Chapter II: Part 2

4. Stamen unum, lente auctum dorso monstrato.

5. Germen, Stylus et Stigma, lente aucta.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with beardless tips, within the blossom; flowers mostly by threes terminate the branches; blossoms inflated, and very large, of a pale yellow; the segments of the mouth are tapered, blunt ended, and approaching together; leaves grow by threes, smooth and three-sided.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM sturdy, a foot high, very branching; the branches straddle, and are stiff; the smaller branches straddle, are numerous, downy, and opposite.

LEAVES grow by threes, awl-shaped, recurved, three-sided, smooth, foot-stalks short.

FLOWERS grow mostly by threes, nodding, and terminating the branches; the foot-stalks shorter than the leaves, naked.

EMPALEMENT. Cup double, the inner four-leaved, leaflets broad egg-shaped, concave, pointed, pressed to the blossom and coloured; the outer three-leaved, the leaflets smaller.

BLOSSOM egg-shaped, inflated, very large, of a pale yellow; segments erect, tapered, approaching, and blunt-ended.

CHIVES. Eight flat threads, linear, curved. Tips beardless, within the blossom, two-cleft, pointed at the top, concave at the back, slightly adhering together.

POINTAL. Seed-bud nearly globular, and furrowed. Shaft thread-shaped, upright. Summit slightly four-cornered, green.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from May, till July.

REFERENCE.

1. The Empalement.

2. Chives and Pointal.

3. The same, with the threads spread open.

4. A Chive magnified, shewn from the hind part.

5. The Seed-bud, Shaft, and Summit, magnified.

ERICA hispida.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA antheris muticis, subexsertis; stylo exserto; floribus axillaribus, racemosis, terminalibus; corollis subglobosis, parvulis, glabris, incarnatis; foliis quaternis, obtusis, hispidis, patentibus.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS erectus, pedalis; rami et ramuli filiformes, erecti, rigidi, numerosi, verticillati, hispidi.

FOLIA quaterna, linearia, obtusa, patentia, subtus sulcata, hispida; petiolis brevissimis, adpressis.

FLORES in ramulis terminales, racemosi, sub-nutantes, incarnati; racemi pollicares usque digitales; pedunculi capillares, villosi longitudine corollæ, bracteis distantibus.

CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis ovatis, obtusis, villosis, adpressis, brevissimis.

COROLLA subglobosa; laciniis limbi erectis, parvulis, obtusis.

STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria. Antheræ muticæ, subexserta, brunneæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen turbinatum, sulcatum, pilosum ad basin glandulosum. Stylus filiformis, exsertus, staminibus longior. Stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret ab Augusto, in Novembrem.

REFERENTIA.

1. Folium, lente auctum.

2. Flos, magnitudine naturali.

3. Calyx, lente auctus.

4. Corolla.

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

6. Pistillum, Stigma auctum.

7. Germen, lente auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH with beardless tips, without the blossom; shaft without; flowers grow from the insertion of the leaves in terminal bunches, blossoms nearly globular, small, smooth and flesh-coloured; leaves grow by fours, blunt, hairy and spreading,

DESCRIPTION.

STEM upright, a foot high; large and small branches are thread-shaped, upright, harsh, numerous, grow in whorls and hairy.

LEAVES grow by fours, linear, blunt, spreading, furrowed beneath, hairy; foot-stalks very short, pressed to the stern.

FLOWERS grow at the end of the branches in bunches a little drooping and flesh-coloured; bunches from an inch to two inches in length; foot-stalks hair-like, hairy, the length of the blossom; floral leaves at a distance from the cup.

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

BLOSSOM nearly globular; segments of the border upright, very small, blunt.

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

POINTAL. Seed-bud top-shaped, furrowed, hairy and glandular at the base. Shaft thread-shaped, without the blossom, longer than the chives. Summit four-cornered,

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from August till November.

REFERENCE.

1. A Leaf, magnified.

2. A Flower, natural size.

3. The Empalement, magnified.

4. The Blossom.

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

6. The Pointal, the Summit magnified.

7. The Seed-bud, magnified.

ERICA hirta.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris aristatis, inclusis; stylo exserto, corolla clavata, pollicaris; floribus terminalibus, ternis bicoloribus; bracteis calyciformibus, hirtis; foliis ternis, linearibus; obtusis, semicylindricis, hirtis.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS erectus, ramosus, bipedalis, villosus; rami et ramuli oppositi, suberecti.

FOLIA terna, linearia, obtusa, hirta, supra rotundata, subtus sulcata, recta, patentia, petiolis, brevibus adpressis.

FLORES terminales, terni, cernui; pedunculi brevissimi; bracteæ 3, lanceolatæ, ciliatæ, longitudine calycis adpressæ.

CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis lanceolatis, ciliatis, dorso sulcatis.

COROLLA clavata, sub apice ventricosa, pollicaris profundè rubro purpureo, apice virescens; ore parum arctato, laciniis obtusis, erectis.

STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria. Antheræ aristatæ, inclusæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen subovatum, apice truncatum, sulcatum. Stylus filiformis, exsertus. Stigma, subpeltatum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a Januario in Aprilem.

REFERENTIA.

1. Flos.

2. Calyx, auctus.

3. Pistillum, Stigma diducta auctum.

4. Stamina et Pistillum, anthera sena diducta et aucta.

5. Germen, auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with bearded tips, within the blossoms, shaft without; blossom club-shaped, an inch long; flowers terminal by threes, two-coloured; floral leaves of the shape of the cups and hairy; leaves grow by threes, linear, blunt, half cylindrical, hairy.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM upright, branching, two feet high, hairy; large and small branches opposite, nearly upright.

LEAVES grow by threes, linear, blunt, hairy, rounded above, furrowed beneath, straight, spreading; short foot-stalks pressed to the branches.

FLOWERS terminate the branches by threes, nodding; very short foot-stalks; three floral leaves, lance-shaped, fringed, the length of the cup and pressed to it.

EMPALMENT. Cup four-leaved; leaflets lance-shaped, fringed, furrowed at the back.

BLOSSOM club-shaped, bellied near the end, an inch long, of a red purple, greenish at the end; a little narrowed at the mouth, segments blunt, upright.

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

POINTAL. Seed-bud nearly egg-shaped, appearing cut off at the end and furrowed. Shaft thread-shaped, without the blossom. Summit nearly shield-shaped.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from January, till April.

REFERENCE.

1. A Flower.

2. The Empalement, magnified.

3. The Pointal, the Summit detached, magnified.

4. The Chives and Pointal, one Tip detached, and magnified.

5. The Seed-bud, magnified.

ERICA horizontalis.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA antheris muticis, exclusis; floribus terminalibus, quaternis; foliolis calycis spathulatis, margine serratis; laciniis corollæ hastatis, erectis, atro-purpureis; foliis quaternis, obtusis, horizontalibus.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS erectus, subpedalis, ramosus; rami horizontals, rigidi; ramuli pauci, rami similes.

FOLIA quaterna, obtusa, linearia, horizontalia, glabra; petiolis minutis, adpressis.

FLORES in ultimis ramulorum umbellati, cernui, quaterni, sæpe terni; pedunculis brevibus, bracteis tribus, spathulatis, imbricatis.

CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis spathulatis, concavis, viscosis, marginibus serratis, adpressis.

COROLLA ovata, glabra, basi alba, apice purpurea; oris laciniis hastatis, erectis, atro-purpureis.

STAMINA. Filamenta capillaria, longitudine tubi. Antheræ muticæ, exsertæ, lineariæ, longitudine filamentorum.

PISTILLUM. Germen subrotundum compressum, sulcatum. Stylus filiformis, exsertus. Stigma obsoletum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a Julio, in Novembrem.

REFERENTIA.

1. Flos, magnitudine naturali.

2. Calyx, lente auctus.

3. Corolla, magnitudine naturali.

4. Idem, aucta.

5. Stamina, et Pistillum.

6. Stamina a Pistillo diducta, aucta.

7. Pistillum.

8. Idem, lente auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH with beardless tips, without the blossom; flowers terminate the branches by fours; the leaflets of the cup are spathula-shaped and sawed at the margin; segments of the blossom halbert-shaped, upright and dark-purple; leaves grow by fours, obtuse, and horizontal.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM upright, near a foot high, branching; branches grow horizontal and stiff; smaller branches few, like the larger ones.

