DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ. Flores verticillati, conferti, patentes. Corolla tubulosa, coccinea; laciniis revolutis, tenuiter crenulatis. Folia sena, conferta, incurvata, et patentia. Caulis fruticosus, semi-pedalis, robustus. Rami foliis dense tecti.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips beardless, within the blossom. Flowers in crowded whorls, and spreading. Blossom tubular, of a scarlet colour: the segments of the border are rolled back, and slightly notched. Leaves by sixes, crowded, turned inward, and spreading. Stem shrubby, half a foot high, stout. Branches thickly covered with leaves.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
In bloom from May till April.
REFERENCE.
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1. The empalement magnified. 2. The chives expanded, one tip magnified. 3. The seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 4. Seed-bud magnified. |
