Calyx duplex, dense ciliatus, coloratus, exterior 3-phyllus, foliolis subulatis, adpressis, interior tetraphyllus, longior.
Corolla uncialis, inferne rubro-purpurea, superne viridis, laciniis minime recurvatis.
Filamenta octo capillaria; antheræ muticæ, inclusæ, subfuscæ.
Pistillum. Germen tiaræforme; stylus filiformis, apice hamatus, corolla longior; stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Februarii ad Aprilem.
REFERENTIA.
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1. Inferior pars Folii lente aucta. 2. Calyx cum Corollà. 3. Calyx lente auctus. 4. Stamina et Pistillum, antherâ unicâ lente auctâ. 5. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 6. Germen lente auctum. |
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath, with beardless tips within the blossom, tubular rather spreading flowers terminating the lateral branches, and downy leaves in threes.