Empalement. Cup four-leaved, which are lance-shaped, clammy, and pressed to the blossom.
Blossom cylindrical, half an inch long, of a pale green, very clammy, shining and ribbed, the segments of the mouth slightly reflexed.
Chives. Eight hair-like threads; tips beardless, and within the blossom.
Pointal. Seed-vessel turban-shaped, furrowed and silky at the upper part. Shaft thread-shaped. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from the month of November till April.
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1. The Empalement magnified. 2. The Chives detached from the Pointal; one tip magnified. 3. The Seed-bud and Pointal, with the summit [Pg 58]magnified. 4. The Seed-bud magnified. |
