Stamina octo, capillaria; antheræ cristatæ, inclusæ.
Pistillum. Germen tiaræforme, sulcatum, deorsum paulo attenuatum, viride; stylus filiformis, uncinatus, inferne roseus, superne viridis; stigma itidem viride, atque obtuse tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Junio ad Septembrem.
REFERENTIA.
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1. Calyx cum pedunculo. 2. Stamina diducta, antherâ unicâ lente auctâ. 3. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 4. Germen lente auctum. |
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath, with bearded tips within the blossom, leaves in threes linear and villose, and lateral flowers in threes tubular and viscous.
DESCRIPTION.
Stem shrubby, two feet in height, erect, branched, with the branchlets chiefly opposite, erect, and more or less downy.