Empalement. Cup three-leaved, leaflets spathula-shaped, slightly toothed, clammy, and bearded at the point.
Blossom nearly top-shaped, ribbed, a little drawn in at the mouth, and purple; segments rolled back.
Chives. Eight hair-like threads, twisted. Tips two-horned, without the blossom, black, linear.
Pointal. Seed-bud oval, furrowed. Shaft thread-shaped, a little curved, and without the blossom. Summit obsolete.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from February till June.
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1. A Leaf. 2. A Flower. 3. The Empalement, magnified. 4. The Chives and Pointal, magnified. 5. The Chives detached from the Pointal, one tip magnified. 6. The Pointal, magnified[Pg 165]. |
