Empalement. Cup four-leaved, leaflets broader at the base, fringed, pressed to the stem.
Blossom nearly cylindrical, the mouth a little narrowed, flesh-coloured, downy; segments spreading.
Chives. Threads eight, hair-like. Tips beardless, within the blossom.
Pointal. Seed bud top-shaped, concave at the top, with the margin scolloped. Shaft thread-shaped, reddish. Summit nearly headed, of a deep red.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from October, till December.
REFERENCE.
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1. The Empalement and Blossom. 2. The Empalement, magnified. 3. The Chives and Pointal; one Tip magnified. 4. The Pointal, the Summit magnified. 5. The seed-bud, magnified.[Pg 45] |