LEAVES grow by fours, obtuse, linear, horizontal, smooth; foot-stalks very small and pressed to the stem.

FLOWERS grow in umbels at the end of the smaller branches, nodding, and by fours, often by threes; foot-stalks very short, with three spathula-shaped, tiled floral leaves.

EMPALEMENT. Cup double, leaflets spathula-shaped, concave, clammy, sawed at the edges, and pressed to the blossom.

BLOSSOM egg-shaped, smooth, white at the base, purple at the top; the segments of the mouth halbert-shaped, upright and of a deep purple.

CHIVES. Threads hair-like, the length of the tube. Tips beardless, without the blossom, linear, of the length of the threads.

POINTAL. Seed-bud roundish, flattened, and furrowed. Shaft thread-shaped, without the blossom. Summit obsolete.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from July, till November.

REFERENCE.

1. A Flower of the natural size.

2. The Empalement, magnified.

3. The Blossom, of the natural size,

4. The same, magnified.

5. The Chives, and Pointal.

6. The Chives detached from the Pointal; magnified.

7. The Pointal.

8. The same, magnified.

ERICA ignescens.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris muticis, sub-exsertis; stylo longè exserto; apice germinis glandulis coronato; corollis clavatis, subpollicaribus, rubro-coccineis; floribus solitariis, sessilibus, terminalibus; foliis quaternis, linearibus, glabris.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS erectus, sesquipedalis, glaber; rami erecti; ramuli virgati, suberecti, filiformes.

FOLIA quaterna, linearia, glabra, acuta; petiolis brevissimis adpressis.

FLORES terminales, solitarii, spicam formantes prope caulis summitatem; pedunculis sere nullis.

CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis subulatis, ciliatis, apicibus parum reflexis.

COROLLA tubulosa, tomentosa, ad basin gibbosa, oris laciniis spathulatis, reflexis.

STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria. Antheræ subexsertæ, muticæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen ovatum, sulcatum, ad basin apiceque glandulis cinctum. Stylus filiformis, exsertus. Stigma obsoletum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a Martio in Junium.

REFERENTIA.

1. Flos.

2. Calyx, auctus.

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

4. Germen auctum.

5. Pistillum, magnitudine naturali.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with beardless tips, just without the blossom; shaft a long way without; the top of the seed-bud crowned with glands; blossoms club-shaped, near an inch long, and of a red-scarlet colour; flowers solitary, sitting close on the ends of the branches; leaves grow by fours, linear and smooth.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM upright, a foot and a half high, smooth; branches upright; small branches twiggy, rather upright, thread-shaped.

LEAVES grow by fours, linear, smooth, pointed; with very short foot-stalks pressed to the stem.

FLOWERS terminal, solitary, forming a spike near the summit of the stem; scarcely any footstalks.

EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, leaflets awl-shaped, fringed, a little reflexed at the ends.

BLOSSOM tubular, downy, gouty at the base, segments of the mouth, spathula shaped and reflexed.

CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads; tips just without the blossom and beardless.

POINTAL. Seed-bud egg-shaped, furrowed, surrounded at the base and top with glands. Shaft thread-shaped, without the blossom. Summit blunt.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from March till June.

REFERENCE.

1. A Flower.

2. The Empalement magnified.

3. The Chives and Pointal, one tip magnified.

4. The Seed-bud magnified.

5. The Pointal natural size.

ERICA Lambertia.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris cristatis, inclusis; corollis subglobosis, inflatis, glabris, albis; oris laciniis ad basin utrinque gibbis, parum imbricatis, erectis; foliolis calycinis patentibus; foliis ternis, acuminatis, reflexis.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS fruticosus, subpedalis; rami et ramuli divaricati, suberecti.

FOLIA quaterna, acuminata, glabra, juniora erecto-patentia, seniora reflexa; petiolis brevibus, adpressis.

FLORES in medio ramulorum solitarii vel terni, cernui; pedunculi colorati, longitudine corollarum, bracteis tribus coloratis instructi.

CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis ovato-acuminatis, coloratis, concavis, patentibus.

COROLLA subglobosa, inflata, alba, glabra, magnitudine pisi majoris, laciniis subimbricatis, ovatis, ad basin gibbis, erectis.

STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria. Antheræ cristatæ, inclusæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen subcylindricum, sulcatum. Stylus subinclusus. Stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a Maio in Julium.

REFERENTIA.

1. Folium, lente auctum.

2. Flos.

3. Calyx, auctus.

4. Stamina et Pistillum.

5. Stamina, aucta.

6. Pistillum, Stigma diductum, et auctum.

7. Germen, lente auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with crested tips, within the blossoms, which are nearly globular, swelled out, smooth and white; segments of the border hunched at the base on both fides, slightly lapped and upright; leaflets of the cup spreading; leaves grow by threes, tapered, and bent back.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM shrubby, near a foot high; large and small branches grow straddling, rather upright.

LEAVES grow by fours, tapered, smooth, the younger ones upright-spreading; the older ones reflexed; with short foot-stalks pressed to the stem.

FLOWERS grow in the middle of the small branches, solitary or by threes, and nodding; foot-stalks coloured, the length of the blossoms, with three coloured floral leaves on them.

EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved; leaflets egg-shaped, tapered, coloured, concave, and spreading.

BLOSSOM nearly globular, swelled out, white, smooth, the size of a large pea; segments a little tiled, egg-shaped, hunched at the base, upright.

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

POINTAL. Seed-bud nearly cylindric, furrowed. Shaft just within the blossom. Summit four-cornered.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from May, till July.

REFERENCE.

1. A Leaf, magnified.

2. A Flower.

3. The Empalement, magnified.

4. The Chives and Pointal.

5. The Chives, magnified.

6. The Pointal; the Summit detached and magnified.

7. The Seed-bud, magnified.

ERICA latifolia.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA antheris muticis, exsertis; floribus axillaribus umbellatis, ternis, pendulis, læte rubris; pedunculis corollis triplo longioribus; corollis subglobosis; foliis ternis, latissimis, ovato-acuminatis, pilis supra tectis, marginibus revolutis.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS fruticosus, flexuosus, ramosus, pedalis; rami verticillati; ramuli pauci, suberecti.

FOLIA terna, latissima, ovato-acuminata, supra pilis vestita, convexa, subtus concava, albida, margine revoluta.

FLORES in medio ramulorum spicati, umbellati, sub-terni, ex axillis foliorum, cernui; pedunculi colorati, longitudine corollarum, bracteis tribus minutis instructi.

CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis ovatis, erectis, concavis, adpressis, apicibus viridibus.

COROLLA subglobosa, glabra, læte-rubra; ore arctato, limbo erecto, minuto.

STAMINA. Filamenta octo plana, longitudine corollæ. Antheræ muticæ, exsertæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen subglobosum, sulcatum, pilosum. Stylus filiformis exsersus. Stigma concavum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a Maio, in Augustum.

REFERENTIA.

1. Folium, magnitudine naturali.

2. Idem, auctum.

3. Flos.

4. Calyx, lente auctus.

5. Stamina, et Pistillum.

6. Stamina et Pistillum, lente aucta.

7. Pistillum, Stigma auctum.

8. Germen, auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH with beardless tips, without the blossom; flowers grow from the insertion of the leaves in umbels, by threes, hanging down and bright red; with the foot-stalks thrice the length of the blossom; blossoms nearly globular; leaves grow by threes, very broad, egg-shape-tapered, covered on the upper surface with hairs and rolled back at the edges.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM shrubby, zig-zagged, very much branched, a foot high; branches in whorls; small branches few, nearly upright.

LEAVES grow by threes, egg-shaped-tapered, clothed on the upper surface with hairs and convex, concave beneath and whitish, rolled back at the edge.

