Antheræ aristatæ, inclusæ. Flores plures, terminales, fasciculati, cernui, purpurei, fulgentes, mucosi; pedunculis longis, purpureis. Corolla globosa; laciniis semi-orbiculatis, æqualibus, erectis. Folia quaterna, sub-trigona, obtusa, glaberrima. Caulis fruticosus, tripedalis, ramosus; ramis longis, virgatis, flexuosis.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips bearded, and within the blossom. Flowers many, terminating the branches in bunches, hanging down, of a brilliant purple colour, and clammy. Footstalks long and purple. Blossom globular; the segments of the border are half round, equal, and upright. Leaves by fours, nearly three-sided, blunt, and smooth. Stem shrubby, three feet high, and branching; the branches are long, twiggy, and flexuose.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
In bloom from June till September.
REFERENCE.
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1. The empalement magnified. 2. The chives and pointal, summit magnified. 3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. |