DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ aristatæ, inclusæ. Flores in ramulis terminales, umbellati, bini, terni, vel plures, copiosi. Corolla ovata, obtusa, villosa, purpurea. Folia quaterna, obtusa, villosa, incurva, arcuata. Caulis fruticosus, sesquipedalis, ramosus, pilosus. Ramuli pilosi, filiformes, virgati.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips bearded, within the blossom. Flowers terminate the branches in umbels of two, three, or more, and are very abundant. Blossom egg-shaped, blunt, covered with soft hairs, and purple. Leaves by fours, blunt, hairy, turned inwards, and bowed. Stem shrubby, a foot and half high, branching, and hairy. The branches are hairy, thread-shaped, and twiggy.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
In bloom from August till February.
REFERENCE.
1. The empalement and floral leaves magnified.
2. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified.
3. The seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified.
4. The seed-bud magnified.
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