REFERENTIA.
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1. Calyx. 2. Stamina et Pistillum, antherâ unâ lente auctâ. 3. German et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. |
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath, with beardless tips, within the blossom: flowers growing horizontally in whorls.
DESCRIPTION.
Stem shrubby, upright, a foot and half high: branches simple.
Leaves by sixes, linear, slightly turned inward towards the end, flat on their upper surface, and furrowed beneath.
Flowers grow horizontally in whorls near the summit of the branches: blossom club-shaped, an inch long: segments of the border spreading.
Seed-bud turban-shaped, furrowed, and furnished at the base with honey-bearing nectaries.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.