Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mensi Februarii in Junium.
REFERENTIA.
| 1. Folium unum, lente auctum. |
| 2. Calyx. |
| 3. Calyx, auctus. |
| 4. Corolla. |
| 5. Corolla, aucta. |
| 6. Stamina, et Pistillum. |
| 7. Stamina a Pistillo diducta. |
| 8. Stamen unum, auctum. |
| 9. Pistillum, auctum. |
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath, with beardless tips, without the blossom, flowers terminating the smaller branches, nearly without foot-stalks, mostly by threes; blossoms white, pitcher-shaped, and covered by a woolly cup; the leaflets of the cup are egg-shaped, and flesh-coloured; the leaves grow by threes, are linear, blunt, rolled back at the edge, and hairy.
DESCRIPTION.
Stem thread-shaped, nearly upright, smooth, and growing zig-zag; the branches are thread-shaped, and hairy; the smaller branches are hair-like, numerous, and downy.
Leaves grow by threes, are linear, and blunt, the older ones are bent back, the younger ones spreading out, the edge covered with long hairs.
Flowers grow at the extremity of the younger branches, sitting close, and mostly by threes; three small floral leaves, pressed to the cup.