DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ basi bicornes, inclusæ. Flores terminales, quaterni, erecti, inflati ore arctati, leviter striati, nitidi. Limbus maximus, glandulæ octo fauci circumpositæ. Folia quaterna, reflexa, rigida, ciliata. Caulis fruticosus, pedalis, ramosus.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips two-horned at the base, within the blossom. Flowers grow by fours at the ends of the branches, upright, swelled out and contracted at the mouth, slightly striped and shining. Border very large, with eight glands surrounding the mouth. Leaves by fours, reflexed, harsh, and fringed. Stem shrubby, a foot high and branching.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
In bloom from April till June.
REFERENCE.
1. The empalement.
2. A segment of the border magnified.
3. The chives, one tip magnified.
4. The pointal, summit magnified.
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