Chives. Eight hair-like threads. Tips bearded just without the blossom.
Pointal. Seed-bud nearly egg-shaped, ribbed, glandular at the base and the top. Shaft thread-shaped, without the blossom, curved at the point. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from August till September.
REFERENCE.
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1. The Empalement, magnified. 2. A Flower. 3. The Chives and Pointal. 4. The Chives detached from the Pointal, one tip magnified. 5. The Pointal, the Summit magnified. 6. The Seed-bud, magnified[Pg 281]. |
