Blossom club-shaped, an inch long, white and downy, the segments of the mouth are spread outward.
Chives. Eight hair-like threads, tips beardless, and just within the blossom.
Pointal. Seed-vessel turban-shaped, the top-being crowned with long hairs. Shaft thread-shaped, and without the blossom. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from July till December.
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. |
