Empalement. Cup four-leaved, which are awl-shaped, tapering, smooth, and pressed to the blossom.
Blossom curved, club-shaped, an inch long, downy, and of a yellow gold colour; the segments of the mouth spread outward.
Chives. Eight hair-like threads, which are curved, and the length of the blossom. Tips beardless.
Pointal. Seed-bud club-shaped, and furrowed. Shaft thread-shaped, curved, and without the blossom. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from July, till November.
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. |
