Chives. Eight hair-like threads; tips beardless, and just within the blossom.
Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped, furrowed, with honey-cups at the base. Shaft thread-shaped. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from June till October.
REFERENCE.
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1. The Empalement magnified. 2. A Blossom. 3. The Chives detached from the Pointal, one tip magnified. [Pg 14]4. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified. 5. Seed-bud magnified. |
