Stamina. Filamenta octo capillaria. Antheræ muticæ, subinclusæ.
Pistillum. Germen globosum, sulcatum. Stylus filiformis exsertus. Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret ab Octobre in Februarium.
REFERENTIA.
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1. Flos. 2. Calyx, lente auctus. 3. Stamina, et Pistillum. 4. Idem, lente aucta. 5. Germen, et Pistillum, Stigma diducta lente auctum. 6. Germen, auctum. |
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath with beardless tips, just within the blossom; flowers crowded together in heads, upright, terminal and globular; stem quite simple, very straight and stout; leaves grow by fours, awl-shaped, smooth, stiff, the older ones appearing broke back.
DESCRIPTION.
Stem simple, upright, stout, two feet high; small branches short, horizontal, and growing in whorls.