DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ cristatæ, inclusæ. Flores laterales, sæpe ternati, cernui; pedunculis longissimis. Corolla sub-globosa, ignea, lucida. Folia ternata, subulata, patentia, et reflexa. Caulis fruticosus, sub-pedalis, flexuosus, ramulis erectis, patentibusque.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips crested, within the blossom. Flowers lateral, chiefly in threes, nodding; with very long peduncles. Blossom somewhat globular, of a fiery colour, and shining. Leaves by threes, awl-shaped, spreading, and reflexed. Stem shrubby, near a foot high, flexuose, with branches erect and spreading.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
In bloom from April till June.
REFERENCE.
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1. The empalement magnified. 2. The chives and pointal. 3. A chive magnified. 4. The seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 5. Seed-bud magnified. |
