Stamina octo capillaria; antheræ muticæ, inclusæ.
Pistillum. Germen tiaræforme, basi poris melliferis instructum. Stylus filiformis, aliquo inclusus. Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spæi.
Floret mense Maii ad Augustum.
REFERENTIA.
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1. Folium. 2. Calyx et Corolla. 3. Calyx lente auctus. 4. Stamina diducta, antherâ unicâ lente auctâ. 5. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 6. Germen lente auctum. |
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath, with beardless tips within the blossom, leaves in sixes to eights bristle-shaped very long, and attenuated into capillary foot-stalks, flowers whitish downwards, and bright flesh-colour above.
DESCRIPTION.
Stem shrubby, upright, two feet high, with simple, ascending, and beautiful leafy branches.