Chives. Eight hair-like threads inserted into the receptacle: tips bearded, and within the blossom.
Pointal. Seed-bud crown-shaped. Shaft thread-shaped, curved, and without the blossom. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from May till September.
REFERENCE.
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1. The Empalement. 2. A Blossom. 3. The Chives and Pointal, one tip magnified. [Pg 106]4. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified. 5. Seed-bud magnified. |
