Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ. Flores aggregatim verticillati, supra medium ramulorum. Corolla clavata, uncialis, carnea. Folia plerumque sena, erecta, aggregata, linearia, petiolis longis capillaribus. Caulis erectus, sub-bipedalis, ramis simplicibus.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips beardless, within the blossom. Flowers grow in crowded whorls above the middle of the branches. Blossom club-shaped, an inch long, of a flesh colour. Leaves mostly by sixes, upright, crowded together, and linear, with long capillary footstalks. Stem upright, near two feet high. Branches simple.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
In bloom from July till October.
REFERENCE.
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1. The empalement. 2. Chives and pointal, summit magnified. 3. Seed-bud magnified. |
