Empalement. Cup of four leaves, which are fringed, concave, pressed to the blossom, and egg-shaped.
Blossom, almost globular, small, and flesh-coloured; the segments small, and upright.
Chives. Eight hair-like threads, fixed into the receptacle. Tips beardless, and within the blossom.
Pointal. Seed-bud globular. Shaft cylindrical, and within the blossom. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from August, till February.
REFERENCE.
| 1. A Leaf, magnified. |
| 2. The Blossom, and Empalement. |
| 3. The Empalement, magnified. |
| 4. The Chives detached from the Pointal. |
| 5. A Chive, magnified. |
| 6. The Seed-bud, Shaft, and Summit, magnified. |
