Chives. Eight hair-like threads; tips beardless, within the blossom.
Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped, furrowed; shaft just within the blossom, thread-shaped; summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from May to October.
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1. A Leaf magnified. 2. The Empalement magnified. 3. The Chives and Pointal, with one tip detached and magnified. 4. Seed-bud and Pointal, with the summit magnified. 5. The Seed-bud magnified[Pg 201]. |
