Antheræ muticæ, exsertæ. Flores axillares, terminales. Pedunculi longi: bracteis tribus calyci adpressis. Corolla campanulata, parva, carnea, subcernua: stylo filiformi, longo: stigmate peltato, magno. Folia terna, erecto-patentia, linearia, recta, obtusa. Caulis subpedalis. Ramuli numerosi, filiformes, adscendentes.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips beardless, without the blossom. Flowers grow from the axillæ of the leaves, and terminate the branches. Peduncles long, with three floral leaves pressed to the cup. Blossom bell-shaped, small, flesh-coloured, and nearly nodding: shaft thread-shaped and long: summit shield-shaped, and large. Leaves by threes, between erect and spreading, linear, straight, and obtuse. Stem nearly a foot high. Smaller branches numerous, thread-shaped, ascending.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
In bloom from July till October.
REFERENCE.
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1. Empalement magnified. 2. A blossom magnified. 3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. |
