volume of this work, are scions from a hybrid production of an Erica
known by the specific title of _spuria_. Our figure represents an
elegant variety of the E. radiata, raised from Cape seed at the Nursery
of Messrs. Rollinson in the autumn of 1826.
Among the dissections we have taken the opportunity of giving a branch
with flowers of a similar variation of E. metulæflora, to avoid the
necessity for a separate figure.
[Illustration]
ERICA recurvata.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA antheris muticis, inclusis, stylo exserto: foliis confertis;
floribus terminalibus, umbellatis, declinatis; caule fruticoso.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS fruticosus, pedalis et ultra: ramulis aggregatis, apice
recurvatis.
FOLIA plerumque sena, sparsa, linearia, obtusa, flexuosa; petiolis
longis.
FLORES in umbellis terminalibus sex ad novem, declinati.
COROLLA oblonga, albicans; oris laciniis rectis; sub-nigris: stylo
rubro, exsertissimo.
GERMEN tiaræforme, sulcatum, ad basin nectariis melliferis instructum:
stylo filiformi, longissimo.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a Mense Aprili in Julium.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx.
2. Corolla.
3. Stamina a Pistilla diducta, anthera una lente aucta.
4. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH with beardless tips, within the blossom: shaft without: leaves
crowded together: flowers terminate the branches in umbels, hanging
down: stem shrubby.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM shrubby, a foot or more high; the small branches crowded together,
and recurved at the point.
LEAVES mostly by sixes, scattered, linear, blunt, and flexuose:
footstalks long.
FLOWERS grow in terminal umbels from six to nine, hanging down.
BLOSSOM oblong, of a whitish colour: segments of the border straight, of
a dark-brown colour: shaft red, and very much outside the blossom.
SEED-BUD turban-shaped, furrowed, and furnished at the base with
honey-bearing nectaries: shaft thread-shaped, and very long.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from the month of April till July.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalement.
2. The Blossom.
3. The Chives and Pointal, one tip magnified.
4. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified.
THROUGHOUT this extensive family there is not one that bears any
resemblance to this perfectly new and distinct species; the aggregation
of the leaves and branches, joined to the drooping character of its
flowers, with long descending pointals that rival the finest purple
silk, give it a singularity of appearance that renders it equally
interesting with the most splendid species. We have seen it flowering
successively from the end of almost every branch. Our figure represents
nearly an entire plant, from the nursery of Mr. Lee.
[Illustration]
ERICA reflexa.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA antheris cristatis, inclusis: floribus ramulos terminantibus;
corolla urceolata: foliis ternis: caule fruticoso: ramulis numerosis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS pedalis et ultra, fruticosus, erecto-divaricatus: ramulis
numerosis.
FOLIA terna, linearia, obtusa, supra plana, subtus sulcata.
FLORES ramulos terminant in umbellis, plerumque quaterni, cernui:
corolla urceolata, carnea, nitida.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Julii ad Octobrem.
REFERENTIA.
1. Folium.
2. Idem inferum.
3. Stamina a Pistillo diducta, anthera una lente aucta.
4. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.
5. Germen lente auctum.
6. Flores Varietatum duarum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with crested tips within the blossom; flowers terminate the small
branches; blossom pitcher-shaped: leaves by threes: stem shrubby: small
branches numerous.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM a foot or more high, shrubby, upright or straggling: smaller
branches numerous.
LEAVES by threes, linear, obtuse, flat on their upper surface, and
furrowed beneath.
FLOWERS terminate the smaller branches in umbels mostly by fours,
nodding: blossom pitcher-shaped, flesh-coloured, and shining.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from the month of July till October.
REFERENCE.
1. A Leaf.
2. The same shown from the under side.
3. The Stamens detached from the Pointal, one tip magnified.
4 Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified.
5. Seed-bud magnified.
6. Flowers of two Varieties.
OF this species of Erica there are three; one with white, another with
delicate red flowers, and a third or intermediate variation with
blossoms extremely pale.
Our figure represents the full blush variety, not only as best
calculated to represent advantageously on paper, but as further removed
in its appearance from the E. nitida figured in Vol. III., at present so
very scarce, that the white-flowered reflexa is frequently sold for it,
although the flowers in the one resemble a porringer, and the others are
exactly pitcher-shaped.
