Antheræ aristatæ, inclusæ. Flores plures, terminales, simpliciter verticillati, pedunculis longis. Corolla cylindrico-clavata; ima parte profunde carnea, apice viridi, ore arctata, laciniis rectis. Folia tremula, conferta, linearia, obtusa, attenuata in petioles longos capillares. Caulis erectus, bipedalis. Rami pauci, simplices, longi.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips bearded, within the blossom. Flowers numerous, terminating the branches in simple whorls: footstalks long. Blossom cylindrically club-shaped; the lower part of a strong flesh colour, the end green, compressed at the mouth, whose segments are straight. Leaves tremulous, and crowded together, linear, blunt-ended, and tapering into long hair-like footstalks. Stem upright, two feet high. Branches few, simple, and long.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
In bloom from December till March.
REFERENCE.
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1. The chives detached from the pointal, and one tip magnified. 2. The seed-bud and pointal. 3. Seed-bud magnified. |
