Caulis fruticosus, sesquipedalis, erectus, ramulis numerosis.
Folia quaterna, linearia, longa, patenti-adscendentia.
Flores in ramulis terminales, plerumque quaterni, cernui: corolla cylindracea, lucida, ima parte læte rubra, apice viridi.
Germen tiaræforme, sulcatum, superne villosum, ad basin nectariis melliferis instructum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Julii ad Octobrem.
REFERENTIA.
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1. Calyx. 2. Stamina a Pistillo diducta, anthera unica lente aucta. 3. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 4. Germen lente auctum. 5. Varietates floribus minoribus. |
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath, with beardless tips, within the blossom: shaft without: leaves by fours: flowers terminal: stem shrubby.