Empalement. Cup four-leaved, which are lance-shaped, hairy, and like the other leaves.
Blossom, of an inflated tubular form, hairy, and of a rich red or blood colour, the mouth slightly cut into four segments; an inch long.
Chives. Eight hair-like threads. Tips beardless, and within the blossom.
Pointal. Seed-vessel cylinder shape, and hairy. Style thread-shaped, nearly without the blossom. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from August, till April.
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. |
