DESCRIPTION.
A dwarfish little shrub. Stem branching, half a foot high. Branches spreading; the smaller branches are numerous, and crowded together.
Leaves by threes, spreading, and wedge-shaped, broadish, and rather thick, shining, and furrowed beneath; with very long footstalks.
Flowers terminal, chiefly in threes, nearly upright; peduncles very short.
Empalement double; the outer one three-leaved, leaflets spatula-shaped; the inner one is four-leaved, longer than the outer, and broadly egg-shaped at the base.
Blossom bell-shaped, and white; with the segments half round, and spreading.
Chives. Eight hair-like threads; tips beardless, just without the blossom.
Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped, and whitish. Shaft thread-shaped. Summit four-angled, and hollow.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from the month of May till July.