Leaves by threes, ascending, smooth, linear, and blunt; footstalks short.
Flowers grow on the branches in small irregular umbels; footstalks flesh-coloured, and furnished at the base with three small floral leaves.
Empalement four-leaved; leaflets lance-shaped, finely sawed, and pressed to the cup.
Blossom bell-shaped, white, and thin; segments of the border equal, and spreading.
Chives. Eight hair-like threads: tips bearded, and within the blossom.
Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped, purple, and furrowed, with honey-cups at the base. Shaft thread-shaped. Summit hollow.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from March till July.
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1. The Empalement magnified. [Pg 80]2. The Chives and Pointal, one tip magnified. 3. Seed-bud and Pointal magnified. |