Our drawing was made from plants in the summer of 1822 at the
Hammersmith Nursery, where we have noticed them for the last ten years
as most luxuriant ornamental greenhouse shrubs.
[Illustration]
ERICA refulgens.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris muticis, inclusis; stylo exerto: foliis quaternis:
floribus terminalibus: caule fruticoso.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS fruticosus, sesquipedalis, erectus, ramulis numerosis.
FOLIA quaterna, linearia, longa, patenti-adscendentia.
FLORES in ramulis terminales, plerumque quaterni, cernui: corolla
cylindracea, lucida, ima parte læte rubra, apice viridi.
GERMEN tiaræforme, sulcatum, superne villosum, ad basin nectariis
melliferis instructum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Julii ad Octobrem.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx.
2. Stamina a Pistillo diducta, anthera unica lente aucta.
3. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.
4. Germen lente auctum.
5. Varietates floribus minoribus.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with beardless tips, within the blossom: shaft without: leaves by
fours: flowers terminal: stem shrubby.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM shrubby, a foot and half high, and upright, with numerous small
branches.
LEAVES by fours, linear, long, and between erect and spreading.
FLOWERS terminate the small branches, mostly by fours, nodding: blossom
cylindrical and shining, the lower part of a bright red colour, the
mouth green.
SEED-BUD turban-shaped and furrowed, hairy on the upper part, and
furnished at the base with honey-bearing nectaries.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from the month of July till October.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalement.
2. The Chives and Pointal, one tip magnified.
3. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified.
4. Seed-bud magnified.
5. Smaller-flowered varieties.
OUR figure was taken in 1819 from plants in the Hammersmith collection,
and considered as a seminal variety of the E. _versicolor_, though it
certainly more resembles the E. _hirta_: but from these and every other
species of Erica it may be always distinguished just previously to
flowering, by the empalements forming a terminal cone at the end of each
flower-branch of a rich deep red colour, which only separate to allow
the bright green ends of the buds to make their first approach towards
maturity: it is therefore beautiful in every stage of inflorescence.
[Illustration]
ERICA regerminans.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris aristatis, inclusis: floribus in umbellis terminalibus,
confertis, sæpe germinantibus; corolla campanulata, odorata: ramis
numerosis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS pedalis, fruticosus: rami et ramuli numerosi.
FLORES ramos terminant in umbellis confertis, sæpe germinantes: corolla
parva, campanulata, pallidè purpurea, odorata: calycis foliolis parvis,
lanceolatis, adpressis.
GERMEN tiaræforme, sulcatum, ad basin nectariis melliferis instructum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Decembris in Junium.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx.
2. Corolla.
3. Stamina à Pistillo diducta, antherâ unâ lente auctâ.
4. Germen et Pistillum lente aucta.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with bearded tips, within the blossoms: flowers terminate the
branches in umbels, crowded together, often budding: blossom bell-shaped
and sweet-scented: branches numerous.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM a foot high, shrubby: the large and small branches numerous.
FLOWERS terminate the branches in crowded umbels, often budding: blossom
small, bell-shaped, of a pale purple, and sweet-scented: the leaflets of
the cup are lance-shaped, small, and pressed to the blossom.
SEED-BUD turban-shaped, furrowed, and furnished with honey-bearing
nectaries at the base.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from the month of December till June.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalement.
2. The Blossom.
3. The Chives detached from the Pointal, summit magnified.
4. Seed-bud and Pointal magnified.
THIS sweet-scented species whilst flowering produces fresh buds in the
centre of the umbels, which, as the surrounding flowers decay, supply
their place, and by that means the plant remains a long time in bloom.
It resembles the E. caffra in many particulars. It is amongst the early
importations from the Cape of Good Hope; and although not equally
estimated with the numerous splendid species of recent introduction, the
abundant succession of the flowers, their agreeable fragrance, and easy
culture, will always render it an object worthy the attention of
cultivators.
[Illustration]
ERICA ruber-calyx.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA antheris muticis, inclusis: flores ramulos terminant: foliis
quaternis: caule fruticoso.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS pedalis: ramis et ramulis numerosis, flexuosis, filiformibus.
FOLIA quaterna, linearia, recta, obtusa, erecto-patentia.
FLORES ramulos terminant, plerumque quaterni, patentes: calyce et
pedunculis rubris: corolla metulæformi, pellucida, imprimis alba,
denique rosea: oris laciniis erectis.
