Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis subulatis, ad basin latioribus, glabris, adpressis.
Corolla tubuloso-clavata, obtusa, sub-albida; laciniis reflexis.
Stamina. Filamenta octo capillaria, corolla breviora. Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ.
Pistillum. Germen turbinatum, sulcatum; apice pilosum, ad basin glandulosum. Stylus filiformis, exsertus. Stigma peltatum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mensi Augusti, in Decembrem.
REFERENTIA.
| 1. Folium, lente auctum. |
| 2. Calyx et Corolla. |
| 3. Calyx, auctus. |
| 4. Stamina, et Pistillum. |
| 5. Stamina a Pistillo diducta, anthera una lente aucta. |
| 6. Pistillum, stigma auctum. |
| 7. Germen, auctum. |
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath with beardless tips, within the blossoms, which are tubularly club-shaped, and nearly white; flowers grow from the lower part of the leaves close to the stem in whorls, are an inch long; leaves grow mostly by sixes, are linear and smooth, stiff, and long.