Empalement four-leaved; leaflets lance-shaped, and pressed to the blossom.
Blossom skittle-shaped, of a red purple colour; the segments of the border are small, upright, and yellow.
Chives. Eight hair-like threads; tips beardless, and within the blossom.
Pointal. Seed-bud oblong, lightly furrowed, with honey-cups at the base. Shaft thread-shaped, without the blossom. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers during the autumnal months.
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1. The Empalement. 2. The Chives detached from the Pointal, one [Pg 26]tip magnified. 3. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified. |