GERMEN tiaræforme, sulcatum, ad basin nectariis melliferis instructum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Januarii ad Maium.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx.
2. Antheræ et Pistillum.
3. Stamen unum, anthera lente aucta.
4. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH with beardless tips within the blossom: flowers terminate the
smaller branches: leaves by fours: stem shrubby.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM a foot high: the large and smaller branches numerous, flexuose, and
thread-shaped.
LEAVES by fours, linear, straight, obtuse, and between erect and
spreading.
FLOWERS terminate the smaller branches, mostly by fours, spreading:
empalement and footstalks red: blossom skittle-shaped, transparent,
white at first, then dying off a rose colour: segments of the border
upright.
SEED-BUD turban-shaped, furrowed, and furnished at the base with
honey-bearing nectaries.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from the month of January till May.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalement.
2. The Chives and Pointal.
3. A Chive, one tip magnified.
4. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified.
This species of Erica in the mutability of its flowers resembles the
blossoms of the _E. colorans_. It was first raised from Cape seed at the
Hammersmith Nursery in the summer of 1825, under the appellation of
_ruber-calyx_: a specific title of one word would have been preferable,
but it is very characteristic of the plant when in bloom, which is a
recommendation not often to be met with where the best specific titles
are already occupied. It is a handsome dwarf shrub, with abundance of
successive bloom.
[Illustration]
ERICA rugosa.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris bicornibus, sub-exertis: floriribus sub-terminalibus,
rugosis, rubris: foliis linearibus: ramulis numerosis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS fruticosus, erectus, bipedalis: ramulis ternis, verticillatis.
FOLIA irregulariter verticillata, 3 vel 5 linearia; parum curvata,
patentia: petiolis longis.
FLORES sub-terminales: corolla sub-tubulosa, patens, rugosa, saturate
rubra; oris laciniis patentibus: pedunculi longi, colorati.
GERMEN tiaræforme, sulcatum, ad basin rubrum, cum nectariis melliferis,
supernè villosum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Junii in Augustum.
REFERENTIA.
1. Stamina et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.
2. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.
3. Germen lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with tips two-horned at their base, just without the blossom;
flowers nearly terminal, wrinkly, and red: leaves linear: branches many.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM shrubby, upright, two feet high: branches grow by threes, in
whorls.
LEAVES in irregular whorls, of 3 to 5 linear, slightly curved, and
spreading; footstalks long.
FLOWERS nearly terminal: blossom nearly tubular, spreading, wrinkly, and
of a deep red colour; segments of the border spreading: footstalks long
and coloured.
SEED-BUD turban-shaped, furrowed, red at the base, with honey-bearing
nectaries, villose on the upper part.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from the month of June till August.
REFERENCE.
1. Chives and Pointal, one tip magnified.
2. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified.
3. Seed-bud magnified.
THIS curious species of Erica was raised from seed at the nursery of Mr.
Rollinson about the year 1806, from which period it has flowered
abundantly; but all attempts to increase it have hitherto proved
abortive; and whether the wrinkly character of its blossoms would be
continued were it to seed with us, is certainly doubtful, as it appears
to be a contraction in the flowers bordering upon monstrosity; and we at
first declined figuring it, expecting the wrinkles would not appear when
next it bloomed; but for four successive summers it has still retained
its strange appearance, more singular than beautiful, but probably more
interesting by its oddity.
[Illustration]
ERICA rupestris _rubra_.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA antheris cristatis, inclusis: floribus lateralibus, terminalibus,
campanulatis, nutantibus: foliis ternis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS erectus, sesquipedalis: ramulis plerumque ternis, ad basin
procumbentibus, in medio patentibus, superne adscendentibus.
FOLIA ternata, crassa, obtusa, recta, subtus sulcata, marginibus
rotundatis.
FLORES ad apices ramorum ramulorumque in umbellis irregularibus,
cernuis: corolla campanulata, rubra, oris laciniis patentibus: calyce
lanceolato, adpresso.
GERMEN tiaræforme, bicoloratum, ad basin nectariis melliferis
instructum.
Habitat in Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Februarii ad Novembrem.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx.
2. Stamina et Pistillum, antherâ unâ lente auctâ.
3. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.
