Empalement. Cup double; the outer one is three-leaved; leaflets egg-shaped, pressed to the inner ones, and tiled; the inner is four-leaved, with larger leaflets, and fringed.
Blossom cylindrically pitcher-shaped, sweet-scented, and of a pale purple; segments of the border are rolled back.
Chives. Eight hair-like threads; tips crested, and within the blossom.
Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped, slightly covered with wool, with honey-cups at the base. Shaft thread-shaped. Summit four-cornered.
Native of Portugal.
Flowers from the month of March till July.
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1. The under side of the Leaf magnified. 2. The Empalement magnified. 3. A Blossom. 4. The Chives and Pointal detached from the blossom, one tip magnified. [Pg 16]5. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified. 6. Seed-bud magnified. |
