Chapter I: Part 1

COLOURED

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OF

HEATHS.

Coloured Engravings

OF

HEATHS.

THE

DRAWINGS

TAKEN FROM

LIVING PLANTS ONLY.

WITH

THE APPROPRIATE SPECIFIC CHARACTER, FULL DESCRIPTION, NATIVE PLACE
OF GROWTH, AND TIME OF FLOWERING OF EACH;

In Latin and English.

EACH FIGURE ACCOMPANIED BY ACCURATE DISSECTIONS OF THE SEVERAL
PARTS (MAGNIFIED WHERE NECESSARY) UPON WHICH THE
SPECIFIC DISTINCTION HAS BEEN FOUNDED,

ACCORDING TO THE

LINNÆAN SYSTEM.

THE WHOLE EXECUTED

_By H. C. ANDREWS_,

BOTANICAL PAINTER, ENGRAVER, &c.

VOL. II.

LONDON:

PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR, NO. 5, KNIGHTSBRIDGE.

_Printed by R. Taylor and Co. 38, Shoe Lane._

1805.

DISSERTATION continued.

The unabating ardour that still prevails in the science of botany, and rather increases than diminishes, renders it almost impossible (from the extreme minutiæ annexed to this elegant tribe) for the pencil of the artist to keep pace with the numerous importations from the Cape (at present the sole emporium of the genus Erica); the limits of the genus it is impossible at present to prescribe, but by the termination of the next volume we have no doubt of being able to ascertain, in some measure, its extent. The author’s intention is therefore to figure (first) all the most elegant and desirable of the genus, including many very beautiful varieties, of recent introduction, that far surpass those from which they derive their name; reserving, as a dernier ressort, the most uninteresting and least attractive, to subjoin at the termination of the genus, as necessary links in the chain of this extensive family. The great difficulty attending the cultivation of many of the species, so generally complained of, can only be surmounted by great care and attention to keep them from the partial damps and fogs so prevalent in this island. Among the most tender and difficult to preserve, and which require the most care, are the E. obbata, E. retorta, E. ampullacea, E. Aitonia, E. Jasminiflora, E. vestita alba, and E. Massonia; the last of which is perhaps the most tender, owing most likely to the closeness of the leaves, joined with the soft hairs that surround them, which is a great encourager of secreted damps: this, assisted by the great succulence that pervades the upper part of the plant, and its rather abrupt commencement from the wood, renders it so difficult to be preserved. They should by no means be intermixed with other plants, but kept in a house entirely appropriated to them, and so arranged that the air may have as free an egress and regress as possible to them all; as undoubtedly the mixing of them with plants whose foliage is so much larger, although it may produce a pleasing contrast, must exclude the free approach of the atmosphere, to which they are so much exposed in their native clime, and to which the nearest approximation must certainly be most congenial.

ERICA acuta.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA antheris cristatis, inclusis; floribus ternis; foliolis calycis ciliatis, apicibus setaceis; corollis urceolatis, purpureis; foliis subulatis, erectis, mucronatis, quaternis.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS erectus, pedalis, gracilis; rami pauci, filiformes, erecti; ramuli plurimi, brevi, erecti.

FOLIA quaterna, subulata, mucronata, glabra, rigida, erecta; petiolis brevissimis, adpressis.

FLORES in apice omnium ramulorum terni, cernui; pedunculi longitudine florum, bracteis tribus, ciliatis instructi.

CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum; foliolis lanceolatis, ciliatis, apice setaceis.

COROLLA urceolata, purpurea, glabra; laciniis limbi, acutis, parum reflexis.

STAMINA. Filamenta capillaria, curvata. Antheræ cristatæ, inclusæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen subglobosum, sulcatum. Stylus filiformis, inclusus. Stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a Maio, in Julium.

REFERENTIA.

1. Folium, auctum.

2. Calyx, auctus.

3. Flos, magnitudine naturali.

4. Corolla.

5. Stamina et Pistillum, auctum.

6. Pistillum et Germen, auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH with crested tips, within the blossom; flowers grow by threes; leaflets of the cup fringed, with bristles at the ends; blossoms pitcher-shaped and purple; leaves awl-shaped, upright, sharp-pointed and growing by fours.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM upright, a foot high, slender; branches few, thread-shaped, upright; small branches many, short, upright.

LEAVES grow by fours, awl-shaped, sharp-pointed, smooth, harsh and upright; foot-stalks very short and pressed to the stem.

FLOWERS grow by threes at the end of all the smaller branches, nodding; the foot-stalks the length of the flowers, having three fringed floral leaves on them.

EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, leaflets lance-shaped, fringed, and bristled at the end.

BLOSSOM pitcher-shaped, purple, smooth, segments of the border pointed, a little reflexed.

CHIVES. Threads, hair-like, curved. Tips crested within the blossom.

POINTAL. Seed-bud roundish and furrowed. Shaft thread-shaped, within the blossom. Summit four-cornered.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from May, till July.

REFERENCE.

1. A Leaf, magnified.

2. The Empalement, magnified.

3. A Flower of the natural size.

4. A Blossom.

5. The Chives and Pointal, magnified.

6. The Pointal and Seed-bud, magnified.

ERICA Archeria.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA antheris muticis, inclusis, stylo exserto; floribus subterminalibus, verticillatis; corollis tubuloso-clavatis, villosis, rubro-purpureis, pollicaribus; foliolis senis, rigidis, serrato-ciliatis.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS fruticosus, erectus, sesquipedalis; rami erecti, simplices; ramuli pauci, patento-erecti.

FOLIA sena, linearia, rigida, patentia, margine serrato-ciliata; petiolis brevissimis, adpressis.

FLORES in summitate ramorum subterminales, verticillati, patenti; pedunculi brevi, bracteis tribus instructi.

CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis ovato-lanceolatis, apicibus parum reflexis, hispidis, viscosis.

COROLLA tubuloso-clavata, pollicaris, villosa, rubro-purpurea, viscosa; laciniis erectis.

STAMINA. Filamento octo, capillaria, apice incurvata. Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen subovatum, octo-sulcatum, ad basin glandulosum. Stylus filiformis, exsertus. Stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret ab Augusto, in Novembrem.

REFERENTIA.

1. Calyx, lente auctus.

2. Flos, magnitudine naturali.

3. Stamina et Pistillum.

4. Pistillum, Stigma auctum.

5. Germen, lente auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH with beardless tips, within the blossom, shaft without; flowers nearly terminate the branches in whorls; blossoms tubularly club-shaped, hairy, of a red-purple colour, and an inch long; leaves grow by sixes, harsh, and sawed at the edge as if fringed.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM shrubby, upright, a foot and a half high; branches upright, simple; small branches few, grow upright-spreading.

LEAVES grow by sixes, linear, harsh, spreading, sawed like a fringe at margin; with very short foot-stalks pressed to the stem.

FLOWERS grow nearly terminal at the top of the branches in whorls, spreading; foot-stalks short, with three floral leaves.

EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, leaflets between egg and lance-shaped, points a little reflexed, hairy and clammy.

BLOSSOM tubularly club-shaped, an inch long, hairy, of a red-purple colour, and clammy; segments upright.

CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads turned inwards at the top. Tips beardless, within the blossom.

POINTAL. Seed-bud nearly egg-shaped, eight-furrowed, glandular at the base. Shaft thread-shaped, without the blossom. Summit four-cornered.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from August, till November.

REFERENCE.

1. The Empalement, magnified.

2. A Flower, natural size.

3. The Chives and Pointal.

4. The Pointal, the Summit magnified.

5. The Seed-bud, magnified.

ERICA ardens.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris cristatis inclusis, floribus lateralibus subternis cernuis subglobosis, laciniis erecto-incurvis, foliis ternis subulatis reflexis.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS fruticosus, semipedalis et ultra, flexuosus, ramulis erectis, patentibusque.

FOLIA ternata, subulata, reflexa, petiolis brevibus, adpressis.

FLORES laterales, sæpe ternati, cernui, speciosi; pedunculi floribus sere duplo longiores, bracteis tribus, distantibus, coloratis, instructi.

CALYX tetraphyllus, foliolis ovato-acuminatis, concavis, incurvatis.

COROLLA subglobosa, ignea, laciniis erecto-incurvis.

STAMINA octo, capillaria; antheræ cristatæ inclusæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen tiaræforme; stylus inclusus; stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mense Aprili in Junium.

