APHYLLANTHES, LEAFLESS FLOWER, or BLUE MONTPELLIER PINK: A genus of the monogynia order, belonging to the hexandria class of plants; and in the natural method ranking under the 5th order, Tetrapetaloidæ. In character it differs not from the Juncus or rush, but in having a calyx of six petals, whereas the juncus has no calyx. There is only one species, the Montpellierensis, a native of France. The root consists 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.