Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mensi Augusti, in Februarium.
REFERENTIA.
| 1. Folium unum, lente auctum. |
| 2. Corolla, et Calyx. |
| 3. Calyx, lente auctus. |
| 4. Stamina a Pistillo diducta. |
| 5. Stamen unum lente auctum. |
| 6. Germen, Stylus, et Stigma, lente aucta. |
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath, with beardless tips, within the blossom; the flowers nearly globular, flesh-coloured, and grow from the lower part of the leaves, close to the branches, forming a loose spike; stem thread-shaped, growing zig-zagged; leaves grow by threes, three-sided, tiled, and forming six edges.
DESCRIPTION.
Stem grows zig-zagged, a foot high, and smooth; branches like the stem, grow nearly simple, thread-shaped, and long.
Leaves grow by threes, three-sided, smooth, blunt, forming six edges, and almost upright; the foot-stalks are very short, and pressed to the branches.
Flowers grow in loose spikes, near the ends of the small branches from the lower part of the leaves; the foot-stalks very long, having three small floral leaves near the lower part.