Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ. Flores subterminales in umbellis. Corolla cylindracea, ad basin inflata, apice arctata, incarnata: oris laciniis, plerumque sexfidis, albis. Foliis quaternis, lanceolatis, acutis, pilosis, patentibus. Caulis pedalis et ultra, fruticosus. Rami et ramuli numerosi.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips beardless, within the blossom. Flowers nearly terminal, in umbels. Blossoms cylindrical, inflated at the base, narrowed at the end, and of a flesh colour: segments of the border mostly six, divided and white. Leaves by fours, lance-shaped, pointed, hairy, and spreading. Stem a foot or more high, shrubby, with numerous large and small branches.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
In bloom from May till August.
REFERENCE.
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1. Chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 2. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 3. Flower of a variety. |
