Leaves in threes, erectish, then patulous, finally expanded and flexuose, linear, thickish, shining, and furrowed beneath, with margins in the magnifier very minutely cartilaginous-ciliated, and thence slightly rough to the touch.
Flowers numerous, rather crowded, beneath the tips of the branches, nodding or cernuous; peduncles longer than the blossom, and furnished with three remote floral leaves.
Empalement four-leaved, with the leaflets awl-shaped, with most minutely ciliated edges.
Blossom egg-shaped, ribbed, and bright yellow, with extremely blunt spreading segments.
Chives eight, capillary; tips beardless, and just within the blossom.
Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped. Shaft thread-shaped. Summit four-angled.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from Autumn till the Spring-time.
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1. The Empalement. 2. A Blossom. 3. The Chives detached, with one tip magnified. 4. The Seed-bud and Pointal, with the summit magnified. 5. The Seed-bud magnified.[Pg 89] |