Chives eight, hair-like, broader at the base, 4 interior upright, 4 exterior very much bent; tips bearded, within the blossom.
Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped: shaft thread-shaped: summit four-angled.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from the month of October to January.
REFERENCE.
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1. The double Empalement. 2. A blossom. 3. The same expanded. 4. The Chives and Pointal. 5. One of the exterior Chives magnified. 6. The Pointal, with the summit detached and [Pg 76]magnified. 7. The turban-shaped stigma magnified. |
