DESCRIPTION.
Stem thread-shaped, a span high, between erect and spreading, and very much branched.
Leaves by threes, lance-shaped, furrowed beneath, flat on the upper surface, smooth, and pressed to the branches.
Flowers grow by threes, and terminate the smaller branches. The footstalks are flesh-coloured, and furnished with three small coloured floral leaves.
Empalement. Cup four-leaved; the leaflets are spathula-shaped, flesh-coloured, and longer than the blossom.
Blossom very small, pitcher-shaped, of a deep flesh-colour, and pale at the base; the segments of the border spreading.
Chives. Eight hair-like threads; tips crested, and within the blossom.
Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped. Shaft within the blossom, and thread-shaped. Summit four-angled, and rolled back.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from the month of July till October.