DESCRIPTION.
Stem near a foot high, and slender: branches twiggy, and numerous.
Leaves by twos, opposite, three-sided, shining, and pressed to the branches.
Flowers terminal, mostly by twos: footstalks short, with two floral leaves coloured.
Empalement. Cup large: leaflets ovate, pointed, and red.
Blossom pitcher-shaped and red, with a slightly reflexed and pointed four-lobed border.
Chives. Eight hair-like tips, beardless, and within the blossom.
Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped, furrowed, and red, with honey-cups at the base.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from May till August.