Leaves by threes, three-sided, thick, rigid, rolled back, pointed and smooth, flat on their upper surface and channelled beneath; with minutely fringed edges.
Flowers terminate the smaller branches, mostly by threes. Footstalks white, and furnished with three floral leaves emarginated with black hairs.
Empalement four-leaved. Leaflets are ovate, white, pressed to the blossom, and emarginated with black hairs.
Blossom bell-shaped and white: the segments of the border are equal, and rolled back.
Chives. Eight hair-like threads. Tips crested, and just within the blossom.
Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped, furrowed, with honey-cups at the base. Shaft without. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from April till July.
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1. A Leaf magnified. 2. The under side of the same magnified. 3. Empalement magnified. [Pg 48]4. Chives and Pointal, one tip magnified. 5. Seed-bud and Pointal magnified. |