REFERENTIA.

1. Folium lente auctum.

2. Flos.

3. Calyx cum pedunculo, lente auctus.

4. Stamina et Pistillum.

5. Stamen lente auctum.

6. Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.

7. Germen lente auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with crested tips within the blossom, flowers lateral chiefly in threes bowing nearly globose, with the segments erect-incurved, leaves in threes awl-shaped and bent backwards.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM shrubby, half a foot high and upwards, flexuose, with branches erect, and spreading.

LEAVES, in threes, awl-shaped, bent backwards, with short footstalks pressed to the stems.

FLOWERS lateral, chiefly in threes, bowing, showy; the peduncles almost twice as long as the flowers, with three distant, coloured, floral leaves.

EMPALEMENT four-leaved, with the leaves egg-acuminated, concave, and incurved.

BLOSSOM somewhat globular, of a fiery colour, with segments erect-incurved.

CHIVES. Eight, hair-like; tips crested within the blossom.

POINTAL. Germen turban-shaped; shaft within the blossom; summit four-cornered.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from April till June.

REFERENCE.

1. A Leaf magnified.

2. A Flower.

3. The Empalement with the peduncle, magnified.

4. The Chives and Pointal.

5. A Chive magnified.

6. The Pointal, with the summit magnified.

7. The Seed-bud magnified.

ERICA aurea.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA antheris muticis, subinclusis, stylo exserto; floribus subterminalibus verticillatis; corollis cylindricis, pollicaribus, aurantiis; foliis senis, linearibus, glabris, horizontalibus.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS erectus, fruticosus, pedalis; rami verticillati, patentes, rigidi.

FOLIA sena, linearia, glabra, seniora teretiuscula, juniora plana, apice incurvata, patentia; petiolis brevissimis.

FLORES horizontaliter verticillati prope ramorum summitatem; pedunculi brevissimi, bracteis tribus instructi.

CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis subulatis, glabris, adpressis.

COROLLA cylindracea, glabra, aurantia; laciniis oris parum reflexis.

STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria. Antheræ subinclusæ, muticæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen turbinatum, sulcatum, apice concavum, ad basin glandulosum. Stylus filiformis. Stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mense Julii, in Septembrem.

REFERENTIA.

1. Flos.

2. Calyx, auctus.

3. Stamina et Pistillum, anthera una diducta et aucta.

4. Pistillum, Stigma diductum et auctum.

5. Germen, auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH with beardless tips, just within the blossom, shaft without; flowers nearly terminate the branches in whorls; blossoms cylindrical, an inch long, and of a gold colour; leaves grow by sixes, linear, smooth, and horizontal.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM upright, shrubby, a foot high; the branches grow in whorls, spreading, and stiff.

LEAVES grow by sixes, linear, smooth; the older ones rather cylindrical, the younger smooth, turned inward at the end, and spreading; very short foot-stalks.

FLOWERS grow horizontally in whorls near the summit of the branches; foot-stalks very short, having three floral leaves on them.

EMPALMENT. Cup four-leaved, leaflets awl-shaped, smooth, pressed to the blossom.

BLOSSOM cylinder-shaped, smooth, gold coloured; segments of the mouth a little reflexed.

CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads. Tips just within the blossom, beardless.

POINTAL. Seed-bud top-shaped, furrowed, hollow at the top, glandular at the base. Shaft thread-shaped. Summit four-cornered.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from the month of July, till September.

REFERENCE.

1. A Flower.

2. The Cup, magnified.

3. The Chives and Pointal, one of the tips detached and magnified.

4. The Pointal, the summit detached and magnified.

5. The Seed-bud, magnified.

ERICA barbata _major_.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA antheris cristatis, inclusis; stylo sub-exserto; corollis urceolatis, albis, pilosis; pedunculis longissimis, bracteis distantibus; floribus umbellatis, terminalibus; foliis quaternis, ovatis, barbatis, patentibus, subtus concavis.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS fruticosus, pedalis, flexuosus; rami filiformes, laxi, pauci; ramuli villosiusculi, patenti.

FOLIA quaterna, ciliata, ovata, parum curvata, patentia, subtus concava, supra glandulosa; petiolis adpressis.

FLORES in ultimis ramulis terminales, umbellati, cernui, pedunculi pilis obsiti, foliis longiores, bracteis distantibus.

CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum; foliolis, spathulatis, barbatis, glanduloso-pilosis adpressis.

COROLLA urceolata, alba, pilosa, viscosa, oris laciniis erectis.

STAMINA. Filamenta octo, capillaria. Antheræ cristatæ, inclusæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen ovatum, sulcatum, pilosum. Stylus filiformis, subexsertus. Stigma obsoletè tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a Maio; in Augustum.

REFERENTIA.

1. Folium unum, lente auctum.

2. Calyx, lente auctus.

3. Corolla, magnitudine naturali.

4. Stamina et Pistillum.

5. Stamina a Pistillo diducta.

6. Stamen unum, lente auctum.

7. Pistillum, lente auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH with crested tips, within the blossom, shaft just without; blossoms pitcher-shaped, white, hairy; foot-stalks very long, floral leaves distant from the blossom; flowers grow in umbels at the end of the branches; leaves grow by fours, egg-shaped, bearded, spreading, concave beneath.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM shrubby, grows a foot high and zigzaged; branches are thread-shaped, limber and few; small branches are a little hairy and grow spreading.

LEAVES grow by fours, fringed, oval, rather curved, spreading, concave beneath, glandular above; with foot-stalks pressed to the stem.

FLOWERS terminate the small branches in umbels, nodding; foot-stalks covered with hairs, longer than the leaves, leaflets distant from the blossom.

EMPALMENT. Cup four-leaved; leaflets spathula shaped, bearded, glandularly-hairy and pressed to the blossom.

BLOSSOM pitcher-shaped, white, hairy, viscous, segments of the mouth upright.

CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads. Tips crested and within the blossom.

POINTAL. Seed-bud egg-shaped, furrowed, hairy. Shaft thread-shaped, just without the blossom. Summit bluntly four-cornered.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from May, till August.

REFERENCE.

1. A Leaf, magnified.

2. The Cup, magnified.

3. The Blossom, natural size.

4. The Chives and Pointal.

5. The Chives detached from the Pointal.

6. A Chive, magnified.

7. The Pointal, magnified.

ERICA barbata, _minor_.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris cristatis, sub-exsertis, stylo exserto; corollis urceolatis, albis, pilosis; pedunculis longissimis; bracteis distantibus; floribus umbellatis, terminalibus; foliis quaternis, ovatis, barbatis, patentibus, glanduloso-ciliatis.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS fruticosus, pedalis, flexuosus; rami filiformes, laxi, pauci; ramuli, villosiusculi, patenti.

FOLIA quaterna, ciliata, ovata, parum curvata, patentia, subtus concava, supra glandulosa; petiolis adpressis.

FLORES in ultimis ramulis, terminales, umbellati, cernui, pedunculi pilis obsiti, foliis longiores, bracteis distantibus.

CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis, spathulatis, barbatis, glanduloso-pilosis, adpressis.

COROLLA urceolata, alba, pilosa, viscosa, oris laciniis patentibus.

STAMINA. Filamenta octo, capillaria. Antheræ cristatæ, sub-exsertæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen ovatum, sulcatum, pilosum. Stylus filiformis, exsertus. Stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret ab Augusto, in Novembrem.

REFERENTIA.

1. Folium, lente auctum.

2. Flos.

3. Calyx, lente auctus.

4. Stamina a Pistillo diducta, anthera una lente aucta.

5. Pistillum, Stigma auctum.

6. Germen, auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with crested tips, just without the blossom, shaft without; blossoms pitcher-shaped, white, hairy; foot-stalks very long, floral leaves distant from the blossom; flowers grow in umbels at the end of the branches; leaves grow by fours, egg-shaped, bearded, spreading, and glandularly fringed.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM shrubby, grows a foot high, and zig-zagged; branches are thread-shaped, limber, and few; small branches are a little hairy, and grow spreading.

LEAVES grow by fours, fringed, oval, rather curved, spreading, concave beneath, glandular above; foot-stalks pressed to the stem.

FLOWERS terminate the small branches in umbels, nodding; foot-stalks covered with hairs, longer than the leaves, leaflets distant from the blossom.

EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, leaflets spathula-shaped, bearded, glandularly hairy, and pressed to the blossom.

BLOSSOM pitcher-shaped, white, hairy, viscous, segments of the mouth spreading.

CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads. Tips crested, and just without the blossom.

POINTAL. Seed-bud egg-shaped, furrowed, hairy. Shaft thread-shaped, without the blossom. Summit four-cornered.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from August, till November.

REFERENCE.

1. A Leaf, magnified.

2. A Flower.

3. The Empalement, magnified.

4. The Chives detached from the Pointal; one tip magnified.

5. The Pointal, the Summit magnified.

6. The Seed-bud, magnified.

ERICA bicolor.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris muticis inclusis, floribus tubulosis terminalibus patulisque in ramulis lateralibus, foliis pubescentibus ternatis.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS bipedalis, flexuoso-erectus, ramis paucioribus, ramulis numerosis erectis pubescentibus.

FOLIA ternata, obtuse-subulata, paululum incurvata, villosa, subtus sulcata.

FLORES tubulosi, terminales in ramulis lateralibus, in fasciculis trifloris, sub-patulis.

CALYX duplex, dense ciliatus, coloratus, exterior 3-phyllus, foliolis subulatis, adpressis, interior tetraphyllus, longior.

COROLLA uncialis, inferne rubro-purpurea, superne viridis, laciniis minime recurvatis.

FILAMENTA octo capillaria; antheræ muticæ, inclusæ, subfuscæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen tiaræforme; stylus filiformis, apice hamatus, corolla longior; stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mense Februarii ad Aprilem.

REFERENTIA.

1. Inferior pars Folii lente aucta.

2. Calyx cum Corollà.

3. Calyx lente auctus.

4. Stamina et Pistillum, antherâ unicâ lente auctâ.

5. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.

6. Germen lente auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with beardless tips within the blossom, tubular rather spreading flowers terminating the lateral branches, and downy leaves in threes.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM two feet high, flexuose-erect, with few large branches, and numerous erect downy small ones.

LEAVES in threes, obtusely awl-shaped, a little incurved, villose, and furrowed beneath.

FLOWERS tubular, terminal on the little branches, in three-flowered bunches, which spread a little.

EMPALEMENT double, densely ciliated, coloured, outer three-leaved, with the leaflets awl-shaped and pressed to the inner, which is four-leaved and longer.

BLOSSOM an inch long, the lower part red-purple, the upper green, with the segments very slightly bent back.

CHIVES eight hair-like threads, tips beardless, within the blossom, brownish.

POINTAL. Seed-bud turban-shaped; shaft thread-shaped, hooked at the point, longer than the blossom; summit four-cornered.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from February till April.

REFERENCE.

1. The under-side of a Leaf magnified.

2. The Calyx with the Corolla.

3. The Calyx magnified.

4. The Stamina and Style, with one tip magnified.

5. The Seed-bud and Pointal, with the summit magnified.

6. The Seed-bud magnified.

ERICA comosa.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA antheris muticis, inclusis; corolla ventricosa, alba, parva, ore arctata, laciniis patentibus; foliolis calycis ciliatis; floribus terminalibus, congestis, comosis; foliis quaternis, linearibus, obtusis, glabris.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS fruticosus, subpedalis, ramosus; rami, virgati, penduli; ramuli brevi, filiformes, numerosi.

FOLIA quaterna, obtusa, patentia, parva, glabra.

FLORES in ramulis terminales, quasi spicam comosam densam formantes; pedunculi brevissimi, bracteis adpressis.

CALYX. Perianthiam tetraphyllum, foliolis ovatis, acutis, ciliatis.

COROLLA ventricosa, alba, basi inflata, apice arctata; oris laciniis acutis, patentibus.

STAMINA. Filamenta octo, capillaria, minuta. Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen subrotundum, octo-sulcatum. Stylus filiformis, inclusus. Stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a Junio in Septembrem.

REFERENTIA.

1. Flos.

2. Calyx, lente auctus.

3. Stamina et Pistillum.

4. Stamina a Pistillo diducta, anthera una lente aucta.

5. Pistillum, stigma auctum.

6. Germen, lente auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH with beardless tips within the blossom, which is bellied, white, small and narrowed at the mouth, segments spreading; leaflets of the cup fringed; flowers terminal, crowded together in tufts; leaves grow by fours, linear, blunt, and smooth.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM shrubby, almost a foot high, branching; branches grow twiggy and hang down; small branches short, thread-shaped, numerous.

LEAVES grow by fours, blunt, spreading, small and smooth.

FLOWERS terminate the small branches, forming as it were a thick, tufted spike; foot-stalks very short, floral leaves pressed to the cup.

EMPALMENT. Cup four-leaved, leaflets egg-shaped, pointed, fringed.

BLOSSOM bellied, white, swelled at the base, narrowed at the mouth; segments of the mouth sharp-pointed, spreading.

CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads, small. Tips beardless, within the blossom.

POINTAL. Seed-bud roundish, eight furrowed. Shaft thread-shaped, within the blossom. Summit four-cornered.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from June till September.

REFERENCE.

1. A Flower.

2. The Cup, magnified.

3. The Chives and Pointal.

4. The Chives detached from the Pointal, one tip magnified.

5. The Pointal, summit magnified.

6. The Seed-bud, magnified.

ERICA comosa, _rubra_.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris muticis, inclusis; corolla ventricosa, carnea, parva, ore arctata, laciniis patentibus; foliis calycis ciliatis; floribus terminalibus, congestis, sub-comosis; foliis quaternis, linearibus, obtusis, glabris.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS fruticosus, pedalis, ramosus; rami erecti, virgati; ramuli brevi, filiformes, numerosi.

FOLIA quaterna, obtusa, patentia, parva, glabra.

FLORES in ramulis terminales, quaterni, quasi spicam densam formantes; pedunculi brevissimi, bracteis ciliatis, calyci adpressis.

CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis ovatis, acutis, ciliatis.

COROLLA ventricosa, carnea, basi inflata, apice arctata; oris laciniis acutis, patentibus.

STAMINA. Filamenta octo, capillaria, minuta. Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen subrotundum, octo-sulcatum. Stylus filiformis, inclusus. Stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret ab Augusto, in Decembrem.

REFERENTIA.

1. Flos.

2. Calyx, lente auctus.

3. Stamina, et Pistillum.

4. Stamina a Pistillo diducta, anthera una lente aucta.

5. Pistillum, Stigma auctum.

6. Germen, lente auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with beardless tips, within the blossom, which is bellied, flesh-coloured, small and narrowed at the mouth, segments spreading; leaflets of the cup fringed; flowers terminal, crowded together, rather tufted; leaves grow by fours, linear, blunt, and smooth.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM shrubby, grows a foot high, branching; branches grow twiggy and upright; small branches short, thread-shaped, numerous.

LEAVES grow by fours, blunt, spreading, small and smooth.

FLOWERS terminate the small branches, forming as it were a thick spike; foot-stalks very short, floral leaves pressed to the cup, and fringed.

EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, leaflets egg-shaped, pointed, fringed.

BLOSSOM bellied, flesh-coloured, swelled at the base, narrowed at the mouth; segments of the mouth sharp pointed, spreading.

CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads, small. Tips beardless, within the blossom.

POINTAL. Seed-bud roundish, eight-furrowed. Shaft thread-shaped, within the blossom. Summit four-cornered.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from August, till December.

REFERENCE.

1. A Flower.

2. The Cup, magnified.

3. The Chives, and Pointal.

4. The Chives detached from the Pointal; one tip magnified.

5. The Pointal, Summit magnified.

6. The Seed-bud, magnified.

ERICA concinna.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA antheris muticis, inclusis; floribus in medio ramorum fasciculatis, suberectis; corollis subcylindricis, basi attenuatis, carneis, pubescentibus; foliis subsenis, glabris, patentibus.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS erectus, fruticosus, tripedalis, pyramidatus, glaber; rami pauci, erecti; ramuli verticillati, subsimplices, erecto-patentes.

FOLIA sub-sena, glabra, linearia, patentia; petiolis brevissimis.

FLORES in medio ramorum fasciculati, terminales, umbellati, umbellæ 3-10-floræ; pedunculi brevissimi; bracteæ subulatæ, calyci adpressæ, ciliatæ.

CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliola basi latiora, ciliata, adpressa.

COROLLA subcylindrica, ore parum arctata, carnea, pubescens; laciniis patentibus.

STAMINA. Filamenta octo, capillaria. Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen turbinatum, supra concavum, margine crenulato. Stylus filiformis, rubicundus. Stigma sub-capitatum, atro-rubens.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret ab Octobre, in Decembrem.

REFERENTIA.

1. Calyx et Corolla.

2. Calyx auctus.

3. Stamina et Pistillum, anthera una lente aucta.

4. Pistillum, Stigma auctum.

5. Germen, auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH with beardless tips within the blossom; flowers grow in small bundles about the middle of the branches, rather upright; blossoms nearly cylindrical, tapered to the base, flesh-coloured, downy; leaves grow mostly by sixes, smooth and spreading.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM upright, shrubby, grows three feet high, pyramidally, smooth; branches few, upright; small branches whorled, nearly simple, between upright and spreading.

LEAVES grow mostly by sixes, smooth, linear, spreading, with very short foot-stalks.

FLOWERS grow bundled about the middle of the branches, terminal, and in umbels, 3-10 flowers in each umbel; foot-stalks very short; floral leaves awl-shaped, pressed to the cup, fringed.

EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, leaflets broader at the base, fringed, pressed to the stem.

BLOSSOM nearly cylindrical, the mouth a little narrowed, flesh-coloured, downy; segments spreading.

CHIVES. Threads eight, hair-like. Tips beardless, within the blossom.

POINTAL. Seed bud top-shaped, concave at the top, with the margin scolloped. Shaft thread-shaped, reddish. Summit nearly headed, of a deep red.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from October, till December.

REFERENCE.

1. The Empalement and Blossom.

2. The Empalement, magnified.

3. The Chives and Pointal; one Tip magnified.

4. The Pointal, the Summit magnified.

5. The seed-bud, magnified.

ERICA conserta.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA antheris muticis, subinclusis floribus consertissime capitatis erectis, terminalibus, globosis; caule simplicissimo, strictissimo, robusto; foliis quaternis, subulatis, glabris, rigidis, senioribus retrofractis.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS simplex, erectus, robustus, bipedalis; ramuli brevi, horizontales, verticillati.

FOLIA quaterna, subulata, rigida, glabra, mucronata; seniora retrofracta; juniora erecta, subtus tenuissime sulcata, petiolis brevibus adpressis.

FLORES terminales, in apice ramulorum consertissimi capitati, erecti, plurimi, sæpe duodecim; pedunculi brevissimi, bracteæ tres: duæ ovatæ adpressæ, infima subulata, triplo longior.

CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis subulatis, membranaceis, apicibus distantibus.

COROLLA globosa, glabra, subalbida, laciniis limbi obtusis, suberectis.

STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria. Antheræ muticæ, subinclusæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen globosum, sulcatum. Stylus filiformis exsertus. Stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret ab Octobre in Februarium.

REFERENTIA.

1. Flos.

2. Calyx, lente auctus.

3. Stamina, et Pistillum.

4. Idem, lente aucta.

5. Germen, et Pistillum, Stigma diducta lente auctum.

6. Germen, auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH with beardless tips, just within the blossom; flowers crowded together in heads, upright, terminal and globular; stem quite simple, very straight and stout; leaves grow by fours, awl-shaped, smooth, stiff, the older ones appearing broke back.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM simple, upright, stout, two feet high; small branches short, horizontal, and growing in whorls.

LEAVES grow by fours, awl-shaped, stiff, smooth, sharp pointed, the old ones appearing broke-back, the younger upright, furrowed slightly beneath, with short foot-stalks pressed to the stem.

FLOWERS terminal, crowded very close together at the ends of the small branches, in heads, upright, a good many, often twelve; foot-stalks very short, three floral leaves, two pressed to the stem and egg-shaped, the lower awl-shaped, twice as long.

EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, leaflets awl-shaped, skinny, away from the blossom at the ends.

BLOSSOM globular, smooth, whitish, the segments of the border blunt and nearly upright.

CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads. Tips beardless, just within the blossom.

POINTAL. Seed-bud globular, furrowed. Shaft thread-shaped, without the blossom. Summit four-cornered.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from October till February.

REFERENCE.

1. A flower.

2. The Empalement, magnified.

3. The Chives, and Pointal.

4. The same, magnified.

5. The Seed-bud and Pointal, the Summit detached, magnified.

6. The Seed-bud, magnified.

ERICA cubica, _minor_.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris muticis, sub-inclusis; stylo exserto; corollis sub-campanulatis, purpureis, oris laciniis patulis, maximis, ovatis, concavis; floribus sub-terminalibus, umbellatis; foliis quaternis, patentibus, obtusis, glabris.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS erectus, teres, ramosus, fruticosas, palmaris; rami et ramuli filiformes, verticillati, patenti.

FOLIA quaterna, obtusa, reflexa, glabra, nitida; petiolis brevissimis, adpressis.

FLORES sub-terminales, sub-umbellati, horizontales; pedunculis longissimis, coloratis, bracteis binis, minutis, concavis, coloratis.

CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis spathulatis, concavis, coloratis, apicibus viridibus, adpressis.

COROLLA sub-campanulata, purpurea; tubo brevissimo; limbo maximo; laciniis concavis, ovatis, expansis.

STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria, longitudine tubi. Antheræ bifidæ, acuminatæ, muticæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen turbinatum, sulcatum. Stylus filiformis, purpureus, corolla longior. Stigma obsoletum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret ab Augusto, in Novembrem.

REFERENTIA.

1. Flos, magnitudine naturali.

2. Calyx, valde auctus.

3. Stamina et Pistillum.

4. Stamina, aucta.

5. Pistillum, magnitudine naturali.

6. Idem, valde auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with beardless tips, just without the blossom; shaft without; blossoms nearly bell-shaped, purple, segments of the border spreading, large, egg-shaped, concave; flowers nearly terminate the branches in umbels; leaves grow by fours, spreading, blunt and smooth.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM upright, cylindrical, branching, shrubby, grows a span high; the larger and smaller branches are thread-shaped, grow in whorls and spreading.

LEAVES grow by fours, blunt, reflexed, smooth, shining; with very short foot-stalks, pressed to the branches.

FLOWERS grow near the ends of the branches in umbels and horizontal; foot-stalks very long, coloured, two floral-leaves, small, concave and coloured.

EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, leaflets spathula-shaped, concave, coloured, with green ends and pressed to the blossom.

BLOSSOM nearly bell-shaped, purple, tube very short; border very large; segments concave, egg-shaped, spreading.

CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads, the length of the tube. Tips two-cleft, tapered, and beardless.

POINTAL. Seed-bud top-shaped, furrowed. Shaft thread-shaped, purple, longer than the blossom. Summit obsolete.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from August till November.

REFERENCE.

1. A Flower, natural size.

2. The Cup, very much magnified.

3. The Chives and Pointal.

4. The Chives, magnified.

5. The Pointal, natural size.

6. The same, greatly magnified.

ERICA cylindrica.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris basi bicornibus inclusis, stylo exerto, corollis subcylindraceis, laciniis revolutis, foliis quaternis.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS fruticosus, erectus, bipedalis, ramosus, ramulis erectis, subsimplicibus.

FOLIA quaterna, erecta, linearia, viridia, supra plana, subtus sulcata, minutissime pubescentia.

FLORES fasciculati, terminales, in ramulis lateralibus terni et quaterni; pedunculi brevissimi, bracteis tribus ternatis, setæformibus, basin instructi.

CALYX tetraphyllus, foliolis adpressis, linearibus, basi dilatatis, dorso sulcatis, lente ciliatis.

COROLLA subcylindrica, aliquo recurvata, uncialis, læte fusco-aurantia, lente pubescens, laciniis latissime ovatis, revolutis.

STAMINA octo, capillaria, antheris basi bicornibus, inclusis, cornibus lente bifurcatis.

PISTILLUM. Germen tiaræforme; stylus filiformis; stigma tetragonum, antheras superans.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mense Aprili in Julium.

REFERENTIA.

1. Flos, cum pedunculo brevissimo.

2. Stamina et Pistillum, a corolla diducta, antherâ unicâ lente auctâ.

3. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.

