four-sided, not quite an inch long, and of a yellowish-orange colour;
grows four or five feet high; the leaves grow by sixes, are large, and
stiff.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM supple, upright and rough, four or five feet high; the branches are
loose, simple and long.
LEAVES grow by sixes, are harsh, blunt, furrowed underneath, linear, and
thick, having the foot-stalks pressed to the stem.
FLOWERS grow in whorls, about the middle of the smaller branches,
forming a spike, with short foot-stalks, with three floral leaves close
to the cup.
EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, which are awl-shaped, concave, and the
length of the foot-stalk.
BLOSSOM near an inch long, four-sided, ribbed, of a yellowish-orange
colour; the segments of the mouth are notched, and bent backward.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads, fixed into the receptacle; the tips
beardless, and just within the. blossom.
POINTAL. Seed-vessel cylindrical, and furrowed; shaft thread-shaped, and
without the blossom; summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from August till January.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalement and Blossom.
2. The Empalement magnified.
3. The Chives and Pointal.
4. The Chives detached from the Pointal, one tip magnified.
5. The Shaft and its Summit magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA lutea.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris muticis, inclusis; corollis ovato-acuminatis, luteis;
foliis oppositis, triquetris, adpressis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS laxus, filiformis, gracilis, ad basin ramosus; ramuli conferti.
FOLIA opposita, linearia, adpressa, triquetra, supra concava, subtus
carinata, sulcata, nitida; petiolis brevissimis, adpressis.
FLORES plures, conglomerati, subterminales; pedunculi capillares, lutei;
bracteis binis.
CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis ovatis, acuminatis, luteis,
glabris.
COROLLA lutea, ovato-acuminata, ore arctata; limbo quadrilobo,
subreflexo.
STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria, corolla dimidio breviora, apice
recurvata, receptaculo inserta. Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ, parvæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen cylindricum, sulcatum. Stylus filiformis, purpureus,
filamentis duplo longior. Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a Septembre, in Maium.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx et Corolla.
2. Calyx, lente auctus.
3. Stamina, et Pistillum.
4. Stamina a Pistillo diducta; anthera una lente aucta.
5. Stylus, et Stigma lente aucta.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with beardless tips, within the blossoms; which are of a pointed
oval shape, and yellow, the leaves grow opposite in pairs, are
three-sided, and pressed to the stem.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM flexible, thread-shaped, and slender, branching to the bottom; the
branches crowded together.
The LEAVES grow opposite in pairs, are linear, pressed to the stem,
three-sided, concave on the upper, and keel-shaped on the under surface,
furrowed, and shining; having very short leaf-stems pressed to the
branches.
FLOWERS are numerous, close together, and nearly terminating the
branches; the foot-stalks are hair-like, and yellow, having two floral
leaves.
EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, leaflets oval, pointed, yellow, and smooth.
The BLOSSOM yellow, of a pointed oval shape, compressed at the mouth;
having a slightly reflexed, four-lobed border.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads, half the length of the blossom, bent
back at the point, and fixed into the receptacle. Tips beardless, within
the blossom, and small.
POINTAL. Seed-vessel cylindrical, and furrowed. Shaft thread-shaped,
purple, and twice as long as the chives. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from September, till May.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalement, and Blossom.
2. The Empalement, magnified.
3. The Chives, and Pointal.
4. The Chives detached from the Pointal; one tip magnified.
5. The Shaft, and its Summit magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA mammosa.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris aristatis, inclusis; stylo subincluso; floribus
verticillatis, pendulis, ventricoso-cylindricis, supra basin
constrictis, profunde violaceo-purpureis; foliis quaternis, linearibus,
glabris.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS simplex, fruticosus, erectus, sesquipedalis; rami verticillati,
raro ramulosi, erecti.
FOLIA quaterna, linearia, glabra, recta; seniora patentia, juniora
erecta, subtus sulcata; petiolis brevissimis, adpressis.
FLORES sub-pollicares, in summitate ramorum verticillati, penduli;
pedunculi longissimi, bracteis tribus, minutis, remotis, instructi.
CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis lato-ovatis., acutis,
marginibus membranaceis, apicibus coloratis, adpressis.
COROLLA ventricoso-cylindrica, apice attenuata, ad basin constricta,
profunde purpurea; laciniis minutis, erectis, obtusis.
STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria. Antheræ aristatæ;, inclusæ,
PISTILLUM. Germen turbinatum. Stylus filiformis, sub-inclusus. Stigma
tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Julii in Novembrem.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx lente auctus.
