Leaves growing by threes, linear, between upright and spreading, smooth on the upper, and rolled back on the under, surface, shining and dark green.
Flowers are commonly three together, bending a little downward, terminating the branches near the upper part of the stem.
Empalement. Cup double, the inner four-leaved, ovate, erect, and of a greenish yellow: the outer three-leaved, the leaves shorter than the former, and lying on them.
Blossom tubular, nearly cylindrical, of a light flesh colour at the base, and yellowish green at the mouth, which is divided into four equal nearly erect segments.
Chives. Eight hair-like threads, fixed into the receptacle. Tips nearly oblong, divided, bearded, and within the blossom.
Pointal. Seed-vessel oblong. Shaft thread-shaped, longer than the blossom, the point bending. The Summit nearly four-cornered, and greenish.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Time of flowering from November till April.
REFERENCE.
| 1. The Empalement with the 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. |