4. Germen lente auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with tips two-horned at the base within the blossom, the shaft without, blossom nearly cylindric, with its segments rolled back; leaves in fours.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM shrubby, erect, two feet high, branched, with the little branches erect and nearly simple.

LEAVES in fours, erect, linear, green, plane above, furrowed beneath, and very slightly pubescent.

FLOWERS bundled, terminal, in the lateral branches in threes and fours; the very short footstalks furnished with three ternate, bristle-shaped, floral leaves at the base.

EMPALEMENT four-leaved, the leaves pressed to the blossom, linear, dilated at the base, furrowed on the back, and in the magnifier ciliated.

BLOSSOM nearly cylindrical, a little recurved, an inch long, of a bright brown orange colour, pubescent when magnified, with the segments very broad-ovate and rolled back.

CHIVES eight, hair-like, with the tips two-horned at the base, within the blossom, with the horns bifurcated when magnified.

POINTAL. Seed-bud turban-shaped; shaft thread-shaped; summit four-cornered, higher than the tips.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from April till July.

REFERENCE.

1. A Flower with its very short foot-stalk.

2. The Chives and Pointal, detached from the blossom, with one of the tips magnified.

3. The Seed-bud and Pointal, with the stigma magnified.

4. The Seed-bud magnified.

ERICA depressa.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris aristatis, inclusis, stylo exserto; floribus terminalibus, subternis, subsessilibus; corollis grossis, flavescentibus; foliis quaternis, crassiusculis, obtusis, nitidis; ramis depressis; caule robusto.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS fruticosus, robustus, spithamæus; rami divaricati, flexuosi, depressi; ramuli frequentissimi, brevi.

FOLIA quaterna, linearia, crassiuscula, obtusa, nitida, seniora reflexa; petiolis brevissimis adpressis.

FLORES in ramulis terminales, subterni, subsessili; bracteis adpressis, imbricatis.

CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis ovatis, acutis, margine membranaceis, carinatis, adpressis.

COROLLA subcylindrica, grossa, subpollicaris, flava.

STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria. Antheræ aristatæ, inclusæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen turbinatum, sulcatum. Stylus filiformis, exsersus. Stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a Maio in Augustum.

REFERENTIA.

1. Flos, magnitudine naturali.

2. Calyx cum bracteis aucta.

3. Stamina, a Pistillo diducta, anthera una lente aucta.

4. Pistillum et Germen.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with bearded tips, within the blossom, shaft without; flowers terminal, mostly by threes, fitting nearly close to the stem; blossoms swelled and yellow; leaves grow by fours, thickish, blunt, shining; branches bent downward; sturdy stem.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM shrubby, sturdy, a span in height; branches straddle, grow zig-zagged, and pressed downward; small branches numerous and short.

LEAVES grow by fours, linear, thickish, blunt, shining, the older ones turned back; very short foot-stalks pressed to the stem.

FLOWERS terminate the small branches by threes, in general, fitting close to the stem; floral leaves tiled and pressed to the cup.

EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, leaflets egg-shaped, pointed, skinny edged, keeled, and pressed to the blossom.

BLOSSOM nearly cylindrical, swelled, near an inch long and yellow.

CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads. Tips bearded within the blossom.

POINTAL. Seed-bud top-shaped and furrowed. Shaft thread-shaped, without the blossom. Summit four-cornered.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from May till August.

REFERENCE.

1. A Flower natural size.

2. The Cup, with the floral leaves magnified.

3. The Chives detached from the Pointal, one Tip magnified.

4. The Pointal and Seed-bud.

ERICA elata.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris muticis, exsertis; stylo exserto, apice torto; floribus spicatis, maximis, tomentosis, aurantiis; foliis quaternis, sæpe quinis; caule sub-arborescente.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS erectus, sexpedalis et ultra, parum ramosus; ramuli plurimi, brevi, tomentosi.

FOLIA quaterna, sæpe quina, patentia, glabra, teretiuscula, obtusa; petiolis adpressis.

FLORES in apicibus ramorum solitarii, spicam, formantes; pedunculi brevi, bracteis tribus, spathulatis instructi.

CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis ovatis, concavis, obtusis, adpressis.

COROLLA clavata, curvata, tomentosa, maxima, aurantia; oris laciniis revolutis.

STAMINA. Filamenta octo, capillaria. Antheræ muticæ, exsertæ, curvatæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen turbinatum, sulcatum, ad basin glandulosum. Stylus exsersus, apice tortus. Stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a Julio, in Septembrem.

REFERENTIA.

1. Calyx, lente auctus.

2. Stamina, et Pistillum.

3. Stamina a Pistillo diducta; anthera una lente aucta.

4. Pistillum, Stigma lente auctum.

5. Germen, auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with beardless tips, without the blossom; shaft without, twisted at the end; flowers grow in spikes, very large, downy, orange coloured; leaves grow by fours, often by fives; with the stem approaching in size to a tree.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM upright, grows six feet high or more, branching but little; small branches many, short and downy.

LEAVES grow by fours, often by fives, spreading, smooth, roundish, obtuse; with the foot-stalks pressed to the stem.

FLOWERS grow at the ends of the branches solitary, forming a spike; foot-stalks short, having three spatula-shaped floral leaves.

EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, leaflets egg-shaped, concave, blunt, and pressed to the blossom.

BLOSSOM club-shaped, curved, downy, very large, orange colour; segments of the mouth rolled back.

CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads. Tips beardless, without the blossom, curved.

POINTAL. Seed-bud top-shaped, furrowed, glandular at the base. Shaft without the blossom, twisted at the end. Summit four-cornered.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from July, till September.

REFERENCE.

1. The Empalement, magnified.

2. The Chives, and Pointal.

3. The Chives detached from the Pointal; one tip magnified.

4. The Pointal, the Summit magnified.

5. The Seed-bud, magnified.

ERICA empetroides.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris cristatis, inclusis, stylo exserto; floribus dense spicatis, suaveolentibus, subcarneis; corollis urceolatis, laciniis maximis, patentibus; foliis senis, villosis, obtusis, patentibus.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS debilis, filiformis, pedalis; rami et ramuli filiformes, laxi.

FOLIA sena, linearia, conserta, villosa, obtusa, horizontalia, petiolis adpressis.

FLORES in medio ramorum et ramulorum densissimé spicati, horizontaliter siti; pedunculi brevissimi bracteis tribus instructi.

CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliola linearia, villosa, distantia, folia similia sed minora.

COROLLA urceolata, subalbida, fragrantissima; laciniis maximis, obtusis, patentibus.

STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria. Antheræ cristatæ, inclusæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen subglobosum, sulcatum. Stylus filiformis, exsertus. Stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a Maio in Augustum.

REFERENTIA.

1. Folium unum, lente auctum.

2. Flos, magnitudine naturali.

3. Calyx, lente auctus.

4. Stamina, et Pistillum.

5. Stamina valdé aucta.

6. Pistillum, Stigma auctum.

7. Germen, auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH with crested tips, within the blossom, shaft without; flowers grow in a close spike, sweet scented and slightly flesh-coloured; blossoms pitcher-shaped, with the segments very large and spreading; leaves grow by sixes, hairy, blunt, and spreading.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM weak, thread-shaped, a foot high; the larger and smaller branches are thread-shaped and loose.

LEAVES grow by sixes, linear, close, hairy, blunt and horizontal; with the foot-stalks pressed to the stem.

FLOWERS in very close spikes in the middle of the large and small branches, standing out horizontally, with very short foot-stalks, having three floral leaves on them.

EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved; leaflets linear, hairy, distant, like the leaves but smaller.

BLOSSOM pitcher-shaped, nearly white, and very sweet; segments very large, blunt, spreading.

CHIVES. Threads eight hair-like. Tips crested, within the blossom.

POINTAL. Seed-bud nearly globular and furrowed. Shaft thread-shaped, without the blossom. Summit four-cornered.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from May till August.

REFERENCE.

1. A Leaf, magnified.

2. A Flower, natural size.

3. The Empalement, magnified.

4. The Chives and Pointal.

5. The Chives very much magnified.

6. The Pointal, the summit magnified.

7. The Seed-bud, magnified.

ERICA Eriocephala.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA antheris muticis, exsertis; corolla urceolata, alba, calyce lanato vestita; floribus capitatis, lanatis, numerosis; foliis ternis, linearibus, pilosis, obtusis, erectis.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS erectus filiformis, spithamæus; rami et ramuli divaricati, filiformes, pilosi, numerosissimi.

