Chives. Eight hair-like threads, with tips two-horned at the base, and within the blossom.
Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped, long, and furrowed. Shaft thread-shaped, and just within the blossom. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from April till September.
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1. The under side of a Leaf magnified. 2. The Empalement magnified. 3. A Blossom. 4. Flower of a pale variety. 5. Chives and Pointal, one tip magnified. [Pg 126]6. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified. 7. Seed-bud magnified. |
