Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mensi Julii, in Novembrem.
REFERENTIA.
| 1. Folium unum, lente auctum. |
| 2. Calyx, lente auctus. |
| 3. Calyx, et Corolla. |
| 4. Stamina, et Pistillum. |
| 5. Stamina a Pistillo diducta, anthera una, lente aucta. |
| 6. Stylus et Stigma lente aucta. |
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath with tips two horned at the base and within the blossom, the shaft without; blossoms flask-shaped, an inch and a half long, the segments heart-shaped and spreading; flowers growing by threes mostly; leaves grow by threes, are three-sided, awl-shaped, upright and spreading.
DESCRIPTION.
Stem thread-shaped and upright; the branches are quite simple, thread shaped, long, and spreading.
Leaves grow by threes, are three-sided, sharp, awl-shaped, sawed at the edge, pressed to the stem at the base, spreading towards the end, and forming six angles.
Flowers terminate the branches generally by threes, grow horizontal, and in bunches; the foot-stalks are purple, having three oval, coloured floral leaves.