Stamina octo, capillaria; antheris muticis sub-inclusis.
Pistillum. Germen tiaræforme, sulcatum. Stylus filiformis, exertus. Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Julii ad Septembrem.
REFERENTIA.
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1. Calyx lente auctus. 2. Stamina diducta, antherâ unicâ et stigmate lente auctis. 3. Germen lente auctum. 4. Corolla varietatis minoris. |
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath, with beardless tips just within the blossoms; blossom two-coloured, viscous, nearly cylindrical, curved, and very handsome; leaves by sixes, and crowded.
DESCRIPTION.
Stem shrubby, upright, a foot high, stout; the larger branches are spreading.