DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ. Flores in apicibus ramulorum umbellati, sub-quaterni. Corolla campanulato-infundibuliformis, carnea: laciniis limbi acutis, semi-ovatis, maximis. Folia sub-quaterna, linearia, pilosa, tenuia. Caulis fruticosus, ramosus, flexilis. Ramuli frequentissimi, verticillati, sub-quaterni, breves, cernui.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips beardless, within the blossom. Flowers grow at the ends of the small branches in bunches, mostly of four. Blossom between bell-and funnel-shaped, flesh-coloured: the segments of the border pointed, half-egg-shaped, and very large. Leaves mostly by fours, linear, hairy, and thin. Stem shrubby, branching, and flexible. Small branches numerous, whorled, mostly in fours, short, and hanging down.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
In bloom from September till December.
REFERENCE.
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1. The empalement. 2. A blossom. 3. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 4. Seed-bud and pointal, magnified. |
