Chives. Eight hair-like threads. Tips beardless, within the blossom.
Pointal. Seed-bud globular, furrowed, hairy. Shaft thread-shaped, just within the blossom. Summit headed.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from the month of March till June.
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1. A Flower. 2. The Empalement, magnified. 3. The Chives and Pointal. 4. The Chives detached from the Pointal, one tip magnified. 5. The Pointal, the Summit detached, magnified[Pg 141]. |