FOLIA terna, linearia, pilosa, obtusa, erecta, parum incurvata, petiolis brevissimis adpressis.

FLORES in ramulorum apice umbellati seu capitati, copiosi; pedunculi capillares, longitudine corollarum, colorati, bractæis tribus pilosis instructi.

CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis lanceolatis, concavis, lanugine albicante densissimè obsitis.

COROLLA urceolata, alba, tenuissime alba-lanata, foliolis calycis vestita; laciniis obtusis, erectis.

STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria. Antheræ muticæ, exsertæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen globosum, sulcatum. Stylus filiformis, longissimè exsertus. Stigma capitatum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a Maio in Augustum.

REFERENTIA.

1. Folium, lente auctum.

2. Calyx, lente auctus.

3. Flos, magnitudine naturali.

4. Stamina, et Pistillum.

5. Stamen unum, lente auctum.

6. Pistillum, Stigma auctum.

7. Germen, lente auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH with beardless tips, without the blossom, which is pitcher-shaped, white and covered by a woolly cup; flowers grow in heads, woolly and numerous; leaves grow by threes, linear, hairy, blunt, and upright.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM upright, thread-shaped, a span high; the larger and smaller branches grow straddling and thread-shaped, hairy and very numerous.

LEAVES grow by threes, linear, hairy, blunt, upright, a little incurved, with very short foot-stalks pressed to the branches.

FLOWERS grow at the end of the small branches in umbels or heads, very numerous; fruit-stalks hair-like, the length of the blossoms, coloured, having three hairy floral-leaves on them.

EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, leaflets lance-shaped, concave, being thickly covered with whitish wool.

BLOSSOM pitcher-shaped, white, slightly covered with white wool, cloathed with the leaflets of the cup; segments blunt, upright.

CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads. Tips beardless, without the blossom.

POINTAL. Seed-bud globular, furrowed. Shaft thread-shaped, very far without the blossom. Summit headed.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from May, till August.

REFERENCE.

1. A leaf, magnified.

2. The Empalement, magnified.

3. A flower, natural size.

4. The Chives, and Pointal.

5. One Chive, magnified.

6. The Pointal, Summit magnified.

7. The Seed-bud, magnified.

ERICA fastigiata.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris muticis inclusis, foliis quaternis linearibus glabris; floribus quaternis subsessilibus fastigiatis.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS fruticosus, pedalis, flexuosus, cortice fusco, ramulis numerosis patentibus.

FOLIA quaterna, erecta, linearia, glabra, nitida, petiolis longiusculis.

FLORES terminales, quaterni, fastigiati, subsessiles.

CALYX tetraphyllus, duplex, appressus, foliolis ovatis acutis, marginibus membranaceis, irregulariter serrulatis, virescentibus.

COROLLA albissima, pellucida, ovato-conica, laciniis subovatis, recurvis.

STAMINA, filamenta octo, capillaria. Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ, fuscæ.

PISTILLUM inclusum. Germen tiaræforme. Stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a Dec. ad Mai.

REFERENTIA.

1. Pagina inferior folii lente aucta.

2. Corolla cum Calyce.

3. Calyx lente auctus.

4. Stamina et Pistillum expansa, antherâ solitariâ lente auctâ.

5. Pistillum cum stigmate lente aucto.

6. Germen auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with beardless tips within the blossom, leaves in fours linear smooth; flowers in fours nearly sessile in level-topped bunches.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM shrubby, a foot high, flexuose, with brown bark, and numerous spreading branches.

LEAVES in fours, erect, linear, smooth, shining, with longish footstalks.

FLOWERS terminal, in fours, nearly sitting, forming level-topped bunches.

EMPALEMENT four-leaved, double, pressed to the blossom, with leaflets ovate-acute, with skinny, greenish, irregularly serrulated margins.

BLOSSOM very white, pellucid, egg-cone-shaped, with segments nearly egg-shaped, and recurved.

CHIVES, eight hair-like threads. Tips beardless within the blossom, brown.

POINTAL included in the blossom. Seed-bud turban-shaped. Summit four-cornered.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from December to May.

REFERENCE.

1. The under side of a leaf magnified.

2. The Blossom with the Empalement.

3. The Empalement magnified.

4. The Chives and Pointal expanded, with one tip magnified.

5. The Pointal with the summit magnified.

6. The Seed-bud magnified.

ERICA filamentosa.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris muticis, inclusis; corollis tubuloso-campanulatis, purpureis; floribus verticillatis, axillaribus, subterminalibus, pendulis; pedunculis flores triplo longioribus capillaribus, coloratis; foliis senis, oblique-verticillatis, linearibus, tenuibus, tremulantibus.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS erectus, sesquipedalis rami verticillati, simplices, erecto-patentes, filiformes, longi.

FOLIA sena, oblique verticillata, tremulantia, linearia; tenuia, glabra, acuta; petiolis capillaribus.

FLORES axillares, sub-apice ramorum verticillati, numerosissimi, spicum sere formantes; pedunculi longissimi, filiformes purpurei, bracteis tribus, distantibus, lanceolatis, instructi.

CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis lineari-subulatis, adpressis; apicibus viridibus, ad basin dilatatis, ciliatis.

COROLLA tubulosa-campanulata, purpurea, semiuncialia apice dilatata; limbo patente; laciniis obtusis, reflexis.

STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria. Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen villosum turbinatum, apice truncatum, plumosum. Stylus filiformis, exsertus. Stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a Novembre in Aprilem.

REFERENTIA.

1. Flos.

2. Calyx, auctus.

3. Stamina et Pistillum.

4. Idem, auctum.

5. Germen, auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with beardless tips, within the blossom; blossoms tubular bell-shaped, purple; flowers grow in whorls, from the insertion of the leaves, nearly terminal and hanging down; foot-stalks thrice the length of the blossom, hair-like and coloured; leaves grow by sixes, obliquely-whorled, linear, slender, tremulous.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM upright, a foot and a half high; branches grow in whorls, simple, upright-spreading, thread-shaped, long.

LEAVES grow by sixes, obliquely whorled, tremulous, linear, slender, smooth and pointed, foot-stalks hair-like.

FLOWERS grow from the insertion of the leaves, near the end of the branches in whorls, very numerous, almost making a spike; foot-stalks very long, thread-shaped, purple, with three floral-leaves, set at a distance and lance-shaped on them.

EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, leaflets linearly-awl-shaped, pressed to the blossom, with the ends green, widened at the base and fringed.

BLOSSOM tubularly-bell-shaped, purple, half an inch long, widened at the top; border spreading; segments blunt and reflexed.

CHIVES. Threads eight hair-like. Tips beardless, within the blossom.

POINTAL. Seed-bud hairy, top-shaped, appearing cut off at the top and feathered. Shaft thread-shaped, without the blossom. Summit four-cornered.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from November till April.

REFERENCE.

1. A Flower.

2. The Empalement, magnified.

3. The Chives and Pointal.

4. The same, magnified.

5. The Seed-bud, magnified.

ERICA flammea.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA antheris muticis, inclusis; stylo exserto, corollis tubiformibus, rectis; floribus laxè spicatis, subsecundis, palide luteis, apicibus subalbidis; foliis quaternis, linearibus, erectis, glabris.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS erectus strictissimus, flexilis, parum ramosus, bipedalis, fruticosus; rami tenui, pauci, erecti; ramuli filiformes, virgati.

FOLIA quaterna, in apicibus ramulorum sæpe terna, obtusa, glabra, erecta, linearia, petiolis brevissimis, adpressis.

FLORES in ramulis terminales, racemum formantes prope caulis summitatem; pedunculi brevissimi; bracteis tribus ad basin calycis.

CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis subulatis, adpressis, glaberrimis.

COROLLA tubiformis, recta, subpubescens, subpollicaris, pallide lutea, apice subalbida, laciniis brevissimis, obtusis, parum reflexis.

STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria. Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen ovatum, sulcatum. Stylus filiformis, exsertus. Stigma obsolete tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret ab Octobre in Februarium.

REFERENTIA.

