stem branched, woody; branches ascending or erect, ramulous, sometimes secundate, very leafy, naked at the base, minutely pubescent; leaves fasicled, linear-acuminate, spreading, ciliate at the base; flowers terminal, aggregated, rarely solitary; fascicles globose or spiked; bracteæ broad, cuneate, ciliolate, at top dentate, middle tooth larger, recurvate; calyx-lobes lanceolate, acuminated, entire, glabrous, longer than the bracteæ, not recurved; corolla 5-lobed, one half or twice longer than the calyx-lobes; capsule minutely downy. Variable in size and habit. Stem decumbent or erect, 1–2 feet. Branches short or long. Leaves 1–3 lines long. Flowers sessile, aggregated to a head, nearly as large as a hazelnut, or forming an oblong spike. Bracteæ more numerous than in R. Eckloniana, 1–1 1/2 line long; the larger tooth 1/3 line long. Calyx lanceolate, shortly acuminated, 2 1/2 lines long. Corolla white; tube short, lobes acute. It differs from R. Eckloniana by the smaller leaves, smaller bracts without elongate acumen, shorter calyx lobes without recurved apex and smaller flowers. R. ericoides, Bk. is founded on a single bad specimen in Herb. Ecklon. R. glauca and prostrata are not distinguished by Dr. Buek, and quite the same as R. secunda.