Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ, stylo exserto. Flores sub-solitarii, sessiles, ramulos terminantes. Corolla clavato-cylindracea, curvata, pilosa, limbo campanulato, revoluto. Folia quaterna, tenuia, obtusa, villosa, erecta. Caulis pedalis, erectus: ramis sparsis, virgatis, numerosis, villosis.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips beardless, within the blossom: shaft without. Flowers mostly solitary, sessile, terminating the ends of the smaller branches. Blossom cylindrically club-shaped, curved and hairy, with a border bell-shaped and rolled back. Leaves by fours, slender, obtuse, villous, and upright. Stem a foot high, upright. Branches scattered, twiggy, numerous, and hairy.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
In bloom from June till October.
REFERENCE.
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1. A leaf magnified. 2. Chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. |
