Empalement. Cup four-leaved, which are spathula-shaped, or tapering to the base, the tops egg-shaped, concave, and lashed.
Blossom white, pitcher-shaped, having the segments of the mouth slightly bent back.
Chives. Eight hair-like threads; tips bearded, just within the blossom.
Pointal. Seed-vessel cylinder-shaped, and furrowed. Shaft thread-shaped. 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.[Pg 145] |
