active 1799-1828 Henry Cranke Andrews

“ Flores flavi, conici, parum curvati, laciniis longissimis adpressis, nigris. Folia quaterna, linearia, sub-scabrida, rigida. Caulis laxus, erectus, bipedalis. Ramuli brevissimi, foliosi.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips beardless, pencil-like, and without the blossom, tapering into threads, which are flat. Flowers yellow, conical, slightly curved, the segments of the border very long, pressed to the chives, and black. Leaves by fours, linear, roughish, and stiff. Stem weak, upright, grows two feet high. The small branches very short, and covered with leaves. ”

“ Flores in apice omnium ramulorum, terni, cernui. Corolla urceolata, purpurea, nitida. Folia quaterna, subulata, mucronata, glabra, erecta. Caulis erectus, pedalis, gracilis. Rami pauci; ramuli numerosi, brevi, erecti.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips crested, within the blossom. Flowers grow by threes at the ends of all the small branches, nodding. Blossom pitcher-shaped, purple, and shining. Leaves by fours, awl-shaped, sharp-pointed, smooth, and upright. Stem upright, a foot high, slender. Branches few; the small branches numerous, short, and upright. ”

“ The seeds of some species which ripen in this country, as well as those procured from the Cape, may be sown about the middle of March, in pots prepared the same way as for the cuttings; with this exception, that the earth be invariably sandy peat finely sifted. ”