Leaves by threes, fleshy, blunt, and tiled. Footstalks short, and pressed to the branches.
Flowers chiefly by threes, in terminal heads. Footstalks long, which are furnished with three ovate floral leaves.
Empalement four-leaved; leaflets egg-shaped, white, and pressed to the blossom.
Blossom nearly bell-shaped and white; the segments are round, large, and spreading.
Chives eight hair-like threads; tips bearded, just within the blossoms.
Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped, with honey-cups at the base. Shaft thread-shaped. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from May till July.
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1. The Empalement and Blossom. 2. The Empalement magnified. 3. A Blossom. 4. The Chives and Pointal detached from the blossom, one tip magnified. [Pg 70]5. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified. 6. Seed-bud magnified. |