Stamina. Filamenta octo, capillaria, apice incurvata. Antheras cristatæ, atro-purpureæ, inclusæ.
Pistillum. Germen turbinatum, sulcatum, ad basin glandulosum. Stylus staminibus longior, exsertus. Stigma tetragonum, virescens.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Augusti, in Decembrem.
REFERENTIA.
| 1. Calyx et Corolla. |
| 2. Calyx, auctus. |
| 3. Corolla. |
| 4. Stamina, et Pistillum. |
| 5. Stamina a Pistillo diducta, anthera una lente aucta. |
| 6. Pistillum, lente auctum. |
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath with crested tips, within the blossom; which is purple, between bell and pitcher-shaped, flat at the base; foot-stalks very long; flowers grow in umbels at the end of the branches, point all one way and hang down; leaves grow by fours, are blunt and very smooth.
DESCRIPTION.
Stem shrubby, upright, grows a foot high; branches nearly simple, twiggy and thread-shaped.