FLOWERS in the middle of the small branches in spikes, grow from the insertion of the leaves in umbels of threes, hanging down; foot-stalks coloured the length of the blossoms, with three small floral leaves on them.

EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, leaflets egg-shaped, upright, concave, pressed to the stem, with green ends.

BLOSSOM nearly globular, smooth and of a bright red; mouth narrowed, border upright, small.

CHIVES. Eight flat threads, the length of the blossom. Tips beardless, without the blossom.

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

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from May, till August.

REFERENCE.

1. A leaf, natural size.

2. The same, magnified.

3. A flower.

4. The Empalement, magnified.

5. The Chives, and Pointal.

6. The Chives and Pointal, magnified.

7. The Pointal, magnified.

8. The Seed-bud, magnified.

ERICA Linnæa.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA antheris muticis, inclusis; corollis clavatis, villosis, albis; floribus sub-sessilibus, terminalibus, racemosis; foliolis calycinis dentatis; foliis ternis, linearibus, ciliatis, consertis.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS fruticosus, erectus; rami pauci, erecti; ramuli frequentissimi, brevissimi, pilosi.

FOLIA terna, linearia, ciliata, recta, subtus sulcata, petiolis brevissimis, adpressis.

FLORES in ramulis terminales, racemum formantes longum, densissimum; pedunculis fere nullis; bracteis adpressis.

CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis ovato-acuminatis, dentatis, adpressis.

COROLLA clavata, alba, diaphana, pilosa; laciniis obtusis, erectis.

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

PISTILLUM. Germen globosum, sulcatum, pilosum. Stylus filiformis, subinclusus. Stigma capitatum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mense Martii in Junium.

REFERENTIA.

1. Flos.

2. Calyx, auctus.

3. Stamina et Pistillum.

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

5. Pistillum, Stigma diductum, auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH with beardless tips, within the blossom; blossoms club-shaped, hairy, and white; flowers almost without foot-stalks, terminate the smaller branches, forming long bunches; the leaflets of the cup are toothed; leaves grow by threes, are linear, fringed, and crowded together.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM shrubby, upright; branches few, upright, smaller branches numerous, very short, hairy.

LEAVES grow by threes, linear, fringed, straight out, furrowed beneath, with very short foot-stalks, pressed to the branches.

FLOWERS terminate the smaller branches, making a long, close bunch; foot-stalks hardly any; floral leaves close to the blossom.

EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, leaflets egg-shaped, tapered, toothed, and pressed to the blossom.

BLOSSOM club-shaped, white, transparent, hairy; segments blunt, upright.

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

POINTAL. Seed-bud globular, furrowed, hairy. Shaft thread-shaped, just within the blossom. Summit headed.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from the month of March till June.

REFERENCE.

1. A Flower.

2. The Empalement, magnified.

3. The Chives and Pointal.

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

5. The Pointal, the Summit detached, magnified.

ERICA Linnæoides.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris muticis, inclusis, corollis sub-cylindricis, grossis, villosis; floribus sub-sessilibus, ramulos terminantibus; foliis quaternis, linearibus, pilosis, consertis.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS fruticosus, erectus, et patens. Ramuli numerosi, pilosi.

FOLIA quaterna, linearia, pilosa, patentia, et subtus sulcata, petiolis brevissimis adpressis.

FLORES in ramulis terminales, sub-quaterni, horizontaliter; pedunculis fere nullis; bracteis adpressis.

CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis lanceolatis, pilosis, adpressis.

COROLLA sub-cylindracea, grossa, et pilosa, ad basin purpurea, et superne alba; laciniis ovatis, patentibus.

STAMINA. Filamenta octo, capillaria; antheræ muticæ, inclusæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen tiaræforme, sulcatum, pilosum. Stylus filiformis, sub-exertus. Stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mense Januarii ad Maium.

REFERENTIA.

1. Folium lente auctum.

2. Flos, magnitudine naturali,

3. Calyx lente auctus.

4. Stamina a Pistillo diducta, antherâ unâ lente auctâ.

5. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto,

6. Germen lente auctum,

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with beardless tips within the blossom. Blossoms nearly cylindrical, swelled, and hairy. Flowers almost without foot-stalks, terminating the small branches. Leaves grow by fours, are linear, hairy, and crowded together.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM shrubby, upright, and spreading. The smaller branches are numerous and hairy.

LEAVES by fours, linear, hairy, spreading, and furrowed beneath, with very short foot-stalks pressed to the branches.

FLOWERS terminate the smaller branches mostly by fours in a horizontal direction. Scarcely any foot-stalks. Floral leaves pressed to the cup.

EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved; leaflets lance-shaped, hairy, and pressed to the blossom.

BLOSSOM nearly cylindrical, swelled, and hairy, purple at the base, and white at the upper part; the segments are ovate, and spreading.

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

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

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from the month of January till May,

REFERENCE.

1. A Leaf magnified.

2. A Flower, natural size.

3. The Empalement magnified.

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

5. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified,

6. The Seed-bud magnified.

ERICA leucanthera.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA antheris cristatis, inclusis; floribus capitatis, congestis, terminalibus; corollis urceoli-formibus, albicantibus; foliis ternis, erectis, adpressis, longitudine internodiorum; rami filiformes.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS fruticosus, pedalis; rami et ramuli filiformes et capillares.

FOLIA terna, linearia, adpressa, trigona, glabra, obtusa, longitudine internodiorum.

FLORES in ramulis terminales, conferti, racemosi; pedunculi brevi, capillares, bracteis tribus, linearibus instructi.

CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis concavis, sub-ovatis, apicibus tenuissime serratis.

COROLLA urceolata, alba, subcylindrica; laciniis obtusis, suberectis.

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

PISTILLUM. Germen subrotundum, sulcatum, apice concavum, basi glandulosum. Stylus filiformis, erectus, inclusus. Stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a Januario in Martium.

REFERENTIA.

1. Calyx et Corolla.

2. Calyx, lente auctus.

3. Stamina et Pistillum, lente auctum.

4. Germen, auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH with crested tips, within the blossom; flowers grow in small heads, crowded together, terminating the branches; blossoms pitcher-shaped and whitish; leaves grow by threes, upright, pressed to the stem, the length of the intervals; branches thread-shaped.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM shrubby, a foot high, the larger and smaller branches are thread-shaped and hair-like.

LEAVES grow by threes, linear, pressed to the stem, three-sided, smooth, blunt, the length of the intervals.

FLOWERS terminate the small branches, clustered together, forming long bunches; foot-stalks short, hair-like, having three, linear floral leaves.

EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, leaflets concave, nearly egg-shaped, with the ends slightly sawed.

BLOSSOM pitcher-shaped, white, rather cylindrical; segments blunt and nearly upright.

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

POINTAL. Seed-bud roundish, and furrowed, concave at top, glandular at the base. Shaft thread-shaped, upright, within the blossom. Summit four-cornered.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from January ’till March.

REFERENCE.

1. The Empalement, and Blossom.

2. The Empalement, magnified.

3. The Chives and Pointal, magnified.

4. The Seed-bud, magnified.

ERICA lucida.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris cristatis subinclusis, floribus terminalibus ternatis campanulatis, foliis itidem ternatis lucidisque.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS fruticosus, strictus, gracilis, bipedalis; rami plerumque ternati, patentes, itidem graciles, ramulis sæpe oppositis.

FOLIA ternata, subulata, erecta, brevissime petiolata, lævia, lucida, viridia, sed sæpe tincturâ fuscedinis.

FLORES terminales in umbellulis trifloris; pedunculi circiter longitudinem florum, superne bracteis tribus, coloratis, ciliatisque, instructi.

CALYX tetraphyllus, foliolis late ovatis, acutis, ciliatisque.

COROLLA breviter campanulata, laciniis patulis, pallide carneis, et lucidis.

STAMINA filamenta octo, capillaria; antheræ cristatæ, subinclusæ.

PISTILLUM, germen tiaræforme; stylus columnaris, basi dilatatus, antheras superans.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mense Aprili in Junium.

REFERENTIA.

