DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ muticæ, exertæ. Flores in apicibus ramorum, solitarii, spicam formantes. Pedunculi breves, bracteis tribus spathulatis instructi. Corolla clavata, curvata, tomentosa, maxima, aurantia; oris laciniis revolutis. Folia quaterna, sæpe quina, glabra, teretiuscula, obtusa. Caulis erectus, sex-pedalis et ultra, parum ramosus. Ramuli plurimi, breves, tomentosi.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips beardless, without the blossom. Flowers grow at the ends of the branches, solitary, forming a spike. Footstalks short, having three spathula-shaped floral leaves. Blossom club-shaped, curved, downy, very large, and of an orange colour; the segments of the mouth rolled back. Leaves by fours, often by fives, smooth, roundish, and blunt. Stem upright, growing six feet high or more, rarely branched. Small branches numerous, short, and downy.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
In bloom from July till September.
REFERENCE.
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1. The empalement. 2. The chives and pointal. 3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. |