2. Calyx et Corolla.
3. Stamina a Pistillo diducta, antherâ unâ lente auctâ.
4. Germen, Stylus, et Stigma, stigmate aucto.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with bearded tips, within the blossom; shaft just within the
blossom; flowers grow in whorls, hanging down, of a swelled cylinder
shape, pinched in at the base, and of a deep blue purple; leaves grow by
fours, are linear, and smooth.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM simple, shrubby, upright, a foot and a half high; branches grow in
whorls, seldom making smaller branches, and upright.
LEAVES grow by fours, linear, smooth, and straight; the older ones
spread out, the younger grow upright, and are furrowed beneath; having
very short foot-stalks, which are pressed to the stem.
FLOWERS are near an inch long, grow in whorls at the top of the
branches, hanging down; foot-stalks very long, having three small floral
leaves at a distance from the cup.
EMPALEMENT. Cup of four leaves, which are of a broad egg-shape, pointed,
having the margins skinny, the ends coloured, and are pressed to the
blossom.
BLOSSOM of a swelled cylinder-shape, tapered at the end, and pinched in
at the base, of a deep purple; the segments of the border are very
small, upright, and blunt.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads. Tips bearded, and within the blossom.
POINTAL. Seed-bud turban-shaped. Shaft thread-shaped, and just within
the blossom. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from July till November.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalement magnified.
2. The Empalement and Blossom.
3. The Chives detached from the Pointal, one tip magnified.
4. The Seed-bud, Shaft, and Summit, the summit magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA marifolia.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris aristatis, sub-inclusis, corollis urceoli-formibus,
albidis; foliis ternis, lato-ovatis, pubescentibus, subtus albidis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS erectus, fruticosus, pedalis, ramosissimus; ramuli
frequentissimi, verticillati.
FOLIA terna, patentia, lato-ovata, margine revoluta, subtus albida,
petiolis brevissimis, adpressis.
FLORES terminales, umbellati, cernui; pedunculi longi, bracteis tribus
instructi.
CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum; foliolis spathulatis, seu basi
attenuatis, apicibus ovatis, concavis, ciliatis.
COROLLA albida, urceoli-formis, oris laciniis sub-reflexis.
STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria; antheræ aristatæ, sub-inclusæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen cylindricum, sulcatum. Stylus filiformis, exsertus.
Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Aprili in Julium,
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx et Corolla.
2. Calyx lente auctus.
3. Stamina et Pistillum.
4. Stamina a Pistillo diducta, antherâ unâ lente auctâ.
5. Stylus et Stigma lente aucta.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with bearded tips, just within the blossoms, which are
pitcher-shaped, and white; the leaves grow by threes, of a broad
egg-shape, downy, and white underneath.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM upright, shrubby, grows a foot high, and very branching; the
smaller branches are numerous, and grow in whorls.
LEAVES grow by threes, spreading outward, of a broad egg-shape, rolled
back at the edges., and white beneath, having short foot-stalks pressed
to the branches.
FLOWERS terminate the branches in bunches which hang downward; the
foot-stalks are long, having three floral leaves.
EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, which are spathula-shaped, or tapering to
the base, the tops egg-shaped, concave, and lashed.
BLOSSOM white, pitcher-shaped, having the segments of the mouth slightly
bent back.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads; tips bearded, just within the blossom.
POINTAL. Seed-vessel cylinder-shaped, and furrowed. Shaft thread-shaped.
Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from April till July.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalement and Blossom.
2. The Empalement magnified.
3. The Chives and Pointal.
4 The Chives detached from the Pointal, one tip magnified.
5. The Shaft and its Summit magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA margaritacea.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris cristatis, inclusis; stylo exserto; corollis globoso
campanulatis; floribus terminalibus, sub-umbellatis; foliis quaternis,
lineari-trigonis, glabris, erectis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS erectus, ramosus; ramuli frequentissimi, erecti, glabri.
FOLIA quaterna, lineari-trigona, erecta, subtus sulcata, glabra;
petiolis brevissimis, adpressis.
FLORES terminales, nutantes, sub-umbellati; pedunculi filiformes,
bracteis tribus, linearibus instructi.
CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis subulatis, carinatis,
sulcatis, lævibus, adpressis.
COROLLA urceolata, alba, calyce paulo longior; laciniæ limbi obtusæ,
erecto-patulæ.
STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria, apice inflexa. Antheræ ovatæ,
brunneæ, cristatæ, inclusæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen globosum, sulcatum. Stylus filiformis, exsertus.
Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mensi Junii, in Septembrem.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx, et Corolla.
2. Calyx, lente auctus.
3. Stamina, et Pistillum.
4. Stamen unum, lente auctum.
5. Pistillum, lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with crested tips, within the blossom; shaft without; blossoms
globularly bell-shaped; flowers terminate the branches in small bunches;
leaves grow by fours, linearly three-sided, smooth and upright.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM upright, and branching; the small branches are numerous, upright,
and smooth.
LEAVES grow by fours, linearly three-sided, upright, furrowed on the
under part and smooth; with very short foot-stalks, pressed to the
branches.
FLOWERS terminate the branches, are a little bent downwards, and grow in
small bunches; the foot-stalks are thread-shaped, with three linear
floral leaves on them.
EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, the little leaves are awl-shaped, keeled,
furrowed, smooth, and pressed to the blossom.
BLOSSOM pitcher-shaped, white, and a little longer than the cup; the
segments of the border are blunt, upright and spreading.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads, bent inwards at the ends. Tips
egg-shaped, brown, crested and within the blossom.
POINTAL. Seed-bud globular, and furrowed. Shaft thread-shaped and
without the blossom. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from June, till September.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalement, and Blossom.
2. The Empalement, magnified.
3. The Chives, and Pointal.
4. A Chive, magnified.
5. The Pointal, magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA Massonia.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris muticis, inclusis; corollis sub-cylindricis, viscosis,
speciosissimis, tricoloratis; foliis subquaternis, pilis longis
vestitis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS fruticosus, erectus, bipedalis, basi simplicissimus, dein
ramosus, rami suberecti, foliis toti tecti.
FOLIA subquaterna, oblonga, serrata, pilis longis vestita, supra plana,
subtus sulcata, petiolis brevissimis adpressis.
FLORES subterminales, plures, simplice verticillati, cernuo-patenti,
pedunculi pilosi, foliolis tribus subtus instructi.
CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis lanciolatis, hirsutis,
adpressis, apicibus revolutis.
COROLLA subcylindracea, micans, viscosa, rubra, lutea et viridia
speciosissime colorata, ore arctato, quadrisido.
STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria, longitudine tubi, receptaculo
inserta. Antheræ muticæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen clavatum, sulcatum. Stylus filiformis, subexsertus.
Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mensi Augusti ad Decembrem.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx et Corolla.
2. Calyx lente auctus.
3. Stamina et Pistillum.
4. Stamina a Pistillo diducta, anthera una lente aucta.
5. Stylus et Stigma lente aucta.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with beardless tips, within the blossom, which are nearly
cylindrical, clammy, most beautiful, and three-coloured; the leaves grow
mostly by fours, and are entirely covered with long hairs.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM shrubby, upright, grows two feet high, simple at the base, then
branching, the branches nearly upright, and quite covered by the leaves.
LEAVES grow mostly by fours, oblong, sawed, clothed with long hairs,
smooth on the upper, and furrowed on the under part, having very short
leaf-stems pressed to the branches.
FLOWERS are numerous, in single whorls, near the summit of the branches,
bending downward, and spreading, the foot-stalks hairy, with three small
leaves fixed on their under part.
EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, which are lance-shaped, hairy, pressed to
the blossom, and rolled back at the point.
BLOSSOM nearly cylindrical, shining, clammy, and most beautifully
coloured with red, yellow, and green, narrow at the mouth, which is
divided into four segments.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads, the length of the blossom, fixed into
the receptacle. Tips beardless.
POINTAL. Seed-vessel club-shaped, and furrowed. Shaft thread-shaped,
rather without the blossom. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from August till December.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalement and Blossom.
2. The Empalement magnified.
3. The Chives and Pointal.
4. The Chives detached from the Pointal; one tip magnified.
5. The Shaft and its Summit magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA melastoma.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheræ muticæ, exsertæ, attenuata in filamenta plana; corollis
sessilibus, solitariis, luteis, terminalibus; oris laciniis nigris;
calyx duplicatus, heptaphyllus, imbricatus; foliis subulatis, quaternis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS laxus, erectus, bipedalis; rami pauci, simplices; ramuli sparsi,
brevissimi, frequentissimi, foliosi.
FOLIA quaterna, subulata, apice, recurvata, sub-scabrida, rigida;
petiolis brevissimis, adpressis.