4. Germen lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH with crested tips, within the blossom; flowers lateral, terminal,
bell-shaped, and nodding: leaves by threes.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM upright, a foot and a half high: smaller branches mostly by threes,
hanging down at the base of the plant, in the middle spreading out, and
ascending towards the top.
LEAVES by threes, thick, blunt, straight, and furrowed beneath, with
roundish edges.
FLOWERS grow at the ends of the larger and smaller branches, in
irregular umbels, nodding all one way. Blossom bell-shaped and red;
segments of the border spreading. Empalement lance-shaped, and pressed
to the blossom.
SEED-BUD turban-shaped, two-coloured, with honey-bearing nectaries at
the base.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from the month of February till November.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalement.
2. The Chives and Pointal, one tip magnified.
3. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified.
4. Seed-bud magnified.
THIS Erica was raised from British seed gathered from the E. rupestris,
in the autumn of 1807, by Mr. Knight, nurseryman, in the King’s Road,
Chelsea, and is the only one, out of a number sown, that vegetated. Its
first year’s growth exhibited a strong resemblance to the habit of the
original species, spreading and hanging over the sides of the pot. The
second year it began to lose its pendulous appearance, and the third
summer it acquired a handsome pyramidal form, instead of the straggling
dwarf character of the mother plant.
It may be found in bloom in spring, summer, autumn, and winter.
[Illustration]
ERICA Russeliana.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris muticis, inclusis: floribus terminalibus: pedunculis
longis: foliis quaternis: caulis fruticosus.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS sesquipedalis, virgatus, flexuosus: ramulis erecto-patentibus.
FOLIA quaterna, trigona, leviter curvata, acuta, lucida.
FLORES in apicibus ramorum, plerumque terni, cernui: corolla urceolata,
rubra: laciniis oris patentibus, cordatis, carneis, acutis: pedunculis
rubris, longis, bracteis tribus minoribus: calyx oblongus, acutus.
GERMEN tiaræforme, sulcatum, ad basin nectariis melliferis instructum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret per menses æstivales, iterumque in mensibus autumnalibus.
REFERENTIA.
1. Folium lente auctum.
2. Calyx.
3. Stamina a Pistillo diducta, anthera una lente aucta.
4. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.
5. Germen lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with beardless tips, within the blossom: flowers terminal:
peduncles long: leaves by fours: stem shrubby.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM a foot and a half high, twiggy and flexuose: branches between erect
and spreading.
LEAVES by fours, three-sided, slightly curved, pointed and shining.
FLOWERS terminate the ends of the branches, mostly by threes, nodding:
blossom pitcher-shaped, red: segments of the border spreading,
heart-shaped, flesh-coloured, and pointed: footstalks red, long, and
furnished with three small floral leaves: empalement oblong, and
pointed.
SEED-BUD turban-shaped, furrowed, and furnished at the base with
honey-bearing nectaries.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers in the summer months, and again in autumn.
REFERENCE.
1. A Leaf, magnified.
2. The Empalement.
3. The Chives and Pointal, one tip magnified.
4. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified.
5. Seed-bud magnified.
THIS fine new species of Erica was first raised from Cape seed in the
nursery of Mr. Lee at Hammersmith, in the summer of 1824, and named in
compliment to His Grace the Duke of Bedford. It bears very little if any
resemblance to any other species as yet in cultivation with us; it
flowers early in summer, and again in autumn.
[Illustration]
ERICA Sainsburyana.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris inclusis, aristatis: floribus umbellatis, terminalibus,
in pedunculis longissimis: foliis ternis, linearibus, longis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS fruticosus, sesquipedalis: ramis longis, simplicibus,
adscendentibus.
FOLIA terna, linearia, longa, subtus sulcata: petiolis longis,
adpressis.
FLORES ramos terminant in umbellis: corolla metulæformis, saturate
carnea: pedunculi longissimi, filiformes, rubri, bracteis tribus
distantibus lanceolatis instructi: calycis foliolis lanceolatis,
coloratis, adpressis.
GERMEN tiaræforme, longum, sulcatum, ad basin nectariis melliferis
instructum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Junii in Septembrem.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx.
2. Stamina et Pistillum, antherâ unâ lente auctâ.
3. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with tips within the blossom, bearded: flowers terminate the
branches in umbels upon very long footstalks: leaves by threes, linear,
and long.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM shrubby, a foot and a half high: with long, simple, ascending
branches.
