DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ muticæ, subinclusæ. Corolla sub-cylindracea, medio paululum arctata, ima parte aurantia, apice virescens. Folia terna, linearia, subulata, subtus sulcata, glabra, saturate viridia. Caulis fruticosus, bipedalis, erectus, attenuatus in apicem. Rami sub-simplices.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips beardless, just within the blossom, which is nearly cylindrical, a little narrowed at the middle, the lower part of a deep orange colour, and the mouth greenish. Leaves by threes, linear, awl-shaped, furrowed on the under surface, smooth, and of a deep green. Stem shrubby, two feet high, erect, tapering to the top. The branches nearly simple.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
In bloom from October till April.
REFERENCE.
1. The empalement magnified.
2. The chives and pointal.
3. A chive magnified.
4. The seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified.
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