1. Pagina inferior folii lente aucta.

2. Flos.

3. Calyx lente auctus, cum pedunculo.

4. Corolla lente aucta.

5. Stamina et Pistillum lente aucta.

6. Pistillum lente auctum, diductum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with crested tips just within the blossom, flowers terminal in threes bell-shaped, leaves likewise in threes and shining.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM shrubby, streight, slender, two feet high; branches chiefly in threes, spreading, also slender, with the lesser branches often opposite.

LEAVES in threes, awl-shaped, erect, very shortly petiolate, smooth, shining, green, but often with a tincture of brown.

FLOWERS terminal in little three-flowered umbels; footstalks about the length of the flowers, furnished above with three coloured, ciliated, floral leaves.

EMPALEMENT four-leaved, with the little leaves broad egg-shaped, sharp-pointed and ciliated.

BLOSSOM shortly bell-shaped, with rather spreading segments, of a pale, shining, flesh colour.

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

POINTAL, seed-bud turban-shaped; shaft columnar, dilated at the base, higher than the tips.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from April till June.

REFERENCE.

1. The under-side of a leaf magnified.

2. A Flower.

3. The Empalement magnified, with the peduncle.

4. The Blossom magnified.

5. The Chives and Pointal magnified.

6. The Pointal magnified, detached.

ERICA Monsoniana.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA antheris aristatis, inclusis; stylo exserto; floribus terminalibus ternis; calyce duplici, albo; corollis oblongo-ovatis, candidissimis, fauce arctatis; foliis ternis, glabris.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS fruticosus, erectus, sexpedalis et ultra; rami erecti, pauci; ramuli frequentissimi, brevi.

FOLIA terna, glabra, in ramis adultioribus latiora, obtusa, in ramulis junioribus linearia, acuta, minora; petiolis brevissimis.

FLORES in ramulorum apice terni, nutantes, albi, spicam quasi formantes prope caulis summitatem; pedunculi fere nulli.

CALYX. Perianthium, duplex, _exterium_ tetraphyllum; foliolæ oblongæ, membranaceæ, obtusæ apice reflexæ, liberæ, coloratæ; _interium_ foliolis similibus sed duplo majoribus priori.

COROLLA oblongo-ovata, acuminata, glabra, fauce arctata, candidissima; laciniis reflexis, obtusis.

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

PISTILLUM. Germen oblongum, glabrum, ad basin glandulosum. Stylus filiformis, parum curvatus. Stigma tubulosum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a Maio, in Julium.

REFERENTIA.

1. Folia terminalia ramulorum ad basin florum.

2. Calyx

3. Corolla.

4. Stamina et Pistillum, anthera una diducta, lente aucta.

5. Germen auctum.

6. Pistillum, magnitudine naturali, Stigma auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH with bearded tips, within the blossom; shaft without; flowers terminate the branches by threes; cup double, white; blossoms oblong-egg-shaped, of a very clear white, and narrowed at the mouth; leaves grow by threes, and smooth.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM shrubby, upright, grows six feet high, and more; branches upright, and few; smaller branches numerous, short.

LEAVES grow by threes, smooth, on the older branches broader and blunt, on the younger linear, pointed and smaller; very short foot-stalks.

FLOWERS grow by threes at the end of the smaller branches, hanging down, and white, forming as it were a spike near the top of the stem; hardly any foot-stalks.

EMPALEMENT. Cup double, _the outer_ four-leaved; the leaflets oblong, skinny, obtuse, turned back at the top, loose and coloured; _the inner_ with leaflets like the other but twice the size.

BLOSSOM oblong egg-shaped, tapered, smooth, narrowed at the mouth, of a very clear white; segments reflexed, blunt.

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

POINTAL. Seed-bud oblong, smooth, glandular at the base. Shaft thread-shaped, a little curved. Summit tubular.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from May, till July.

REFERENCE.

1. The terminating leaves of the smaller branches at the base of the flowers.

2. The Empalement.

3. The Blossom.

4. The Chives and Pointal, one Tip detached, magnified.

5. The Seed-bud, magnified.

6. The Pointal, natural size. Summit magnified.

ERICA multiflora.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA antheris muticis, exsertis; corollis cylindraceo-urceolatis, costatis; floribus axillaribus, subterminalibus; pedunculis flore triple fere longioribus, ternatis; foliis quaternis seu quinis, linearibus, patentibus, obtusis, glabris.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS fruticosus, erectus, ramosus; rami et ramuli rigidi, erecti.

FOLIA quaterna seu quina, patentia, obtusa, glabra, linearia, recta.

FLORES axillares, sub-terminales, sub-spicati, ternati; pedunculi capillares, longissimi, corollæ triplo longiores, bracteis tribus, minutis, instructi.

CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis, ovatis, concavis, coloratis.

COROLLA cylindraceo-urceolata, costata, sub-carnea; laciniis minutis, reflexis.

STAMINA. Filamenta octo, capillaria, longitudine corollæ. Antheræ muticæ, exsertæ, nigræ.

PISTILLUM. Germen turbinatum, quadri-sulcatum, apice arctatum. Stylus filiformis, exsertus. Stigma tetragonum.

Habitat in Lusitania.

Floret ab Octobre in Decembrem.

REFERENTIA.

1. Umbella florum.

2. Calyx, auctus.

3. Stamina et Pistillum, anthera una aucta.

4. Pistillum, auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH with beardless tips, without the blossom, which is of a cylindrical pitcher shape and ribbed; flowers grow from the base of the leaves nearly terminal, with flower stems nearly thrice the length of the blossom, growing by threes; leaves grow by fours or fives, linear, spreading, obtuse and smooth.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM shrubby, upright, branching; large and small branches harsh, upright.

LEAVES grow by fours or fives, spreading, blunt, smooth, linear, and straight.

FLOWERS grow from the insertion of the leaves, nearly terminal, almost spiked, ternate; foot-stalks hair-like, very long, thrice the length of the blossom, with three floral leaves on them.

EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, leaflets egg-shaped, concave, coloured.

BLOSSOM cylindrically pitcher-shaped, ribbed, slightly flesh-coloured, segments small, reflexed.

CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads, the length of the blossom. Tips beardless, without the blossom and black.

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

Native of Portugal.

Flowers from October till December.

REFERENCE.

1. An umbel of flowers.

2. The Cup, magnified.

3. The Chives and Pointal, one tip magnified.

4. The Pointal, magnified.

ERICA Nivenia.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA antheris basi bicornibus, exsertis; corollis subturbinatis, costatis, purpureis, laciniis revolutis; foliolis calycinis apice barbatis; floribus terminalibus, umbellatis; foliis ternis, lato-linearibus, obtusis, marginibus hispidis.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS fruticosus, palmaris, ramosus; rami et ramuli divaricati, patentes.

FOLIA terna, lato-linearia, obtusa, margine pilis longissimis obsita, subtus sulcata, patentia.

FLORES terminales, umbellati; pedunculi longissimi, capillares, bracteis tribus foliolis calycis similibus instructi.

CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis spathulatis, denticulatis, viscosis, apice barbatis.

COROLLA subturbinata, costata, fauce parum arctata, purpurea; laciniis revolutis.

STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria, torta. Antheræ bicornutæ, exsertæ, nigræ, lineariæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen ovale, sulcatum. Stylus filiformis, parum curvatus, exsersus. Stigma obsoletum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a Februario in Junium.

REFERENTIA.

1. Folium.

2. Flos.

3. Calyx, auctus.

4. Stamina et Pistillum, auctum.

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

6. Pistillum, auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH with tips two-horned at the base, without the blossom; blossoms nearly top-shaped, ribbed, purple, segments rolled back; leaflets of the cup bearded at the tip; flowers terminate the branches in umbels; leaves grow by threes, broadly linear, blunt, margins with strong hairs.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM shrubby, a hand high, very branching; the large and small branches grow straddling, and spreading.

LEAVES grow by threes, broadly linear, blunt, beset with long hairs at the edge, furrowed beneath, and spreading.

FLOWERS terminate the branches in umbels; foot-stalks very long, hair-like, with three floral leaves like the leaflets of the cup on them.

