Calyx. Perianthium duplex, exterius triphyllum, foliolis lato-ovatis, membranaceis, adpressis, imbricatis; interius tetraphyllum, foliolis majoribus.
Corolla conica, calyce duplo longior, lutea; laciniis limbi obtusis, erectis.
Stamina. Filamenta octo, linearia, plana. Antheræ muticæ, exsertæ, lineares, longissimæ, attenuata in filamenta.
Pistillum. Germen ovale, apice truncatum, sulcatum. Stylus filiformis, exsertus, staminibus paulo longior. Stigma obsoletum, virescens.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Augusti, in Januarium.
REFERENTIA.
| 1. Calyx. |
| 2. Corolla. |
| 3. Stamina, et Pistillum. |
| 4. Stamina a pistillo diducta. |
| 5. Anthera una, lente aucta. |
| 6. Pistillum, magnitudine naturali, Stigma dilatatum. |
| 7. Germen, auctum. |
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath, with beardless tips, without the blossom and very long; blossom conical, and yellow; segments of the border upright; flowers grow by threes, terminating the branches, hanging down; empalement double, tiled; leaves grow by threes, very crowded, are bent back and crooked; stem simple, lengthened out.