Empalement of four leaves, with the little leaves egg-shaped, acuminated, concave, pubescent, coloured, and pressed to the blossom.
Blossom, bell-shaped, red-purple, with the segments broad egg-shaped, and spreading.
Chives eight hair-like threads, the tips beardless and within the blossom.
Pointal. Seed-bud short, turban-shaped; shaft thread-shaped within the blossom; summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from the month of July till October.
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1. The under-side of a Leaf magnified. 2. A Flower. 3. The Empalement magnified. 4. The Chives, and Pointal. 5. The same expanded. 6. A Chive magnified. 7. The Pointal, with the summit magnified. 8. The Seed-bud magnified[Pg 205]. |