1. Flos.

2. Calyx auctus.

3. Stamina et Pistillum, Anthera una lente aucta.

4. Pistillum, Stigma auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH with beardless tips, within the blossom; shaft without; blossoms trumpet-shaped, and straight; flowers grow in loose spikes, all rather turned one way, of a pale yellow with white ends; leaves grow by fours, linear, upright, and smooth.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM upright, very strict, flexile, branching but little, grows two feet high, shrubby; the branches are slender, few and upright; the smaller branches are thread-shaped and twiggy.

LEAVES grow by fours, at the ends of the small branches often by threes, blunt, smooth, upright, linear, with very short foot-stalks pressed to the branches.

FLOWERS are terminal on the small branches, making a long bunch or spike near the summit of the stem; foot-stalks very short; three floral leaves at the base of the cup.

EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, leaflets awl-shaped, pressed to the blossom, very smooth.

BLOSSOM trumpet-shaped, straight, rather downy, almost an inch long, of a pale yellow, the end whitish, segments of the border very short, blunt, a little reflexed.

CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads, tips beardless within the blossom.

POINTAL. Seed-bud egg-shaped, furred. Shaft thread-shaped, without the blossom. Summit obscurely four-cornered.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from October ’till February.

REFERENCE.

1. A flower.

2. The Empalement, magnified.

3. The Chives and Pointal, with one Tip magnified.

4. The Pointal, Summit magnified.

ERICA flava.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris muticis subinclusis, marginibus foliorum ternatorum asperiusculis, corollâ ovatâ costatâ sub-quadrilineari.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS fruticosus, suberectus, cortice fulvo, ramis distantibus, paucis, simplicibus, suberectis.

FOLIA ternata, suberecta, dein patula, denique expansa et flexuosa, linearia, crassiuscula, lucida, subtus sulcata, marginibus lente minutissime cartilagineo-ciliatis, et inde tactu asperiusculis.

FLORES numerosi, subcongesti, infra apices ramorum, nutantes vel cernui; pedunculi corollâ longiores, bracteis tribus distantibus muniti.

CALYX tetraphyllus, foliolis subulatis, marginibus minutissime ciliatis.

COROLLA ovata, costata, læte lutea, laciniis patentibus obtusissimis.

STAMINA octo, capillaria; antheræ muticæ, subinclusæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen tiaræforme. Stylus filiformis. Stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret Autumno ad Vernum.

REFERENTIA.

1. Calyx.

2. Corolla.

3. Stamina diducta, antherâ unicâ lente auctâ.

4. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.

5. Germen lente auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with beardless tips just within the blossom, the margins of the ternate leaves roughish, and with the blossom egg-shaped ribbed and near four lines long.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM shrubby, erectish, with brown bark, branches distant, few, simple, and nearly erect.

LEAVES in threes, erectish, then patulous, finally expanded and flexuose, linear, thickish, shining, and furrowed beneath, with margins in the magnifier very minutely cartilaginous-ciliated, and thence slightly rough to the touch.

FLOWERS numerous, rather crowded, beneath the tips of the branches, nodding or cernuous; peduncles longer than the blossom, and furnished with three remote floral leaves.

EMPALEMENT four-leaved, with the leaflets awl-shaped, with most minutely ciliated edges.

BLOSSOM egg-shaped, ribbed, and bright yellow, with extremely blunt spreading segments.

CHIVES eight, capillary; tips beardless, and just within the blossom.

POINTAL. Seed-bud turban-shaped. Shaft thread-shaped. Summit four-angled.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from Autumn till the Spring-time.

REFERENCE.

1. The Empalement.

2. A Blossom.

3. The Chives detached, with one tip magnified.

4. The Seed-bud and Pointal, with the summit magnified.

5. The Seed-bud magnified.

ERICA formosa.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA antheris muticis, subexsertis; floribus axillaribus, verticillatis, horizontalibus, coccineis; corolla clavata, pollicaris, subrecurva; foliis subsenis, linearibus, patentibus.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS erectus, fruticosus; rami ramulique pauci, verticillati, erecti.

FOLIA subsena, linearia, glabra, rigida, acuta, patentia, parum curvata; petiolis brevissimis, adpressis.

FLORES in apicibus ramorum verticillati, axillares et horizontales, subspicati; pedunculis bracteatis.

CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis subulatis, erectis, adpressis.

COROLLA clavata, pollicaris, parum curvata, glabra, coccinea; oris laciniis expansis, maximis, subrecurvis.

STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria, apice incurvata. Antheræ muticæ, subexsertæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen obovatum, sulcatum, apice concavum. Stylus filiformis, exsertus. Stigma peltato-tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mense Augusti in Decembrem.

REFERENTIA.

1. Flos.

2. Calyx, auctus.

3. Stamina a pistillo diducta, anthera una lente aucta.

4. Germen, Stylus et Stigma, Stigma auctum.

5. Germen auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH with beardless tips, just without the blossom; flowers grow from the base of the leaves close to the stem in whorles, horizontally, and are scarlet; blossom club-shaped, an inch long, rather recurved; leaves grow by sixes in general, linear and spreading.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM shrubby, upright; the larger and smaller branches grow in whorles and upright.

LEAVES grow mostly by sixes, linear, smooth, harsh, sharp pointed, spreading and a little curved; the foot-stalks very short, and pressed to the stem.

FLOWERS grow in whorles at the top of the branches, close to the stem at the insertion of the leaves, horizontally, and rather in a spike; foot-stalks with floral leaves.

EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, leaflets awl-shaped, upright, and pressed to the stem.

BLOSSOM club-shaped, an inch long, a little curved, smooth, scarlet; the segments of the mouth are spread out, very large and a little turned back.

CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads, turned inward at the end. Tips beardless, just without the blossom.

POINTAL. Seed-bud inversely egg-shaped, furrowed, concave at the top. Shaft thread-shaped, without the blossom. Summit between shield-shaped and four-cornered.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from the month of August till December.

REFERENCE.

1. A Flower.

2. The Empalement, magnified.

3. The Chives detached from the Pointal, one tip magnified.

4. The Seed-bud, Shaft and Summit, the Summit magnified.

5. The Seed-bud magnified.

ERICA fragrans,

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris exertis basi bicornibus, foliis ternatis subulatis, corollis campanulatis.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS fruticosus, semipedalis, valde ramosus, ramis patentibus.

FOLIA ternata, subulata, erecta, glauca, supra plana, subtus sulcata, petiolis breviusculis.

FLORES subternati, laterales et terminales, parvi, pedunculis longiusculis.

CALYX tetraphyllus, foliolis ovatis, cuspidatis, et carinatis, tribracteatus.

COROLLA campanulata, fragrans, pallide purpurea, laciniis majusculis, revolutis.

STAMINA octo, capillaria; antheræ basi bicornes exertæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen tiaræforme, sulcatum, apice villosum; stylus exertus; stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret Martio ad Maium.

REFERENTIA.

1. Folium lente auctum.

2. Idem subtus.

3. Flos, cum calyce et pedunculo,

4. Calyx lente auctus.

5. Stamina et Pistillum lente aucta.

6. Germen lente auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with tips two-horned at the base without the blossom, leaves in threes awl-shaped, and bell-shaped flowers.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM shrubby, half a foot high, very much branched, with the branches spreading.

LEAVES in threes, awl-shaped, erect, glaucous green, plane above, furrowed beneath, with shortish foot-stalks.

FLOWERS somewhat in threes, lateral and terminal, small, with longish peduncles.

EMPALEMENT four-leaved, with the leaflets egg-shaped, sharp-pointed, and keeled; furnished with three floral leaves.

BLOSSOM bell-shaped, sweet-scented, pale purple, with largish revolute segments.

Chives. Eight hair-like threads; tips without the blossom, two-horned at the base.

POINTAL. Seed-bud turban-shaped, furrowed, villous at the top; shaft without the blossom; summit four-cornered.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from March to May.

REFERENCE.

1. A Leaf magnified.

2. The under-side of the same.

3. A Flower, with the calyx and peduncle.

4. The Empalement magnified.

5. The Chives and Pointal magnified.

6. The Seed-bud magnified.

ERICA gelida.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA antheris aristatis, inclusis; floribus verticillatis, spicatis, dependentibus; corolla pollicaris, cylindrica, albicanto-virescens, basi quadrifariam sulcata, apice arctata, atro-virens; foliis quaternis senisve, curvatis, patentibus, glabris.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS fruticosus, strictissimus, tripedalis; rami pauci, erecti; ramuli verticillati, simplices.

