Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ. Flores sub-sessiles, terminales, fastigiati, quaterni. Corolla ventricosa, imprimis alba, denique rosacea; ore arctata; laciniis sub-cordatis, undulatis, expansis, maximis. Folia quaterna, linearia, glabra. Caulis fruticosus, pedalis. Ramuli numerosi, erecto-patentes.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips beardless, within the blossom. Flowers nearly sessile, terminal, in bunches of four together. Blossom swelled out, white at first, but dying off of a rose colour; narrowed at the mouth; segments of the border nearly heart-shaped, waved, spreading, and very large. Leaves by fours, linear, and smooth. Stem shrubby, a foot high. Smaller branches numerous, between erect and spreading.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
In bloom from June till September.
REFERENCE.
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1. Empalement. 2. Chives and pointal, tip magnified. 3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. |
