Chives. Eight hair-like threads; tips just within the blossom, and beardless.
Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped and woolly. Shaft thread-shaped, just without the blossom. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from May till July.
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1. The Empalement magnified. 2. A Blossom magnified. [Pg 116]3. The Chives and Pointal, one tip magnified. 4. Seed-bud magnified. |
