DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ aristatæ, inclusæ. Flores in ramulis terminales, subterni, sub-sessiles; bracteis adpressis, imbricatis. Corolla sub-cylindrica, sub-pollicaris, flava. Folia quaterna, crassiuscula, obtusa. Caulis fruticosus, robustus. Rami divaricati, flexuosi, depressi.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips bearded, within the blossom. Flowers terminate the small branches, in general sitting close to the stem. Floral leaves tiled, and pressed to the cup. Blossom almost cylindrical, near an inch long, and yellow. Leaves by fours, thickish and blunt. Stem shrubby and stout. The branches are straggling, zigzag, and pressed downwards.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
In bloom from May till August.
REFERENCE.
1. The empalement and floral leaves.
2. The chives detached from the pointal, one tip magnified.
3. The seed-bud and pointal magnified.
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