Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mensi Maii, in Julium.
REFERENTIA.
| 1. Calyx, et Corolla. |
| 2. Calyx, lente auctus. |
| 3. Stamina, et Pistillum. |
| 4. Stamina a Pistillo diducta. |
| 5. Stamen unum lente auctum. |
| 6. Germen, Stylus, et Stigma; Stigma lente auctum. |
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath, with crested tips, within the blossoms, which grow in bunches, at the end of the branches, and are of a livid purple colour; the foot-stalks very long; the floral leaves are egg-shaped, and very large; leaves grow by threes, are linear, fleshy, and of a sea-green colour.
DESCRIPTION.
Stem upright, brittle, grows a foot and a half high; the branches grow upright, with few smaller branches, and long.
Leaves grow by threes, are linear, pointed, spreading, furrowed, smooth, fleshy, and of a sea-green colour; the foot-stalks pressed to the stem.
Flowers terminate the branches in bunches, and grow nodding; the foot-stalks are very long, and coloured, having three coloured, egg-shaped, concave, floral leaves.