Antheræ muticæ, exertæ, longissimæ. Flores duo, in apicibus ramulorum, dependentes. Pedunculi breves, nudi. Perianthium duplex. Corolla clavata, incurvata, rugosa, saturate aurantia; laciniis limbi erectis, incurvatis. Folia terna, linearia, arcuata, conferta, sub-trigona, glabra, apice acuta. Caulis erectus, robustus, humilis, ramosissimus.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips beardless, without the blossom, and very long. Flowers grow by twos, at the ends of the small branches, hanging down. The footstalks are short, and naked. Cup double. Blossom club-shaped, turned inwards, wrinkled, and of a deep orange colour; the segments of the border are upright, and turned inwards. Leaves by threes, linear, bowed, and crowded, nearly three-sided, smooth, and sharp-pointed. Stem upright, sturdy, low, and very much branched.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
In bloom from July till January.
REFERENCE.
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1. The empalement magnified. 2. A blossom. 3. The chives spread open. 4. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. |