LEAVES by threes, linear, long, and furrowed beneath: footstalks long,
and pressed to the stem.
FLOWERS terminate the branches in umbels: blossom skittle-shaped and of
a deep flesh colour: footstalks very long, thread-shaped, and red, with
three lance-shaped floral leaves set at a distance on them: leaflets of
the cup lance-shaped, coloured, and pressed to the blossom.
SEED-BUD turban-shaped, long, furrowed, and furnished with honey-bearing
nectaries at the base.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from the month of June till September.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalement.
2. The Chives and Pointal, one tip magnified.
3. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified.
THIS fine species of Erica is one of the recent novelties raised from
Cape seed; and being very distinct from any hitherto delineated, we have
named it in honour of Miss Sainsbury, a great admirer of this beautiful
tribe of plants. Our figure was drawn at the nursery of Mr. Rollinson of
Lower Tooting, in September 1810.
[Illustration]
ERICA Salisburia.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris muticis, subinclusis: stylo exerto: floribus spicatis,
confertis, prope ramorum apices: corolla clavata: ramis longissimis:
foliis senis vel octonis, erectis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS erectis, tetrapedalis: ramis plerumque simplicibus.
FOLIA verticillata, sena vel octona, erecta, lanceolata, intus plana,
exterius sulcata: foliis ad basin angustioribus, acuminatis, patentibus.
FLORES spicati, conferti, prope apices ramorum: corollis clavatis,
coccineis, erecto-patentibus: pedunculis coloratis, bracteis tribus
instructis.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Octobris ad Februarium.
REFERENTIA.
1. Folium ad basin plantæ.
2. Calyx.
3. Corolla.
4. Antheræ et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.
5. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.
6. Germen lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with beardless tips, just within the blossom: shaft without:
flowers growing in a spike, crowded together near the end of the branch:
blossoms club-shaped: branches very long: leaves by six or eight,
upright.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM upright, four feet high: branches mostly simple.
LEAVES grow in whorls of six to eight, upright, and lance-shaped, flat
on the inner and furrowed on the outer side: leaves at the base of the
plant are narrower, pointed, and spreading.
FLOWERS grow in crowded spikes near the end of the branches: blossoms
club-shaped, and of a scarlet colour, between erect and spreading:
footstalks coloured, and furnished with three floral leaves.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from the month of October till February.
REFERENCE.
1. A Leaf from the base of the plant.
2. The Empalement.
3. A Blossom.
4. The Chives and Pointal, one tip magnified.
5. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified.
6. Seed-bud magnified.
THIS new species of Erica was first raised at the Hammersmith nursery
about the year 1815, and is named after R. Salisbury, Esq., a most able
botanist, and Vice-president of the Linnæan Society. Our drawing was
made from a plant four feet high, with only one flower-stem, and without
any collateral branches.
[Illustration]
ERICA serpyllifolia.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA antheris muticis inclusis: stylo exerto: stigmate magno: foliis
ternatis: caule debili, fruticoso.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS subpedalis, tenuis: ramis et ramulis filiformibus, numerosis,
flexuosis.
FOLIA terna, cordata, patentia, supra subplana, setis minutis instructa,
subtus glauca, marginibus revolutis.
FLORES terni vel seni, in ramos terminant: corolla parva, campanulata,
pallide carnea; stigmate magno, patente, tetragono, peltato, incluso.
GERMEN tiaræforme, sulcatum, villosum, ad basin nectariis melliferis
instructum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Julii ad Novembrem.
REFERENTIA.
1. Folium.
2. Idem auctum.
3. Corolla.
4. Eadem aucta.
5. Stamen et Pistillum.
6. Eadem lente aucta.
7. Germen auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH with beardless tips within the blossom: shaft without: summit
large: leaves ternate: stem weak and shrubby.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM near a foot high and slender: the large and smaller branches are
thread-shaped, numerous, and flexuose.
LEAVES by threes, heart-shaped, and spreading, nearly flat on their
upper surface, and furnished with minute setæ or bristles; glaucous
beneath, with the edges rolled back.
FLOWERS grow by threes or sixes, terminating the branches; blossom
small, bell-shaped, and of a pale flesh-colour; stigma large, spreading,
with four corners, inclosed in a shield.