APHYLLANTHES, or BLUE MONTPELIER PINK,
a genus of the monogynia order, belonging to the hex-
andria class of plants; of which there is only one spe-
cies known. It is a native of France; the root con-
sists of a number of slender, hard, woody, long, and
contorted fibres: the radical leaves are very numerous,
two inches long, extremely narrow, and wither very
quickly. The stalk is round, smooth, without a joint
or knot, naked, and tolerably firm; at its top stands a
single and very beautiful blue flower, arising from a
kind of compound imbricated cup.