Folia terna, trigona, subulata, recta, acuta, supra plana, subtus carinata.
Flores terminales in umbellis quinis vel octonis, cum pedunculis longissimis rubris: corollis pallide carneis, glutinosissimis, magnis, ad sum mitatem cylindraceis, ad basin inflatis: ore arctato, laciniis expansis, ovatis.
Germen tiaræforme, sulcatum, ad basin nectariis melliferis instructum.
Habitat in Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Julii in Septembrem.
REFERENTIA.
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1. Calyx. 2. Stamina et Pistillum, antherâ unâ lente auctâ. 3. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. |
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath with tips two-horned at the base, within the blossom: shaft just without: flowers terminal, flask-shaped: footstalks very long: leaves by threes.
DESCRIPTION.