Empalement four-leaved, with the leaflets egg-shaped, acute, concave, and of a deep rose-colour.
Blossom bellied below, contracted above, flesh-coloured at the base, with a green mouth, with four obtuse, half-ovate segments.
Chives eight, hair-like; tips crested, within the blossom.
Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped; shaft thread-shaped, within the blossom; summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from November till February.
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1. The Empalement and floral leaves. 2. The Blossom. 3. The Chives and Pointal. 4. The same expanded. 5. A Chive magnified. 6. The Pointal, with the summit detached and magnified. [Pg 46]7. The Germen magnified. 8. A Branch with the involucrum of the flowers. |
