Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ. Flores in ramulis terminales, in fasciculis trifloris. Corolla uncialis, inferne rubra, purpurea, superne viridis. Folia ternata, obtuse subulata, paululum incurvata, villosa. Caulis bipedalis, flexuoso-erectus, ramis paucioribus, ramulis numerosis erectis pubescentibus.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips beardless, within the blossom. Flowers terminate the small branches in three-flowered bunches. Blossom an inch long, the lower part red purple, the upper part green. Leaves in threes, obtusely awl-shaped, a little incurved, and covered with soft hairs. Stem two feet high, flexuosely upright, with few large branches, and numerous erect downy small ones.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
In bloom from February till April.
REFERENCE.
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1. The empalement magnified. 2. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 4. Seed-bud magnified. |
