stem suffruticose, slender, dichotomous, retrorsely squamulose; leaves subconnate, patent, linear-subulate, subtrigonous, laxly squamulose; cymes subsessile, few-flowered, corymbulose, with subulate bracts and pedicellate flowers; calyx-lobes half as long as corolla, linear-lanceolate, sparsely scabrous; petals linear-spathulate, recurved or revolute; mucronulate; styles subulate. Zey! 665. Drege! 6906. A much branched, corymbose, laxly and minutely scaly suffrutex, 6–12 inches high; the level topped branches ending in small cymes of 3–6–8 pedicellate flowers. Leaves 1/2– 3/4 inch long, slender, scarcely equalling the internodes. Pedicels 2–3 lines long; corolla 5 lines, hypocrateriform or revolute (cream coloured?). Less scaly than C. scabrella, with a different inflorescence and much larger flowers.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA At the 24 Rivers, Zeyher! Boschkloof and Blauwberg, Drege! (Herb. Sd., Hk., Bth.)
