Calyx duplex, exterior triphyllus, foliolis subulatis, marginibus membranaceis; interior tetraphyllus, foliolis duplo longioribus, appressis, serrulatolaceris.
Corolla ovato-conica, levigata, nitida, carnea, laciniis subovatis recurvis.
Stamina, filamenta octo, capillaria. Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ, fuscæ.
Pistillum. Germen tiaræforme, subsulcatum; stylus altitudine tubi corollæ; stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Februarii in Junium.
REFERENTIA.
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1. Calyx lente auctus. 2. Corolla. 3. Stamina et Pistillum, antherâ unicâ lente auctâ. 4. Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 5. Germen lente auctum. |
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath, with beardless tips within the blossom, leaves in fours with very short footstalks, and four-flowered level-topped umbels.