Empalement. Cup four-leaved, leaflets awl-shaped, pressed to the blossom, very smooth.
Blossom trumpet-shaped, straight, rather downy, almost an inch long, of a pale yellow, the end whitish, segments of the border very short, blunt, a little reflexed.
Chives. Eight hair-like threads, tips beardless within the blossom.
Pointal. Seed-bud egg-shaped, furred. Shaft thread-shaped, without the blossom. Summit obscurely four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from October ’till February.
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1. A flower. 2. The Empalement, magnified. 3. The Chives and Pointal, with one Tip magnified. 4. The Pointal, Summit magnified.[Pg 85] |