EMPALEMENT. Cup three-leaved, leaflets spathula-shaped, slightly toothed, clammy, and bearded at the point.

BLOSSOM nearly top-shaped, ribbed, a little drawn in at the mouth, and purple; segments rolled back.

CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads, twisted. Tips two-horned, without the blossom, black, linear.

POINTAL. Seed-bud oval, furrowed. Shaft thread-shaped, a little curved, and without the blossom. Summit obsolete.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from February till June.

REFERENCE.

1. A Leaf.

2. A Flower.

3. The Empalement, magnified.

4. The Chives and Pointal, magnified.

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

6. The Pointal, magnified.

ERICA obbata.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris basi bicornibus, inclusis; flores quaterni, terminales, erecti, ventricosi; limbus maximus, laciniis patentibus, rotundatis, crenulatis; glandulæ octo fauci circumpositæ; foliis quaternis, reflexis, rigidis, ciliatis.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS fruticosus, pedalis ramosus; rami laxi, filiformes, sub-erecti.

FOLIA quaterna, reflexa, rigida, ciliata, subtus sulcata; petioli brevissimi.

FLORES terminales, quaterni, erecti, glaberrimi, sessili; pedunculi brevissimi, bracteis tribus ovatis, ciliatis, adpressis, instructi.

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

COROLLA ventricosa, basi quadrata, ore arctata, leviter striata, glaberrima; limbus maximus, laciniis crenulatis, rotundatis, patentibus; glandulæ octo, fauci circumpositæ.

STAMINA. Filamenta octo, capillaria. Antheræ inclusæ, bifidæ, basi bicornes.

PISTILLUM. Germen acuminatum, basi glandulosum. Stylus filiformis, subexsertus. Stigma subtetragonum, purpureum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mense Aprilis, in Junium.

REFERENTIA.

1. Calyx et Corolla.

2. Calyx, lente auctus.

3. Corolla.

4. Lacinia una limbi, aucta.

5. Stamina, anthera una lente aucta.

6. Pistillum, lente auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with tips two horned at the base, within the blossom; flowers grow by fours terminating the branches, upright and bellied; border very large, segments spreading, rounded, slightly scolloped; eight glands placed round the mouth; leaves grow by fours, reflexed, harsh, and fringed.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM shrubby, a foot high, branching; branches loose, thread-shaped, rather upright.

LEAVES grow by fours, reflexed, harsh, fringed, furrowed beneath; very short foot-stalks.

FLOWERS terminate the branches by fours, are upright, smooth, and sit close on to the branch; foot-stalks very short, having three egg-shaped, fringed floral leaves, which are pressed to the cup.

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

BLOSSOM bellied, squared at the base, straitened at the mouth, slightly striped, and very smooth; border very large, segments a little scolloped, rounded and spreading; eight glands surrounding the mouth.

CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads. Tips within the blossom, two-cleft, and two horns at the base.

POINTAL. Seed-bud tapered, glandular at the base. Shaft thread-shaped, nearly without the blossom. Summit a little four-cornered, and purple.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from the month of April, till June.

REFERENCE.

1. The Empalement and Blossom.

2. The Empalement, magnified.

3. The Blossom.

4. One segment of the border, magnified.

5. The Chives, one tip, magnified.

6. The Pointal, magnified.

ERICA palustris.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris muticis inclusis, corollâ subtrilineari pubescente, foliisque quaternis pubescentibus, tubo anguste campanulato, laciniis brevibus.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS tenuis, et flexuosus, ramis divaricatis itidemque tenuibus, ramulis numerosis brevibusque.

FOLIA quaterna, expansa, vel recurvata, linearia, obtusa, et pubescentia.

FLORES terminales in ramulis lateralibus et numerosi, subverticillati, et sæpius ternati; pedunculi corollis duplo breviores, basi bracteis tribus minutis vestiti.

CALYX tetraphyllus, foliolis subulatis, minutimque ciliatis.

COROLLA sub-cylindrica, vel potius angustissime campanulata, pubescens, incarnata, sive pallide coccinea, laciniis patulis, ovatis, obtusis, albidis, vel melius eleganter cerinis.

STAMINA octo, capillaria; antheræ muticæ, inclusæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen tiaræforme et sulcatum. Stylus filiformis. Stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mense Maii ad Octobrem.

REFERENTIA.

1. Folium lente auctum.

2. Calyx lente auctus.

3. Stamina diducta, antherâ unicâ lente auctâ.

4. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.

5. Germen lente auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with beardless included tips, blossom near three lines long pubescent, leaves in fours and also pubescent, and a narrowly bell-shaped tube, with short segments.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM slender, and flexuose, with divaricating slender branches, and numerous short lesser branches.

LEAVES in fours, expanded, or recurved, linear, blunt-ended, and downy.

FLOWERS terminal on the small lateral branches and numerous, somewhat whorled, and frequently in threes; peduncles only half the length of the blossom, and furnished at the base with three minute floral leaves.

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

BLOSSOM somewhat cylindrical, or rather very narrowly bell-shaped, downy, flesh-coloured, or pale coccineous, with the segments spreading, egg-shaped, blunt-ended, and whitish, or rather of a fine waxen colour.

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

POINTAL. Seed-bud turban-shaped, and furrowed. Shaft thread-shaped. Summit four-cornered.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from the month of May till October.

REFERENCE.

1. A Leaf magnified.

2. The Empalement magnified,

3. The Chives detached, with one tip magnified.

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

5. The Seed-bud magnified.

ERICA patens.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA antheris muticis, sub-inclusis, clavatis; floribus terminalibus, ternis; corollis campanulatis, purpureis, tubo brevissimo, laciniis maximis, expansis; foliis ternis, ovalibus, concavis, ciliatis, flaccidis.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS futicosus, erectus, bipedalis; rami filiformes, verticillati; ramuli frequentissimi, virgati, patentes.

FOLIA terna, ovalia, concava, ciliata, obtusa, patentia; petiolis brevissimis, adpressis.

FLORES in apice ramulorum terni, copiosi; pedunculi brevissimi, bracteis tribus adpressis instructi.

CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis elipticis, concavis, ciliatis, adpressis.

COROLLA campanulata, purpurea; tubo brevissimo; laciniis ovatis, concavis, maximis, expansis.

STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria, curvata. Antheræ muticæ, clavatæ, subinclusæ longitudine staminum.

PISTILLUM. Germen sub-globosum, sulcatum, tomentosum, ad basin glandulosum. Stylus filiformis, exsertus. Stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a Februario in Junium.

REFERENTIA.

1. Folium, auctum.

2. Flos, magnitudine naturali.

3. Calyx auctus.

4. Stamina et Pistillum, aucta.

5. Stamina a Pistillo diducta, aucta.

6. Pistillum, auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH with beardless tips, just within the blossom and club-shaped; flowers terminate the branches by threes; blossoms bell-shaped, purple, tube very short, with very large spreading segments; leaves grow by threes oval, concave, fringed and flaccid.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM shrubby, upright, grows two feet high; large branches thread-shaped, whorled; small branches numerous, twiggy and spreading.

LEAVES grow by threes, oval, concave, fringed, blunt, spreading; with very short foot-stalks pressed to the stem.

FLOWERS terminate the small branches by threes and very numerous; foot-stalks very short, having three floral leaves pressed to the cup.

EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved; leaflets eliptic, concave, fringed and pressed to the blossom.

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

CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads, curved. Tips beardless, club-shaped, just within the blossom, the length of the threads.

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

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from February till June.

REFERENCE.

1. A leaf, magnified.

2. A Flower, natural size.

3. The Empalement, magnified.

4. The Chives and Pointal, magnified.

5. The Chives detached from the Pointal, magnified.

6. The Pointal, magnified.

ERICA penicillata.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA antheris muticis, exsertis, penicillatis; corolla conica, purpurea, laciniis luteis, minutis, erectis; floribus spicatis, solitariis, pendulis; foliolis calycinis dorso canaliculatis, basi, auriculatis, coloratis; bracteis minutis, remotis; foliis ternis, fasciculatis, linearibus, glabris.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS erectus, fruticosus; rami subsimplices, longi; ramuli brevissimi conserti.

