Chives. Threads eight, hair-like, and curved. Tips beardless, within the blossom, and yellow.
Pointal. Seed-bud roundish, and furrowed. Shaft within the blossom, and thread-shaped. Summit between shield and four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from August till November.
REFERENCE.
| 1. The Empalement, and Blossom. |
| 2. The Empalement, magnified. |
| 3. The Blossom. |
| 4. The Chives, and Pointal. |
| 5. The Chives detached from the Pointal, one Tip magnified. |
| 6. The Pointal, magnified. |
