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. |
