Chives eight, hair-like; tips beardless, within the blossom.
Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped, woolly; with eight honey-bearing glands; shaft thread-shaped; summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from the month of February till May.
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1. The Calyx with the floral leaves magnified. 2. A Blossom. 3. The Chives and Pointal, with one tip magnified. 4. The Seed-bud and Pointal, with the summit [Pg 44]magnified. 5. The woolly Seed-bud, magnified. |
