Chives. Eight hair-like threads inserted into the receptacle. Tips two-horned at the base, and within the blossom.
Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped, hairy, and furrowed.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from September till April.
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1. The Empalement magnified. 2. The Chives detached from the Pointal, one tip magnified. [Pg 86]3. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified. 4. The Seed-bud magnified. |
