Chives. Eight hair-like threads; tips two-horned, within the blossom.
Pointal. Seed-vessel turban-shaped, furrowed, and hairy. Shaft thread-shaped, without the blossom. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from August till November.
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1. A Leaf. 2. The under side of the same, magnified. 3. The Empalement and Blossom. 4. The Empalement magnified. 5. The Chives and Pointal. 6. The Chives detached from the Pointal. 7. A Chive magnified. [Pg 56]8. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified. 9. Seed-bud magnified. |