FOLIA ramulorum subquaterna, ramorum sena, linearia, glabra, curvata, acuta, patentia; petiolis brevissimis, adpressis.

FLORES in ultimis ramis axillares, spicati, imbricati, dependenti; pedunculi curvati, bracteis tribus, membranaceis instructi.

CALYX. Perianthium, tetraphyllum, foliolis ovatis acutis, margine membranaceis, adpressis.

COROLLA cylindrica, apice arctata, basi quadrata, sulcata, pollicaris, albicanto-virescens, apice atro-virens.

STAMINA. Filamenta octo, capillaria. Antheræ aristatæ, inclusæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen subglobosum, ad basin glandulosum. Stylus filiformis, inclusus. Stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret ab Aprile, in Julium.

REFERENCE.

1. Flos.

2. Calyx, lente auctus.

3. Corolla.

4. Stamina et Pistillum, Anthera una lente aucta.

5. Pistillum, Stigma auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH with bearded tips within the blossom; flowers grow whorled, in spikes, hanging down; blossoms an inch long, cylindrical, of a whitish green, four-furrowed at the base and narrowed at the mouth, which is dark-green; leaves grow by fours or sixes, curved, spreading and smooth.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM shrubby, very upright, grows three feet high; the large branches are few and upright; the small branches grow in whorles and are simple.

LEAVES of the small branches grow mostly by fours, those on the large by sixes, linear, smooth, curved, pointed, spreading; with very short foot-stalks, pressed to the stem.

FLOWERS grow at the top of the branches, close to the stem, in spikes, tiled, hanging down; foot-stalks curved, having three skinny floral leaves on them.

EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, leaflets egg-shaped, pointed, skinny at the edge, and pressed to the blossom.

BLOSSOM cylindrical, narrowed at the top, squared and furrowed at the base, an inch long, of a whitish green, and dark green at the end.

CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads. Tips bearded, and within the blossom.

POINTAL. Seed-bud nearly globular, glandular at the base. Shaft thread-shaped, within the blossom. Summit four-cornered.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from April, ’till July.

REFERENCE.

1. A Flower.

2. The Empalement, magnified.

3. The Blossom.

4. The Chives and Pointal, one Tip magnified,

5. The Pointal, the Summit magnified.

ERICA glandulosa.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris muticis inclusis, foliis quaternis late linearibus pilis glandulosis ciliatis, floribus umbellatis terminalibus.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS fruticosus, subpedalis, fuscus, valde flexuosus; ramis numerosis, senioribus decumbentibus, apicibus adscendentibus.

FOLIA quaterna, expansa, vel recurva, ciliata pilis apice glandulosis; petiolis brevissimis, appressis.

FLORES terminales, umbellati, nutantes, vel cernui, 4-6 in singula umbella.

CALYX tetraphyllus, foliolis inæqualibus purpureis pilis glanduliferis ciliatis.

COROLLA ovata, nitida, purpurea, laciniis subrotundis, erectis.

STAMINA, filamenta octo capillaria. Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen tiaræforme, valde sulcatum. Stylus superans tubum corollæ. Stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret Mai, in Januar.

REFERENTIA.

1. Pagina inferior folii lente aucta.

2. Corolla cum Calyce.

3. Calyx lente auctus.

4. Stamina et Pistillum expansa, antherâ unicâ lente auctâ.

5. Pistillum et Germen, stigmate lente aucto.

6. Germen lente auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with beardless tips within the blossom, leaves in fours broad-linear edged with glandular hairs, flowers umbelled terminal.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM shrubby, nearly a foot high, brown, extremely flexuose; with numerous branches, the oldest bent downwards, with ascending points.

LEAVES in fours, expanded, or recurved, edged with hairs which are glandular at the points; with very short footstalks pressed to the branches.

FLOWERS terminal, umbelled, nodding, or cernuous, from 4 to 6 in each umbel.

EMPALEMENT four-leaved, with unequal purple leaflets edged with gland-bearing hairs.

BLOSSOM egg-shaped, shining, purple, with roundish, erect segments.

CHIVES, eight hair-like threads. Tips beardless, within the blossom.

POINTAL. Germen turban-shaped, very much furrowed. Shaft higher than the tube of the blossom. Summit four-cornered.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from May till January.

REFERENCE.

1. The under side of a leaf magnified.

2. A Blossom with the Empalement.

3. The Empalement magnified.

4. The Chives and Pointal spread open, with one tip magnified.

5. The Pointal and Seed-bud, with the summit magnified.

6. The Seed-bud magnified.

ERICA gracilis.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris inclusis basi bicornibus, corollis subquaternis subglobosis terminalibus, foliis linearibus erectis itidem quaternis.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS fruticosus, sesquipedalis, suberectus, ramulis filiformibus, pergracilibus, numerosis.

FOLIA quaterna, linearia, tenuia, glabra, erecta, petiolis minutis, adpressis.

FLORES plerumque quaterni in capitulis terminalibus, pedunculis capillaribus, corollâ longioribus, bracteis tribus, linearibus, instructis.

CALYX tetraphyllus, foliolis ovato-lanceolatis, coloratis, glabris, adpressis.

COROLLA parva, subglobosa, læte purpurea, ore paululum contracta, laciniis subrotundis, erecto-patulis.

STAMINA octo capillaria, brevia; antheræ bicornes, inclusæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen tiaræforme, purpureum, ad basin nectariferum; stylus filiformis, flexuosus, inclusus, purpurascens; stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mense Februarii in Maium; et iterum ab Augusto ad Octobrem.

REFERENTIA.

1. Inferior pars Folii lente aucta.

2. Calyx et Corolla.

3. Calyx lente auctus.

4. Stamina et Pistillum Corollâ diducta, antherâ unicâ lente auctâ.

5. Pistillum et Germen lente aucta.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with tips two-horned at the base included within the blossom, blossoms nearly in fours somewhat globose and terminal, leaves linear erect and likewise in fours.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM shrubby, a foot and a half high, nearly erect, thread-shaped, very slender, and numerous.

LEAVES in fours, linear, thin, smooth, erect, with minute foot-stalks pressed to the branches.

FLOWERS chiefly in fours in terminal heads, with capillary foot-stalks which are longer than the blossom, and furnished with three linear floral leaves.

EMPALEMENT four-leaved, with the leaflets egg-lance-shaped, coloured, smooth, and pressed to the blossom.

BLOSSOM small, rather globose, bright purple, with the mouth a little contracted, with its segments roundish, and between erect and spreading.

CHIVES eight hair-like threads; tips two-horned, within the blossom.

POINTAL. Seed-bud turban-shaped, purple, having honey-cups at the base; shaft thread-shaped, flexuose, within the blossom, purplish; summit four-cornered.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from the month of February to May; and again from August to October.

REFERENCE.

1. The under-side of a Leaf magnified.

2. The Empalement and Blossom.

3. The Empalement magnified,

4. The Chives and Pointal detached from the Blossom, with one tip magnified.

5. The Pointal and Seed-bud magnified.

ERICA halicacaba.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris muticis, inclusis; floribus subternis, terminalibus; corollis inflatis, amplissimis, palide-luteis; oris laciniis acuminatis, obtusis, conniventibus; foliis ternis, lævibus, trigonis.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS robustus, pedalis, valde ramosus; rami divaricati, rigidi; ramuli breves, divaricati, plurimi, tomentosi, oppositi.

FOLIA terna, subulata, recurvata, trigona, glabra, breviter petiolata.

FLORES subterni, nutantes, terminales; pedunculi foliis breviores, nudi.

CALYX. Perianthium duplex, interius tetraphyllum, foliolis, lato-ovatis, concavis, acutis, adpressis, coloratis; exterius tetraphyllum, foliolis minoribus.

COROLLA ovata, inflata, maxima, palide-lutea; laciniis erectis, acuminatis, conniventibus, obtusis.

STAMINA. Filamenta octo, plana, linearia, curvata. Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ, bifidæ, apice acutæ, dorso concavæ, leviter cohærentiæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen subglobosum, sulcatum. Stylus filiformis, erectus. Stigma obsolete tetragonum, viride.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a Maio in Julium.

REFERENTIA.

1. Calyx.

2. Stamina, et Pistillum.

3. Eodem, filamenta expansa.