Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Julii, in Octobrem.
REFERENTIA.
| 1. Folium unum lente auctum. |
| 2. Calyx, et Corolla. |
| 3. Calyx, lente auctus. |
| 4. Stamina, et Pistillum. |
| 5. Stamina a Pistillo diducta; anthera una lente aucta. |
| 6. Stylus, et Stigma lente aucta. |
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath, with beardless tips, within the blossom; the leaves grow by fours, are rolled back, having bristles at their points, and fringed at their edges; the flowers grow in bunches, are clammy, flesh coloured, and flask-shaped.
DESCRIPTION.
Stem shrubby, grows about a foot high, and upright; the branches are crooked, and thread-shaped.
The Leaves grow by fours, are rolled back, terminating with an awn-like bristle, fringed at the edges, smooth, flat on the upper and furrowed on the under part, having short foot-stalks pressed to the branches.
The Flowers are numerous, nearly terminal, mostly by fours, in whorls, and clammy; the foot-stalks are long, having three floral leaves.