DESCRIPTION.
Stem shrubby, a foot high, branching and hairy; the branches are hairy, twiggy, and thread-shaped.
Leaves by fours, blunt, covered with soft hairs, turned inwards, and bowed.
Flowers terminate the small branches in umbels, nodding; peduncles short, furnished with three floral leaves.
Empalement four-leaved, with lanceolate, hairy leaflets,
Blossom very small, pitcher-shaped, bright purple, and covered with soft hairs.
Chives eight hair-like threads; tips bearded, and within the blossom.
Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped, with honey-cups at the base; shaft thread-shaped, and within the blossom; summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from the month of November till April.