Antheræ aristatæ, sub-inclusæ: stylo sub-exerto. Flores in ramulis terminales, umbellati, terni. Pedunculi aculeati. Folia terna, farinose viridia, arcuata, incurva, aculeata, subtus exarata. Corolla urceolata, purpurea, odorata: oris laciniis rotundatis, sub-erectis. Caulis fruticosus, ramosus. Rami et ramuli hirsuti, erecto-patentes.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips bearded, and just within the blossom. Shaft just without. Flowers terminate the small branches in umbels by threes. Footstalks prickly. Leaves by threes, of a mealy green, bowed, turned inwards, prickly, and deeply furrowed beneath. Blossom pitcher-shaped, purple, and sweet-scented: the segments of the border are roundish, and nearly upright. Stem shrubby, and branching. The large and small branches are roughly haired, and between erect and spreading.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
In bloom from March till May.
REFERENCE.
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1. A leaf magnified. 2. The empalement magnified. 3. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 4. The seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 5. A flower and leaf of a small variety. |