FOLIA terna, linearia, glabra, acuta, patentia, fasciculata; petiolis brevissimis, adpressis.

FLORES solitarii, penduli, medio ramorum spicati; pedunculi colorati, longi, bracteis tribus, minutis, remotis, instructi.

CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum; foliolis, dorso canaliculatis, auriculatis, coloratis, acutis, adpressis.

COROLLA conica, purpurea; laciniis, minutis, erectis, luteo-virentibus.

STAMINA. Filamenta octo, plana. Antheræ muticæ, penicillatæ, exsertæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen conicum, striatum. Stylus filiformis, exsertus, staminibus longior. Stigma subpeltatum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a Maio, in Augustum.

REFERENTIA.

1. Flos.

2. Calyx, auctus.

3. Stamina et Pistillum.

4. Stamina a Pistillo diducta anthera una lente aucta.

5. Pistillum, Stigma auctum.

6. Germen, auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH with beardless tips, without the blossom and formed like a pencil; blossom conical, purple, segments yellow, small, and upright; flowers grow in spikes, solitary, hanging down; the leaflets of the cup are channelled at the back, eared at the base and coloured; floral leaves very small, distant; leaves grow by threes, bundled, linear, and smooth.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM upright, shrubby; branches nearly simple, long; small branches close together.

LEAVES grow by threes, linear, smooth, pointed, spreading, and bundled; with very short footstalks pressed to the stem.

FLOWERS grow solitary, hanging down making a spike from the middle of the branches; footstalks coloured, long, having the small floral leaves on their lower part.

EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved; leaflets channelled at the back, eared, coloured, pointed and pressed to the blossom.

BLOSSOM conical and purple; segments small, upright, greenish-yellow.

CHIVES. Eight chives, flat. Tips beardless, pencil-like and without the blossom.

POINTAL. Seed-bud conical, streaked. Shaft thread-shaped, without the blossom, longer than the chives. Summit nearly shield-shaped.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from May, till August.

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, the Summit magnified.

6. The Seed-bud, magnified.

ERICA petiveriana _aurantia_.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris muticis, exsertis; corolla conica, aurantia, incurvata, pollicaris, limbo inflato clauso; calycinis foliolis imbricatis, subovatis, mucronatis, rigidis; floribus subternis, terminalibus; foliis ternis, linearibus, rigidis, obtusis, patentibus.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS erectus sesquipedalis, fuscus; rami tecti ramulis ternis, consertis, patentibus.

FOLIA terna, linearia, rigida, sub-scabra, subtus sulcata, obtusa, patentia.

FLORES sub-terni, ramulorum terminales incurvati, penduli; pedunculi brevissimi.

CALYX. Perianthium duplex, _exterium_, tetraphyllum, foliolis lato ovatis, rigidis, luteis, adpressis, imbricatis; _interium_, tetraphyllum, foliolis priori similibus sed duplo longioribus.

COROLLA conica, calyce triplo longior, aurantia; laciniis limbi ovatis, erectis, inflatis, incurvis.

STAMINA. Filamenta octo, linearia, plana. Antheræ muticæ, exsertæ, lineares, corollæ longitudine, planæ, rubro-fuscæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen ovatum, sulcatum. Stylus, filiformis longitudine antherarum. Stigma obsolete-tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a Martio in Maium.

REFERENTIA.

1. Flos.

2. Calyx auctus.

3. Stamina, et Pistillum.

4. Stamina libera, anthera una diducta lente aucta.

5. Pistillum, magnitudine naturali.

6. Germen, lente auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH with beardless tips, without the blossom, which is cone-shaped, orange, incurved and an inch long, the border swelled and shut; leaflets of the empalement tiled, nearly egg-shaped, pointed, harsh; flowers mostly by threes, terminal; leaves by threes, linear, harsh, blunt, and spreading.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM upright, a foot and a half high, brown; branches covered by smaller branches growing by threes, close together and spreading.

LEAVES grow by threes, linear, harsh, rather rough, furrowed beneath, blunt and spreading.

FLOWERS grow mostly by threes, terminating the small branches, turned inwards and hanging down; foot-stalks very short.

EMPALEMENT. Cup double, _the outer_, three-leaved, leaflets broad-egg-shaped, harsh, yellow, pressed to the inner ones and tiled; _the inner_, four-leaved, leaflets like those of the outer, but twice the length.

BLOSSOM conical, thrice the length of the cup, orange-coloured; segments of the border egg-shaped, upright, swelled out and incurved.

CHIVES. Eight linear, flat threads. Tips beardless, without the blossom, linear, the length of the blossom, flat and of red-brown.

POINTAL. Seed-bud egg-shaped, furrowed. Shaft thread-shaped, the length of the tips. Summit bluntly four-cornered.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from March till May.

REFERENCE.

1. A Flower.

2. The Empalement magnified.

3. The Chives, and Pointal.

4. The Chives free, one tip detached, magnified.

5. The Pointal, natural size.

6. The Seed-bud magnified.

ERICA Petiveriana _hirsuta_.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris muticis exertis, longissimis, corollis pendulis clavatis incurvis, foliis hirsutis.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS erectus, inferne ramulis numerosis.

FOLIA ternata, subulata, hirsuta, parum flexuosa, petiolis adpressis, juniora patula, seniora reflexa.

FLORES terminales in ramulis lateralibus, 1-3. nati, penduli, incurvi, pedunculis brevibus.

CALYX duplex, læte ruber et lucens, tinctura flavedinis, exterior 3-, interior 4-phyllus, foliolis omnibus late ovatis.

COROLLA clavata, incurva, uncialis, læete rubra et lucens, basi tumida quadrifida, oris laciniis incurvis filamentis adpressis.

STAMINA octo, capillaria, incurva, receptaculo affixa; antheræ muticæ longissimæ exertæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen tiaræforme. Stylus filiformis. Stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret Januario in Aprilem.

REFERENTIA.

1. Inferior pars Folii lente aucta.

2. Calyx lente auctus.

3. Corolla calyce diducta.

4. Stamina et Pistillum.

5. Eadem expansa, antherâ unicâ lente auctâ.

6. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with very long beardless tips without the pendulous club-shaped incurved blossoms; and with hairy leaves.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM erect, furnished with numerous small branches downwards.

LEAVES in threes, subulate, hairy, a little flexuose, with foot-stalks pressed to the branches; the younger leaves rather spreading, the older reflexed.

FLOWERS terminal on the small lateral branches, one to three together, pendulous, incurved, with short foot-stalks.

EMPALEMENT double, bright shining-red, tinctured with yellow, the outer three-, the inner four-leaved, with all the leaflets broad egg-shaped.

BLOSSOM club-shaped, incurved, an inch long, bright-shining-red, swelled and quadrifid at the base, with the segments of the mouth incurved and pressed to the filaments.

CHIVES eight hair-like incurved threads fixed to the receptacle; tips beardless very long, and without the blossom.

POINTAL. Germen turban-shaped. Shaft thread-shaped. Summit four-cornered.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from January till April.

REFERENCE.

1. The under-side of a Leaf magnified.

2. The Empalement magnified.

3. A Blossom detached from the Empalement.

4. The Chives and Pointal.

5. The same spread open, with one tip magnified.

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

ERICA pinifolia coccinea.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris muticis inclusis, floribus dense verticillatis tubulosis, foliis consertis subsenis incurvis.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS fruticosus, brevis, robustus, paululum flexuosus, cicatricibus foliorum asper; rami foliis dense tecti, numerosi, subverticillati, patentes, atque expansi, apicibus adscendentibus.

FOLIA plerumque sena, perconferta, linearia, subuncialia, lente obsolete pubescentia, subtus sulcata, seniora recurva, sed post medium incurvo-adscendentia, et inde sæpe hamata; petiolis adpressis.

FLORES verticillatim spicati, conferti, nutantes, coccinei; pedunculi sesquilineares, pubescentes, irregulariter bracteati.

