Empalement. Cup four-leaved, which are egg-shaped, blunt, upright, and half the length of the blossom.
Blossom globe-shaped, with a four-lobed border, each division forming a half-round, equal, and upright.
Chives. Eight hair-like threads, shorter than the blossom, and fixed in the receptacle. Tips bearded, and within the blossom.
Pointal. Seed-vessel roundish. Shaft thicker than the threads, and upright. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
In bloom from August till December.
REFERENCE.
| 1. The Empalement with the Blossom. |
| 2. The Empalement and Floral-leaves magnified. |
| 3. The Chives and Pointal. |
| 4. The Chives detached from the Pointal, one tip magnified. |
| 5. The Shaft and its Summit magnified. |
