Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a Februario in Junium.
REFERENTIA.
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1. Folium. 2. Flos. 3. Calyx, auctus. 4. Stamina et Pistillum, auctum. 5. Stamina a Pistillo diducta, anthera una lente aucta. 6. Pistillum, auctum. |
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath with tips two-horned at the base, without the blossom; blossoms nearly top-shaped, ribbed, purple, segments rolled back; leaflets of the cup bearded at the tip; flowers terminate the branches in umbels; leaves grow by threes, broadly linear, blunt, margins with strong hairs.
DESCRIPTION.
Stem shrubby, a hand high, very branching; the large and small branches grow straddling, and spreading.
Leaves grow by threes, broadly linear, blunt, beset with long hairs at the edge, furrowed beneath, and spreading.
Flowers terminate the branches in umbels; foot-stalks very long, hair-like, with three floral leaves like the leaflets of the cup on them.