CALYX tetraphyllus, foliolis lineari-subulatis, valde pubescentibus, adpressis.

COROLLA tubulosa, apicem versus paululum recurvula, laciniis revolutis obtusis, obsoletissime crenulatis.

STAMINA octo, capillaria, antheris sub-inclusis, muticis.

PISTILLUM. Germen tiaræforme, superne dilatatum, lanatum; stylus filiformis, sub-exclusus, antheras paulo superans; stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mense Maii in Aprilem.

REFERENTIA.

1. Calyx cum pedunculo lente auctus.

2. Flos.

3. Stamina, et Pistillum.

4. Idem expansa, antherâ unicâ lente auctâ.

5. Pistillum diductum, stigmate lente aucto.

6. Germen lente auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with beardless tips within the blossom, flowers densely whorled tubular, leaves crowded chiefly in sixes and incurved.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM shrubby, short, stout, a little flexuose, rough with the cicatrices of the leaves; the branches densely covered with leaves, numerous, whorled, spreading, and expanded, with ascending points.

LEAVES chiefly in sixes, very crowded, linear, about an inch long, obscurely pubescent when magnified, furrowed beneath; the older ones, recurved, but beyond the middle incurvedly ascending, and thence often hook-shaped; with footstalks pressed to the branches.

FLOWERS verticillately spiked, crowded, nodding, scarlet; peduncles a line and a half long, pubescent, and irregularly bracteated.

EMPALEMENT four-leaved, the little leaves linear-awl-shaped, very pubescent, and pressed to the blossom.

BLOSSOM tubular, slightly recurved towards the point, with segments rolled back, blunt, and very obsoletely crenulated.

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

POINTAL. Seed-bud turban-shaped, dilated above, woolly; shaft thread-shaped, just without the blossom, a little higher than the tips; summit four-cornered.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from May till April.

REFERENCE.

1. The Calyx with the foot-stalk magnified.

2. A Flower.

3. The Chives, and Pointal.

4. The same expanded, with one tip magnified.

5. The Pointal detached, with the summit magnified.

6. The Seed-bud magnified.

ERICA plumosa.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA antheris aristatis, stylo incluso; corollis urceolatis, purpureis, glabris; calyce colorato, villoso; floribus axillaribus, pendulis, verticillatis; foliis quaternis, linearibus, obtusis, villosis.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS fruticosis, flexuosus; rami et ramuli glabri, filiformes, suberecti.

FOLIA quaterna, obtusa, villosa, patentia, linearia, subtus sulcata; petiolis adpressis.

FLORES axillares, verticillati, subsolitarii, cernui; pedunculi longitudine florum, colorati, bracteis tribus, hirsutis, instructi.

CALYX. Perianthium, tetraphyllum, foliolis pilosis, coloratis, apicibus viridibus.

COROLLA urceolata, glabra, purpurea; laciniis erectis.

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

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

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a Martio in Julium.

REFERENCE.

1. Folium, lente auctum.

2. Flos.

3. Calyx, lente auctus.

4. Corolla.

5. Stamina et Pistillum.

6. Stamina a Pistillo diducta.

7. Stamen unum, lente auctum.

8. Pistillum, Stigma auctum.

9. Germen, lente auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH with bearded tips; shaft within the blossoms, which are pitcher-shaped, purple, and smooth; cup coloured, and hairy; flowers grow from the insertion of the leaves, hanging down, in whorles; leaves grow by fours, linear, blunt, and hairy.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM shrubby, taking different directions; the small and large branches are smooth, thread-shaped, and rather upright.

LEAVES grow by fours, blunt, hairy, spreading, linear, furrowed beneath; foot-stalks pressed to the stem.

FLOWERS grow from the insertion of the leaves, whorled, mostly solitary, nodding; foot-stalks the length of the flowers, coloured, having three hairy floral leaves on them.

EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, leaflets hairy, coloured, and green ends.

BLOSSOM pitcher-shaped, smooth, purple, segments upright.

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

POINTAL. Seed-bud nearly round, glandular at the base. Shaft thread-shaped, within the blossom. Summit headed.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from March till July.

REFERENCE.

1. A Leaf, magnified.

2. A Flower.

3. The Empalement, magnified.

4. The Blossom.

5. The Chives and Pointal.

6. The Chives detached from the Pointal.

7. A Chive, magnified.

8. The Pointal, the Summit magnified.

9. The Seed-bud, magnified.

ERICA princeps.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris muticis inclusis, foliis quaternis ciliatis et aristatis, floribus terminalibus umbellatis.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS fruticosus subpedalis, ramosus, ramis erectis.

FOLIA quaterna, recurva, late linearia, ciliata et aristata, subtus sulcata.

FLORES speciosi, terminales, in umbellis nutantibus 6-10-floris; pedunculi colorati, bracteis tribus instructi.

CALYX tetraphyllus, foliolis lineari-lanceolatis, carinatis, ciliatisque.

COROLLA ovato-clavata, inflata, lævigata, læte rubicunda, ore arctata, laciniis subrotundis revolutis.

STAMINA octo, capillaria; antheræ muticæ, inclusæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen tiaræforme, sulcatum; stylus paulo inclusus, filiformis; stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a Maio ad Octobrem.

REFERENTIA.

1. Folium lente auctum.

2. Calyx lente auctus.

3. Stamina et Pistillum, antherâ unicâ diductâ et lente auctâ.

4. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.

5. Germen lente auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with beardless tips within the blossom, leaves in fours, ciliated and aristated, and terminal umbelled flowers.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM near a foot high, branched, with the branches erect.

LEAVES in fours, recurved, broad-linear, ciliated and aristated, and furrowed beneath.

FLOWERS showy, terminal, in nodding umbels of 6 to 10 flowers; peduncles coloured, with three floral leaves.

EMPALEMENT four-leaved, with the leaflets linear-lanced, keeled and ciliated.

BLOSSOM ovate-club-shaped, inflated, polished, and of a glowing red colour, narrowed at the mouth, with roundish segments rolled back.

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

POINTAL. Seed-bud turban-shaped, furrowed; shaft just within the blossom, thread-shaped; summit four-cornered.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from May to October.

REFERENCE.

1. A Leaf magnified.

2. The Empalement magnified.

3. The Chives and Pointal, with one tip detached and magnified.

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

5. The Seed-bud magnified.

ERICA propendens.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris muticis inclusis, floribus subgeminatis pendulis campanulatis pubescentibus, foliis linearibus quaternis itidem pubescentibus.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS fruticosus, subpedalis, flexuosus, ramis flexuoso-patentibus, ramulis floriferis pendulis.

FOLIA quaterna, linearia, pubescentia, subtus sulcata, petiolis brevibus, adpressis; seniora reflexa.

FLORES terminales in ramulis lateralibus, pendulis; plerumque binati; pedunculi colorati, bracteis tribus ad calycem instructi.

CALYX tetraphyllus, foliolis ovatis acuminatis, concavis, pubescentibus, coloratis, adpressis.

COROLLA campanulata, rubro-purpurea, laciniis late ovatis, patentibus.

STAMINA octo capillaria; antheræ muticæ, inclusæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen breve tiaræforme; stylus filiformis inclusus; stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mense Julii in Octobrem.

REFERENTIA.

1. Pagina inferior folii, lente aucta.

2. Flos.

3. Calyx lente auctus.

4. Stamina, et Pistillum.

5. Eadem expansa.

6. Stamen lente auctum.

7. Pistillum, stigmate lente auctum.

8. Germen lente auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with beardless tips within the blossom, flowers chiefly twinned pendulous bell-shaped pubescent, and leaves linear in fours also pubescent.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM shrubby, near a foot high, flexuose, with flexuose, spreading branches, and with the little flower-bearing branches pendulous.

LEAVES in fours, linear, pubescent, furrowed beneath, with short footstalks, pressed to the branches; the old leaves bent downwards.

FLOWERS terminal in small, lateral, pendulous, branches; chiefly in pairs; the peduncles coloured, and furnished with three floral leaves near the empalement.

