DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ. Flores in axillis foliorum, solitarii, cernui. Corolla ventricosa, ore arctata, sub-albicans. Folia terna, trigona, linearia, acuta, glabra. Caulis fruticosus, pedalis, erectus, ramosus, gracilis. Rami simplices.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips beardless, within the blossom. The flowers grow from the base of the foot-stalks of the leaves, singly, and are bent downwards. Blossom swelled at the base, straightened at the mouth, and whitish. Leaves by threes, which are three-sided, linear, sharp-pointed, and smooth. Stem shrubby, a foot high, upright, branching and slender. Branches simple.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
In bloom from April till July.
REFERENCE.
1. The empalement and floral leaves.
2. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified.
3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified.
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