oblong-egg-shaped, and bluntly four-edged; leaves growing by fours.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM shrubby, grows a foot and a half high, cylindrical, undivided at
the base, afterwards branching.
LEAVES growing by fours, linear, pointed, between upright and spreading,
smooth and shining, of a light green, with short leaf-stems pressed to
the branches.
FLOWERS yellowish, sweet-scented, mostly four together, terminating the
branches; having very short footstalks.
EMPALEMENT. Cup double; the _inner_ one has four leaves, which are
erect, ovate, and keel-shaped; the _outer_ has three leaves, and rests
on the former.
The BLOSSOM oblong-egg-shaped, bluntly four-edged, contracted at the
mouth, which is terminated by a four-lobed border, whose segments are
equal, and rolled back.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads, nearly of a length with the pointal,
crooked at their upper part, and fixed in the receptacle. Tips
beardless, within the blossom, cleft, and fixed to the threads at their
back.
POINTAL. Seed-vessel inversely egg-shaped, furrowed with eight channels.
Shaft linear, erect, nearly of a length with the blossom. Summit nearly
four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
In bloom from March 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 nigrita.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris muticis, exsertis, atris; flores subterni, albi; corolla
campanulata, laciniis revolutis, maximis; foliis ternis, nitidis,
patentibus.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS fruticosus, erectus, pedalis; rami et ramuli frequentissimi,
sub-erecti, virgati, sub-tomentosi.
FOLIA terna, nitida, glabra, sub-triquetra, obtusa, patentia, crassa;
petiolis adpressis.
FLORES in apicibus ramulorum terminales, sub-terni; pedunculi albi;
bracteæ ovatæ, acutæ, albæ, calyci approximatæ, imbricatæ, calyciformes.
CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis, ovatis, acutis, albis, laxis,
longitudine fere corollæ.
COROLLA campanulata, albida; laciniis oris revolutis, majoribus.
STAMINA. Filamenta octo, capillaria, receptaculo inserta. Antherae
muticæ, exsertæ, atræ.
PISTILLUM. Germen sub-ovatum, leviter sulcatum, ad basin glandulosum.
Stylus filiformis, staminibus paulo longior. Stigma peltatum,
sub-tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mensi Aprili, in Julium.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx, et Corolla.
2. Calyx, lente auctus.
3. Stamina, et Pistillum.
4. Stamina a Pistillo diducta, Anthera una lente aucta.
5. Pistillum, auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with beardless tips, without the blossom, and black; flowers grow
mostly by threes, and white; blossom bell-shaped; segments rolled back,
and very large; leaves grow by threes, shining, and spreading.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM shrubby, upright, grows a foot high; the larger and smaller
branches are numerous, nearly upright, twiggy, and a little downy.
LEAVES grow by threes, shine, smooth, nearly three-sided, blunt,
spreading, and thick; foot-stalks pressed to the stem.
FLOWERS grow from the ends of the small branches, mostly by threes; with
white foot-stalks; floral leaves egg-shaped, sharp-ended, white, close
to the cup, tiled, and like those of the cup.
EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, leaflets egg-shaped, pointed, white, loose,
nearly the length of the blossom.
BLOSSOM bell-shaped, white; the segments of the mouth are rolled back,
and larger than the tube.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads fixed into the receptacle. Tips
beardless, without the blossom, and black.
POINTAL. Seed-bud nearly egg-shaped, slightly furrowed, glandular at the
base. Shaft thread-shaped, a little longer than the chives. Summit
shield-shaped, almost 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 Pointal, magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA obliqua.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris basi bicornibus, inclusis; stylo sub-exserto; corollis
ovatis, laciniis ovalibus, maximis, erectis; floribus umbellatis,
terminalibus, pedunculis pollicaribus; foliis oblique sparsis,
truncatis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS fruticosus, pedalis; rami simplices, longi, filiformes.
FOLIA sparsa, sæpe vero quaterna, linearia, arcuata, margine
glanduloso-denticulata, glabra, truncata, petiolis tenuissimis.
FLORES numerosi, sub apice ramorum umbellati; pedunculi flore triplo
longiores, colorati, viscidi, bracteis tribus linearibus instructi.
CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum; foliolis minutis, linearibus, viscosis,
adpressis.
COROLLA sub-globosa, purpurea, magnitudine pisi; laciniis limbi maximis,
erectis.
STAMINA. Filamenta octo, plana, linearia, apice incurvata; antheræ ad
basin bicornutæ, inclusæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen tiarae-forme, sulcatum; glandulæ octo ad basin
germinis; stylus cylindricus, sub-exsertus; stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Augusti in Decembrem.
REFERENTIA.
1. Folium lente auctum.
2. Flos.
3. Calyx lente auctus.
4. Stamina et Pistillum.
5. Stamina a Pistillo diducta, lente aucta.
6. Pistillum lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with tips two-horned at the base, and within the blossom; the
shaft just without; blossoms egg-shaped, the segments of the border
oval, very large, and upright; flowers grow in bunches, and terminate
the branches; the footstalks an inch long; the leaves grow scattered
obliquely, appearing cut off at the ends.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM shrubby, grows a foot high; the branches simple, long, and
thread-shaped.
LEAVES grow scattered, sometimes by fours, linear, arched, appearing
toothed by small glands at the edge, smooth, seeming cut off at the
ends, and with very slender footstalks.
FLOWERS numerous, growing in umbels at the end of the branches; the
footstalks thrice the length of the flower, coloured, clammy, and having
three linear floral leaves.
EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved; the leaflets very small, linear, clammy,
and pressed to the blossom.
BLOSSOM almost globular, purple, the size of a pea; the segments of the
border very large and upright.
