Chives. Eight hair-like threads; tips beardless, and within the blossom.

Pointal. Seed-bud of an oblong form. Shaft thread-shaped. Summit four-cornered.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from the month of April till June.

REFERENCE.

1. The Empalement magnified.
2. A Blossom.
3. The Chives and Pointal, one tip detached
and magnified.
[Pg 136]4. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified.
5. Seed-bud magnified.

[Pg 137\]


ERICA tenuiflora, alba.