Calyx tetraphyllus, foliolis lineari-subulatis, valde pubescentibus, adpressis.
Corolla tubulosa, apicem versus paululum recurvula, laciniis revolutis obtusis, obsoletissime crenulatis.
Stamina octo, capillaria, antheris sub-inclusis, muticis.
Pistillum. Germen tiaræforme, superne dilatatum, lanatum; stylus filiformis, sub-exclusus, antheras paulo superans; stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Maii in Aprilem.
REFERENTIA.
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1. Calyx cum pedunculo lente auctus. 2. Flos. 3. Stamina, et Pistillum. 4. Idem expansa, antherâ unicâ lente auctâ. 5. Pistillum diductum, stigmate lente aucto. 6. Germen lente auctum. |
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath, with beardless tips within the blossom, flowers densely whorled tubular, leaves crowded chiefly in sixes and incurved.