Calyx duplex: exterior triphyllus, maximus, late ovatus, sulcatus, squamosus, dentatus, interiori adpressus, qui est tetraphyllus.
Corolla cylindracea, pilis glandulosis densissime circumsessa sub-pollicaribus; os intus pilosum, laciniis rotundis, revolutis.
Stamina. Filamenta octo, capillaria; antheræ muticæ, inclusæ. Stylus filiformis, exertus. Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Martio in Julium.
REFERENTIA.
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1. Folii inferior pars lente aucta. 2. Calyx lente auctus. 3. Corolla lente aucta. 4. Stamina diducta; antherâ unicâ lente auctâ. 5. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 6. Germen lente auctum. |
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath, with beardless tips, within the blossom. Blossom cylindrical, closely beset with glandular hairs; white at first, and then dying off of a rose colour. Empalement double, and tiled. Leaves by fours, harsh, and prickly.
DESCRIPTION.