Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ. Flores in ramulorum subapicibus verticillati, horizontaliter siti. Corolla subcylindracea, ad basin rosea; oris laciniis recurvatis, cordatis, albis. Folia plerumque quaterna, linearia, patentia, undulata, acuminata. Caulis bipedalis, erectus, ramosus. Rami subsimplices.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips beardless, within the blossom. Flowers grow in whorls near the ends of the branches, standing horizontally. Blossom nearly cylinder-shaped, rose-coloured at the base: segments of the border recurved, heartshaped, and white. Leaves mostly by fours, linear, spreading, undulate, and pointed. Stem two feet high, upright, and branching. Branches nearly simple.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
In bloom during the Autumnal months.
REFERENCE.
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1. Empalement. 2. Chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. |
