Flowers from the month of July till December.
REFERENCE.
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1. The Empalement. 2. A Chive, with a tip magnified. 3. Seed-bud magnified. |
This fine plant resembles both the E. calycina major and the E. elegans, as well as the E. taxifolia, of which it is considered as a large variety: but from the crested character of the antheræ we are inclined to regard it as equally related to the two former species. It is well known to cultivators by the title we have adopted, and is said to have been first raised from Cape seed at the Hibbertian collection in 1806. Our drawing was made from a plant two feet high in the nursery of Mr. Williams.[Pg 255]
