Chives. Eight hair-like threads. Tips bearded, and within the blossom.
Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped. Shaft thread-shaped, and just within the blossom. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from July till November.
REFERENCE.
| 1. The Empalement magnified. |
| 2. The Empalement and Blossom. |
| 3. The Chives detached from the Pointal, one tip magnified. |
| 4. The Seed-bud, Shaft, and Summit, the summit magnified.[Pg 141] |
