Empalement. Cup double; the outer one is three-leaved; the leaflets egg-shaped and skinny, tiled, and pressed to the cup; the inner one is four-leaved, with larger leaflets.
Blossom club-shaped, turned inwards, wrinkled, and of a deep orange colour; the segments of the border are upright, and turned inwards.
Chives. Eight linear, flat threads; tips beardless, without the blossom, very long, and tapered into threads.
Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped. Shaft thread-shaped, a little longer than the chives. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from the month of July till January.
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1. The Empalement magnified. 2. A Blossom. 3. The Chives and Pointal. 4. The Chives detached from the Pointal. [Pg 128]5. The Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified. 6. Seed-bud magnified. |
