Leaves grow by threes, linear, arched, crowded, nearly three-sided, reflexed, sharp-pointed, very small foot-stalks.
Flowers grow by threes at the end of the small branches, hanging down; very short, naked, foot-stalks.
Empalement. Cup double, the outer three-leaved, leaflets broad egg-shaped and skinny, pressed to the stem, tiled; the inner four-leaved, with larger leaflets.
Blossom club-shaped, turned inwards, orange colour, and twice the length of the cup; the segments of the mouth blunt and turned inwards.
Chives. Eight linear, flat threads; tips beardless, without the blossom, very long, linear, and tapered into the threads.
Pointal. Seed-bud oval, appearing cut off at the end and furrowed. Shaft thread-shaped, a little longer than the chives. Summit slightly four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from July, till November.
REFERENCE.
| 1. The Empalement, magnified. |
| 2. A Flower. |
| 3. The Chives, and Pointal. |
| 4. The Chives detached from the Pointal. |
| 5. A Tip, magnified. |
| 6. The Summit, magnified. |
| 7. The Seed-bud, magnified. |