EMPALEMENT of four leaves, with the little leaves egg-shaped, acuminated, concave, pubescent, coloured, and pressed to the blossom.

BLOSSOM, bell-shaped, red-purple, with the segments broad egg-shaped, and spreading.

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

POINTAL. Seed-bud short, turban-shaped; shaft thread-shaped within the blossom; summit four-cornered.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from the month of July till October.

REFERENCE.

1. The under-side of a Leaf magnified.

2. A Flower.

3. The Empalement magnified.

4. The Chives, and Pointal.

5. The same expanded.

6. A Chive magnified.

7. The Pointal, with the summit magnified.

8. The Seed-bud magnified.

ERICA pubescens _minor_.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA antheris aristatis, inclusis; stylo subexserto; floribus terminalibus, umbellatis; corollis ovatis, pubescentibus, purpureis; foliis quaternis, erectis, obtusis, hirtis.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS sesquipedalis fruticosus, ramosus, pilosus; rami et ramuli pilosi, filiformes, virgati, erecti.

FOLIA quaterna, sæpe terna, obtusa, hirta, erecta, subtus sulcata; petiolis brevissimis, adpressis.

FLORES in ramulis terminales, umbellati, numerosi, purpurei; pedunculi capillares, bracteis tribus, hirtusis instructi.

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

COROLLA ovata, obtusa, villosa; laciniis minutis, erectis.

STAMINA. Filamenta capillaria. Antheræ aristatæ, inclusæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen obovatum, quadratum, ad basin glandulosum. Stylus filiformis, arcuatus, purpureus. Stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret ab Octobre, in Martium.

REFERENTIA.

1. Folium, lente auctum.

2. Corolla et Calyx.

3. Calyx, auctus.

4. Stamina, et Pistillum, lente auctum.

5. Pistillum, auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH with bearded tips, within the blossom; shaft just without; flowers terminate the branches in umbels; blossoms egg-shaped, downy and purple; leaves grow by fours, upright, blunt, and hairy.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM grows a foot and a half high, shrubby, branching and hairy; the larger and smaller branches are hairy, thread-shaped, twiggy, and upright.

LEAVES grow by fours, often by threes, are blunt, hairy, upright, and furrowed beneath; with very short foot-stalks, pressed to the stem.

FLOWERS terminate the small branches in umbels, are numerous and purple; the foot-stalks are hair-like, with three hairy floral leaves on them.

EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, leaflets hairy, awl-shaped, and pressed to the blossom.

BLOSSOM egg-shaped obtuse, covered with soft hairs; segments of the border small and upright.

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

POINTAL. Seed-bud inversely egg-shaped, squared and glandular at the base. Shaft thread-shaped, bowed and purple. Summit four-cornered.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from October, till March.

REFERENCE.

1. A leaf, magnified.

2. The Blossom and Empalement.

3. The Empalement, magnified.

4. The Chives and Pointal, magnified.

5. The Pointal, magnified.

ERICA pubescens, _minima_.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris aristatis inclusis, corollis minutis, urceolata, læte purpurea, villosa, foliis quaternis.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS fruticosus, pedalis, ramosus, pilosus; ramuli pilosi, virgati, filiformes.

FOLIA quaterna, obtusa, villosa, incurva, arcuata.

FLORES in ultimis ramulis, terminales, umbellati, cernui; pedunculi breves, bracteis tribus.

CALYX tetraphyllus, foliolis lanceolatis, villosis.

CORDULA minuta, urceolata, læte purpurea, villosa.

STAMINA octo, capillaria; antheræ aristatæ inclusæ.

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

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mense Novembri ad Aprilem.

REFERENTIA.

1. Folium lente auctum.

2. Calyx cum Bracteis lente auctus.

3. Stamina et Pistillum.

4. Idem lente auctus.

5. Pistillum et Germen lente aucta.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with bearded tips within the blossom, blossoms very small, pitcher-shaped, bright purple and hairy, leaves by fours.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM shrubby, a foot high, branching and hairy; the branches are hairy, twiggy, and thread-shaped.

LEAVES by fours, blunt, covered with soft hairs, turned inwards, and bowed.

FLOWERS terminate the small branches in umbels, nodding; peduncles short, furnished with three floral leaves.

EMPALEMENT four-leaved, with lanceolate, hairy leaflets,

BLOSSOM very small, pitcher-shaped, bright purple, and covered with soft hairs.

CHIVES eight hair-like threads; tips bearded, and within the blossom.

POINTAL. Seed-bud turban-shaped, with honey-cups at the base; shaft thread-shaped, and within the blossom; summit four-cornered.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from the month of November till April.

REFERENCE.

1. A Leaf magnified.

2. The Empalement and floral Leaves magnified.

3. The Chives and Pointal.

4. The same magnified.

5. Seed-bud and Pointal magnified.

ERICA quadriflora.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA antheris cristatis, inclusis; stylo incluso; floribus terminalibus, quaternis; corollis globosis purpureis; calyce reflexo; foliis quaternis, ciliatis, flaccidis.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS debilis, sesquipedalis; rami plurimi, virgati; ramuli frequentissimi, erecto-patentes.

FOLIA quaterna, linearia, ciliata, flaccida, subtus lævissime sulcata, petiolis brevissimis.

FLORES in apice ramulorum quaterni, cornui, purpurei; pedunculi filiformes, florum longitudine, bracteis tribus instructi.

CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis subulatis, reflexis, ad basin coloratis.

COROLLA globosa, purpurea, glabra; laciniis limbi minutis, obtusis, erectis.

STAMINA. Filamenta capillaria. Antheræ cristatæ, inclusæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen turbinatum, sulcatum, atropurpureum. Stylus filiformis, inclusus, staminibus parum longior. Stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mense Junii in Augustum.

REFERENTIA.

1. Folium, lente auctum.

2. Flos.

3. Calyx, auctus.

4. Stamina et Pistillum.

5. Stamina et Pistillum, antheræ liberæ.

6. Stamen, auctum.

7. Pistillum, auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH with crested tips, within the blossom; shaft within; flowers terminate the branches by fours; blossoms globular, and purple; cup reflexed; leaves grow by fours, fringed and flaccid.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM weak, a foot and a half high; branches many, twiggy; smaller branches very numerous, upright-spreading.

LEAVES grow by fours, linear, fringed and flaccid, slightly furrowed beneath, with very short foot-stalks.

FLOWERS grow by fours at the end of the smaller branches, nodding and purple; the foot-stalks thread-shaped the length of the flowers, having three floral leaves.

EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, leaflets awl-shaped, reflexed and coloured at the base.

BLOSSOM globular, purple, smooth; segments of the border very small, obtuse, upright.

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

POINTAL. Seed-bud top-shaped, furrowed, dark purple. Shaft thread-shaped, within the blossom, a little longer than the chives. Summit four-cornered.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from the month of June till August.

REFERENCE.

1. A Leaf, magnified.

2. A Flower.

3. The Empalement, magnified.

4. The Chives and Pointal.

5. The Chives and Pointal, the chives free.

6. A Chive, magnified.

7. The Pointal, magnified.

ERICA rosea.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris muticis plerumque inclusis, foliis subsenis setaceis longiusculis, in petioles capillares attenuatis, floribus sublateralibus clavatis roseis.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS fruticosus, bipedalis, ramis ramulisque erectis, et sæpe alternis.

FOLIA plerumque quinata vel sena, erecta, setacea, in petiolos capillares deorsum attenuata.

FLORES 2-3-nati, fere laterales, nutantes; pedunculi breves, bracteis tribus instructis.

CALYX tetraphyllus, foliolis subulatis, adpressis.

COROLLA cylindrica, paululum curvata, uncialis, læte rosea, laciniis subrectis.

STAMINA filamenta octo capillaria, mutica, plerumque inclusa.

PISTILLUM. Germen tiaræforme, basi poris melliferis instructum. Stylus filiformis, sæpe subexclusus. Stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

REFERENTIA.

1. Calyx et Corolla.

2. Calyx lente auctus.

3. Stamina diducta, antherâ unicâ lente auctâ.

4. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate tente aucto.

5. Germen lente auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.