DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ cristatæ, inclusæ. Flores ad apices ramorum ramulorumque umbellati, cernui, secundi, purpurei. Pedunculi longi, colorati. Corolla sub-campanulata, ad basin plana, purpurea: laciniis limbi obtusis, sub-erectis. Folia quaterna, linearia, obtusa, erecta. Caulis fruticosus, erectus, pedalis, ramosus. Rami et ramuli virgati.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips crested, within the blossom. Flowers grow in umbels at the ends of the larger and smaller branches, nodding, all pointing one way, purple. The footstalks are long, and coloured. Blossom nearly bell-shaped, the lower part flat and purple. The segments of the border are obtuse, and nearly erect. Leaves by fours, linear, blunt, and upright. Stem shrubby, upright, a foot high, and branching. The smaller and larger branches are twiggy.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
In bloom from August till December.
REFERENCE.
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1. The empalement magnified. 2. A blossom. 3. The chives spread open, one tip magnified. 4. Seed-bud and pointal, magnified. |
