Leaves grow by threes, are three-sided, linear, sharp-pointed, smooth, slightly furrowed on the under part, and upright; the foot-stalks are pressed to the stem.
The Flowers grow from the bottom of the foot-stalks of the leaves, singly, are bent downward, and whitish; the foot-stalks are curved, and whitish.
Empalement. Cup of four leaves, which are coloured, sharp-pointed, and pressed to the blossom.
Blossom swelled at the lower part, and straitened at the mouth; the border is four-lobed; segments equal, pointed, and rolled back.
Chives. Eight hair-like threads, which are bent, and fixed into the receptacle. Tips beardless, within the blossom.
Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped, and smooth. Shaft linear, curved, and just without the blossom. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from April, till July.
REFERENCE.
| 1. The Empalement, and Blossom. |
| 2. The Empalement magnified. |
| 3. The Chives, and Pointal. |
| 4. The Chives detached from the Pointal; one tip magnified. |
| 5. The Shaft, and its Summit, magnified. |
| 6. The Capsule.[Pg 17] |