FLORES sessiles in apicibus ramulorum, solitarii, dependenti; pedunculi
brevissimi.
CALYX. Perianthium duplex; _interius_ tetraphyllum, foliolis concavis,
ovatis, glabris, imbricatis, integris, luteis; _exterius_ triphyllum,
priori brevioribus, consimilibus.
COROLLA conica, lutea, parum curvata, basi quadrifariam sulcata, apice
attenuata; laciniis erectis, obtusis, longissimis, adpressis, nigris.
STAMINA. Filamenta octo, plana, linearia. Antheræ muticæ, lineares,
exsertæ, longitudine corollæ, attenuata in filamenta.
PISTILLUM. Germen ovatum, glabrum, integrum. Stylus exsertus,
filiformis, staminibus paulo longior. Stigma marginatum, virescens.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a Mensi Februarii, in Julium.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx.
2. Corolla, et Stamina.
3. Stamina, et Pistillum.
4. Stamina a Pistillo diducta.
5. Stamen unum, lente auctum.
6. Pistillum, lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with beardless tips, without the blossom, tapering into the
threads which are flat; blossoms sitting close to the branches singly,
are yellow, and terminate them; the segments of the mouth are black; the
cup is doubled, of seven leaves and tiled; leaves awl-shaped, growing by
fours.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM weak, upright, grows two feet high; the branches are few, and
simple; the small branches are scattered, very short, numerous, and
covered with leaves.
LEAVES grow by fours, awl-shaped, bent back at the point, roughish and
stiff; foot-stalks very short, and pressed to the stem.
FLOWERS sitting on the ends of the smaller branches are solitary, and
hang down; the foot-stalks are very short.
EMPALEMENT. Cup double; the _inner_ one has four leaves, which are
concave, egg-shaped, smooth, tiled, entire, and yellow; the _outer_
three-leaved, shorter than the former, and like them.
BLOSSOM conical, yellow, slightly curved, having four furrows at the
base, and tapering at the point; the segments of the border grow
upright, are blunt, very long, pressed to the chives, and black.
CHIVES. Eight flat, linear, threads. Tips beardless, linear, without the
blossom, and of its length, tapering into the threads.
POINTAL. Seed-bud egg-shaped, smooth and entire. Shaft without the
blossom, thread-shaped, a little longer than the chives. Summit
bordered, and greenish.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from February, till July.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalement.
2. The Blossom, and Chives.
3. The Chives, and Pointal.
4. The Chives detached from the Pointal.
5. A Chive magnified.
6. The Pointal magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA monadelphia.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris muticis, exsertis, attenuatis in filamenta plana.
Corolla conica, sanguinea, oris laciniis erectis, adpressis. Folia
terna.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS erectus, sesquipedalis, scaber, ad basin parum ramosus. Ramuli
sparsi.
FOLIA terna, obtusa, sub-tomentosa, subtus sulcata, petiolis brevissimis
adpressis.
FLORES in ramulis, bini vel terni, terminales, cernui, in medio ramorum
racemum formantes speciosissimum; pedunculis brevibus, bracteis nullis.
CALYX. Perianthium duplex, coloratum; exterius triphyllum, foliolis
lato-ovatis, apicibus virescentibus; interius tetraphyllum, foliolis
latioribus majoribus.
COROLLA conica, sub-pollicaris, glabra, sanguinea; oris laciniis
erectis.
STAMINA. Filamenta octo plana, corolla multoties longiora, receptaculo
inserta; antheris muticis, exsertis, attenuatis in filamenta.
PISTILLUM. Germen ovatum, tenuissime sulcatum. Stylus filiformis. Stigma
tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Augusti in Decembrem.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx et Corolla.
2. Calyx lente auctus.
3. Stamina et Pistillum.
4. Stamina a Pistillo diducta; antherâ unâ lente auctâ.
5. Stylus et Stigma lente aucta.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with beardless tips without the blossoms, and tapering into
filaments, which are flat. The blossom is conical, of a blood colour,
having the segments of the mouth upright, and pressed to the threads.
The leaves grow by threes.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM upright, a foot and a half high, rough, branching but little at the
base. The smaller branches are scattered.
LEAVES grow by threes, blunt-ended, rather downy, channelled underneath,
having very short foot-stalks pressed to the branches.
FLOWERS grow by twos and threes at the end of the smaller branches,
hanging down, forming a beautiful spike near the middle of the larger
branches. The foot-stalks are short, without floral leaves.
