Empalement four-leaved, with unequal purple leaflets edged with gland-bearing hairs.
Blossom egg-shaped, shining, purple, with roundish, erect segments.
Chives, eight hair-like threads. Tips beardless, within the blossom.
Pointal. Germen turban-shaped, very much furrowed. Shaft higher than the tube of the blossom. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from May till January.
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1. The under side of a leaf magnified. 2. A Blossom with the Empalement. 3. The Empalement magnified. 4. The Chives and Pointal spread open, with one tip magnified. 5. The Pointal and Seed-bud, with the summit magnified. 6. The Seed-bud magnified.[Pg 105] |
