Chives eight hair-like threads, tips two-horned, and just within the blossom.
Pointal. Germen turban-shaped, furnished with honey-bearing-glands at the base; shaft thread-shaped, without the blossom; summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from the month of March till July.
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1. The under side of a Leaf magnified. 2. The Empalement and Blossom. 3. The Empalement magnified. 4. The Chives and Pointal. 5. A Chive detached and magnified. 6. The Seed-bud and Pointal, with the summit magnified. 7. The Seed-bud magnified[Pg 261]. |
