DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ. Flores in axillis foliorum, plerumque terni,
erecti, conferti, cum odore cucumis. Corolla urceolata, lutea,
tetragona, concava, ore arctata; laciniis æqualibus, acuminatis,
patentibus, et reflexis. Folia terna, trigona, linearia, glabra. Caulis
fruticosus, virgatus, sub-pedalis, ramosus, gracilis. Rami filiformes et
patentes.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips beardless, within the blossom. Flowers grow from the axillæ of the
leaves, mostly by threes, upright, crowded together, and smell like a
cucumber. Blossom pitcher-shaped, yellow, four-sided, and concave,
narrowed towards the mouth, the segments of which are equal,
sharp-pointed, spreading, and reflexed. Leaves by threes, three-sided,
linear and smooth. Stem shrubby, twiggy, and nearly a foot high,
branching and slender. The branches are thread-shaped and spreading.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
In bloom from July till September.
REFERENCE.
1. An umbel of flowers.
2. The empalement magnified.
3. A blossom magnified.
4. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified.
5. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified.
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