Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ. Flores sub-terni, cernui, terminales. Pedunculi breves. Perianthium duplex, corollis adpressum. Corolla ovata, inflata, maxima, pallide lutea: oris laciniis erectis, acuminatis, conniventibus, obtusis. Folia terna, subulata, recurvata, trigona, glabra. Caulis robustus, pedalis, valde ramosus. Ramuli patentes, plurimi, oppositi.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips beardless, within the blossom. Flowers grow mostly by threes, nodding, and terminating the branches. Footstalks short. Cup double, and pressed to the blossom. Blossom egg-shaped, inflated, large, and of a pale yellow colour: the segments of the border are erect, tapered, approaching, and blunt-ended. Leaves by threes, awl-shaped, recurved, three-sided, and smooth. Stem sturdy, a foot high, and very branching. The smaller branches are spreading, numerous, and opposite.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
In bloom from May till July.
REFERENCE.
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1. The empalement. 2. Chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. |