Chives. Eight hair-like threads. Tips bearded, and within the blossom.
Pointal. Seed-bud nearly globular, glandular at the base. Shaft thread-shaped, within the blossom. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from April, ’till July.
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1. A Flower. 2. The Empalement, magnified. 3. The Blossom. 4. The Chives and Pointal, one Tip magnified, 5. The Pointal, the Summit magnified.[Pg 101] |
