Leaves by threes, lance-shaped, three-sided, flat on the upper surface, smooth, sharp-pointed, pressed to the branches, and of a bright green.
Flowers terminate the small branches in umbels. Footstalks flesh-coloured, and furnished with three coloured floral leaves.
Empalement. Cup four-leaved; leaflets spathula-shaped, sharp-pointed, flesh-coloured, greenish at the base, and longer than the flower.
Blossom pitcher-shaped, of a deep flesh colour, pale at the base. The segments of the border are spreading, and sharp-pointed.
Chives. Eight hair-like threads; tips crested, and within the blossom.
Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped. Shaft within the blossom, and thread-shaped. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from June till September.
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1. The under side of a Leaf magnified. 2. The Empalement, natural size. 3. A Blossom. 4. The Chives and Pointal detached from the blossom. 5. A Chive magnified. [Pg 28]6. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified. 7. Seed-bud magnified. |