DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ muticæ, exertæ. Flores verticillati, sub-terminales. Corolla tubulosa, purpurea, nitida, ad basin incurvata, apicem versus sensim dilatata. Folia sena, linearia, patentia, supra plana, subtus revoluta, acuta, rigida. Caulis fruticosus, erectus, bipedalis, ad basin simplicissimus, dein verticillatim ramosus, ramis simplicibus, adscendentibus.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips beardless, without the blossom. Flowers grow in whorls, nearly at the top of the branches. Blossom tubular, purple, and shining, incurved at the base, and gradually widening towards the mouth. Leaves by sixes, linear, and spreading, plain on their upper, and rolled back on their under surface, sharp-pointed, and rigid. Stem shrubby, upright, two feet high, quite entire at the base, then throws out a number of simple ascending branches.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
In bloom from July till December.
REFERENCE.
|
1. The empalement magnified. 2. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 3. The seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. |
