Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mensi Augusti ad Decembrem.
REFERENTIA.
| 1. Calyx et Corolla. |
| 2. Calyx et Bractea lente aucta. |
| 3. Stamina et Pistillum. |
| 4. Stamina a Pistillo diducta, anthera una lente aucta. |
| 5. Stylus et Stigma lente aucta. |
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath, with bearded tips, within the blossoms; which are globe-shaped, clammy, and in bunches, bending downward, spreading, and terminating the branches; leaves growing by fours.
DESCRIPTION.
Stem shrubby, grows three feet high, branched nearly to the bottom, with long, slender, waving branches.
Leaves growing by fours, nearly triangular, linear, bent back at the point, blunt, smooth, and furrowed underneath; leaf-stems very short.
Flowers several, terminating the branches in bunches, bending downward and spreading, of a brilliant purple, and clammy; with very long foot-stalks, which are furnished with 2 or 3 floral-leaves.