EMPALEMENT. Cup double, and coloured; the outer three-leaved, the leaves
of a broad oval-shape, the ends greenish: the inner is four-leaved,
broader and larger than the former.
BLOSSOM cone-shaped, near an inch long, smooth, deep red; the segments
of the mouth upright.
CHIVES. Eight flat threads, much longer than the blossom, fixed into the
receptacle; the tips beardless, without the blossom, and tapering into
the filaments.
POINTAL. Seed-vessel egg-shaped, and slightly furrowed. Shaft
thread-shaped. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from August till December.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalement and Blossom.
2. The Empalement magnified.
3. The Chives and Pointal.
4. The Chives detached from the Pointal; one tip magnified.
5. The Shaft and Summit magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA mucosa.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris aristatis, inclusis; corollis globosis, mucosis,
fasciculatis, cernuo-patentibus, terminalibus; foliis quaternis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS fruticosus, tripedalis, ad basin fere ramosus, ramis longis,
virgatis, flexuosis.
FOLIA quaterna, subtriangularia, linearia, apice recurvata, obtusa,
glaberrima, subtus sulcata; brevissimis petiolis instructa.
FLORES plures, terminales, fasciculati, cernuo-patentes, mucosi,
purpurei fulgenti; pedunculis longis, purpureis, 2 seu 3 bracteis,
instructis.
CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis ovatis, obtusis, erectis,
corolla dimidio brevioribus.
COROLLA globosa, limbo quadrilobo, laciniis semiorbiculatis, æqualibus,
erectis.
STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria, corolla breviora, receptaculo
inserta. Antheræ aristatæ, inclusæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen subrotundum. Stylus filamentis crassior, erectus.
Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mensi Augusti ad Decembrem.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx et Corolla.
2. Calyx et Bractea lente aucta.
3. Stamina et Pistillum.
4. Stamina a Pistillo diducta, anthera una lente aucta.
5. Stylus et Stigma lente aucta.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with bearded tips, within the blossoms; which are globe-shaped,
clammy, and in bunches, bending downward, spreading, and terminating the
branches; leaves growing by fours.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM shrubby, grows three feet high, branched nearly to the bottom, with
long, slender, waving branches.
LEAVES growing by fours, nearly triangular, linear, bent back at the
point, blunt, smooth, and furrowed underneath; leaf-stems very short.
FLOWERS several, terminating the branches in bunches, bending downward
and spreading, of a brilliant purple, and clammy; with very long
foot-stalks, which are furnished with 2 or 3 floral-leaves.
EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, which are egg-shaped, blunt, upright, and
half the length of the blossom.
BLOSSOM globe-shaped, with a four-lobed border, each division forming a
half-round, equal, and upright.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads, shorter than the blossom, and fixed in
the receptacle. Tips bearded, and within the blossom.
POINTAL. Seed-vessel roundish. Shaft thicker than the threads, and
upright. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
In bloom from August till December.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalement with the Blossom.
2. The Empalement and Floral-leaves magnified.
3. The Chives and Pointal.
4. The Chives detached from the Pointal, one tip magnified.
5. The Shaft and its Summit magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA Muscari.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris muticis, inclusis; corollis oblongo-ovatis, obtuse
tetragonis; foliis quaternis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS fruticosus, sesquipedalis, teres, basi simplicissimus, dein
ramosus.
FOLIA quaterna, linearia, acuta, erecto-patentia, glaberrima, nitida,
dilute viridia, petiolis brevissimis ramis adpressis.
FLORES luteoli, suaviter olentes, sæpius quaterni, terminales;
pedunculis brevissimis.
CALYX. Perianthium duplex; _interius_ tetraphyllum, foliolis erectis,
ovatis, carinatis; _exterius_ triphyllum, priori incumbens.
COROLLA oblongo-ovata, obtuse tetragona, summa parte arctata, limbo
quadrilobo, laciniis æqualibus revolutis.
STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria, stylo subæqualia, apice torto,
receptaculo inserta. Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ, bifidæ, dorsales.
PISTILLUM. Germen obovatum, fulcatum sulcis octo. Stylus linearis,
erectus, corollas sub-æqualis. Stigma subtetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a Martio ad Julium.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx, et Corolla.
2. Calyx lente auctus.
3. Stamina, et Pistillum.
4. Stamina a Pistillo diducta; anthera una lente aucta.
5. Stylus, et Stigma lente aucta.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.