but a little shorter; perianth with conspicuous external glands, 1/2 lin. long; segments ovate-triangular, about 1/4 lin. long; anthers very small; style 1/8 lin. long, reaching to the top of the anthers; fruits small, ovoid, scarcely 1 lin. long, prominently 10-ribbed especially at the base, scarcely reticulate between the ribs.