Folia terna, linearia, obtusa, supra sub-plana, subtus læviter sulcata, quasi moschum redolentia.
Flores plerumque terni, penduli; pedunculi colorati, bracteis tribus; corolla campanulata, odorata, incarnata; calycis foliolis lato-ovatis, adpressis.
Germen tiaræforme, sulcatum, ad basin nectariis melliferis instructum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Maio in Augustum.
REFERENTIA.
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1. Calyx lente auctus. 2. Corolla. 3. Stamen auctum. 4. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 5. Germen auctum. 6. Ramus varietatis minoris. |
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath, with beardless tips, within the blossom: flowers bell-shaped, pendulous, scented, and terminal: leaves by threes, obtuse, and scented like musk: stem upright.
DESCRIPTION.