DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ cristatæ, inclusæ. Flores terminales, umbellati, terni vel seni in singulâ umbellâ, cernui. Calyx squamosus, ovatus, carinatus, albicans. Corolla globosa, purpurea; laciniis æqualibus, patentibus. Folia quaterna, glabra, obtusa, subtus sulcata, margine serrulata. Caulis fruticosus, erectus, sesquipedalis, ramosus.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips crested, within the blossom. Flowers terminate the branches in umbels of from 3 to 6 in each umbel, nodding. Cup scaly, ovate, keeled, and whitish. Blossom globular, and purple; the segments are equal and spreading. Leaves by fours, smooth, obtuse, furrowed beneath, and slightly sawed at their edges. Stem shrubby, upright, a foot and a half high, and branching.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
In bloom from April till July.
REFERENCE.
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1. The empalement and floral leaves magnified. 2. A blossom. 3. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 4. The seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 5. A branch with the involucrum of the flowers. |
