Stamina. Filamenta octo capillaria; receptaculo inserta. Antheræ aristatæ, inclusæ.

Pistillum. Germen clavatum, sulcatum. Stylus filiformis, subexsertus. Stigma peltatum, concavum, viride.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a Februarii, in Aprilem.

REFERENTIA.

1. Folium unum, cum petiolo.
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 bearded tips, within the blossoms, which are cylindrically club-shaped and very shewy; the leaves grow by eights or spirally scattered, appear cut off at the ends and arched.

DESCRIPTION.

Stem shrubby, erect, grows two feet high, simple at the base, with but few branches, which are simple, and long.