Antheræ muticæ, sub-inclusæ. Flores supra medium ramorum, verticillati. Pedunculi breves, bracteis tribus, ad basin calycis, instructi. Corolla quadrata, costata, luteo-aurantia. Folia terna vel sena, rigida, obtusa, subtus sulcata, linearia, crassa. Caulis erectus, scaber, quatuor-vel quinque-pedalis. Rami laxi, simplices, longi.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips beardless, and just within the blossom. Flowers grow just above the middle of the branches, in whorls. The footstalks are short, with three floral leaves close to the cup. Blossom four-sided, ribbed, and of a yellowish orange colour. Leaves from three to six, harsh and blunt, furrowed beneath, linear and thick. Stem upright, rough, four or five feet high. Branches are loose, simple, and long.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
In bloom from August till January.
REFERENCE.
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1. The empalement and floral leaves magnified. 2. The chives spread open, one tip magnified. 3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. |
