Chives. Eight hair-like threads, fixed into the receptacle. Tips beardless, and nearly within the blossom.

Pointal. Seed-bud nearly round, and hairy at the end. Shaft thread-shaped, and without the blossom. Summit four-cornered.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from the month of July, till October.

REFERENCE.

1. Empalement, and Blossom.
2. A Blossom.
3. The Empalement, magnified.
4. The Chives, and Pointal.
5. The Chives detached from the Pointal, one Tip magnified.
6. The Shaft, and its Summit, magnified.

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ERICA cerinthoides.