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DESCRIPTIO. 
Anthers cristatae, inclusae. Flores laterales, plerum» 
que ternati, cernui, speciosi. Corolla sub-globosa, glu¬ 
tinosissima^ et lucida, colore aureo, limbo saturate viridi, 
laciniis erectis. Folia ternata, sub-trigona, supra plana, 
subtus sulco exarata. Caulis erectus, pedalis et ultra : 
ramulis ternis, verticillatis. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips crested, and within the blossom. Flowers grow 
sideways, mostly by threes, and showy. Blossom nearly 
round, very glutinous and shining, of a gold colour, 
with the border of a deep green colour : segments up¬ 
right. Leaves by threes, nearly three-sided, flat on their 
upper surface, and deeply furrowed beneath. Stem up¬ 
right, a foot or more high. The smaller branches grow 
by threes in whorls. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from January till May. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The empalement. 
2. The chives and pointal, highly magnified. 
3. £eed-bud an( j pointal, natural size. 
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