CHIVES. Eight flat threads, linear, bent inward at the points; tips
two-horned at the base, and within the blossom.
POINTAL. Seed-bud turban-shaped and furrowed; eight glands at the base
of the seed-bud; shaft cylindrical, and just without the blossom; summit
four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from August till December.
REFERENCE.
1. A Leaf magnified.
2. A Flower.
3. The Empalement magnified.
4. The Chives and Pointal.
5. The Chives detached from the Pointal, magnified.
6. The Pointal magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA Pattersonia.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris aristatis, inclusis; foliis quaternis, floribus
axillaribus, e foliis emergentibus, cylindricis, luteis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS fruticosus, bipedalis, erectus, basi ramosus, dein
simplicissimus, pyramidatus, ramulis brevissimis vestitus.
FOLIA quaterna, linearia, incurvata, acuta, glabra, subtus sulcata,
petiolis brevissimis, adpressis.
FLORES plures, axillares, in medio cauli e foliis recti emergentes,
pedunculis fere nullis.
CALYX. Perianthium duplex, _exterius_ triphyllum, foliolis ovatis,
acuminatis, _interius_ tetraphyllum, foliolis subulatis, apice
recurvatis.
COROLLA cylindrica, subpollicaria, glabra, lutea, ore arctato,
quadrisido limbo reflexo.
STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria, corollæ subæqualia, receptaculo
inserta. Antheris aristatis.
PISTILLUM. Germen campanulatum. Stylus filiformis, tortuosus, exsertus.
Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a Martio ad Augustum.
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 bearded tips, within the blossom; leaves growing by fours,
the flowers grow close to the stem, peeping out from amongst the leaves,
are cylindrical, and yellow.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM shrubby, two feet high, upright, branching out at the base, then
forming a simple, pyramidal spike, covered by very short branches.
LEAVES grow by fours, linear, curved, sharp-pointed, and smooth,
furrowed underneath, having short leaf-stems pressed to the branches.
FLOWERS are numerous, growing close to, and about the middle of the
stem, peeping straight out from amongst the leaves, with scarce any
footstalks.
EMPALEMENT. Cup, double the _outer_ three-leaved, which are oval, and
pointed, the _inner_ four-leaved, being awl-shaped, and bent back at the
point.
BLOSSOM cylindrical, near an inch long, smooth, yellow, and narrow at
the mouth, having a four-lobed, reflexed border.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads, nearly the length of the blossom, fixed
into the receptacle. Tips bearded.
POINTAL. Seed-vessel bell-shaped. Shaft thread-shaped, twisted, and
without the blossom. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from March till August.
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 Petiveriana.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris muticis, exsertis, longissimis; corollis clavatis,
pollicaribus, luteis; calyce imbricato, foliis ternis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS strictissimus, rigidus, parum ramosus; ramulis brevibus,
frequentissimis.
FOLIA terna, linearia, obtusa, in apicibus ramulorum fasciculata,
petiolis adpressis.
FLORES in medio ramorum, ramulis ultimis terminales, bini, vel terni,
recurvi; pedunculi brevissimi, bracteis tribus calyciformibus.
CALYX. Perianthium duplex, imbricatum, interius tetraphyllum, exterius
triphyllum, foliolis ovatis, acuminatis, concavis, luteis, glabris.
COROLLA clavata, curvata, lutea, pollicaris, glabra, ad basin grossa,
quadrifida; oris laciniis incurvis, adpressis.
STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria, receptaculo inserta; antheræ muticæ,
exsertæ, longissimæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen ovatum. Stylus filiformis. Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Aprili in Junium.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx et Corolla.
2. Corolla.
3. Calyx lente auctus.
4. Stamina et Pistillum.
5. Stamina a Pistillo diduct; antherâ unâ lente auctâ.
6. Stylus et Stigma lente aucti.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with beardless tips, without the blossom, and very long; the
blossom is club-shaped, an inch long, and yellow; the cup is tiled; the
leaves grow by threes.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM very upright, harsh, very little branched; the smaller branches are
short, and numerous.
LEAVES grow by threes, are linear, blunt, and are bundled together at
the end of the small branches; the foot-stalks grow close to the
branches.
FLOWERS terminate the smaller branches about the middle of the larger
ones, by twos and threes, and are bent inwards; the foot-stalks are very
short, having three floral leaves, which seem to form part of the cup.
EMPALEMENT. Cup double, and tiled, the inner four-leaved, the outer
three-leaved, which are oval, pointed, hollow, smooth, and yellow.
BLOSSOM club-shaped, curved, yellow, smooth, an inch long, swelled at
the base, which is divided into four; the segments of the mouth are bent
inwards, and pressed to the filaments.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads fixed into the receptacle; tips
beardless, very long, and without the blossom.
POINTAL. Seed-vessel egg-shaped. Shaft thread-shaped. Summit
four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from April till June.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalement and Blossom.
2. The Blossom.
3. The Empalement magnified.
4. The Chives and Pointal.
5. The Chives detached from the Pointal; one tip magnified.
6. The Shaft and Summit magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA physodes.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris cristatis, inclusis; corollis ovatis, inflatis, glabris,
viscosis, crystallinis, albis; foliis quaternis, marginibus glandulosis,
obtusis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS fruticosus, bipedalis, erectus; rami erecti, ramulosi.
FOLIA quaterna, obtusa, lato-linearia, carinata, curvata, margine
glandulosa, viscosa, patentia.
FLORES umbellati, sub-quaterni, cernui, ad apices ramulorum; pedunculi
mediocres, bracteis minutis, distantibus.
CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis ovatis, brevissimis,
adpressis, viscosis.
COROLLA ovata, alba, crystallina, magnitudine pisi; laciniis acuminatis,
erectis.
STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria; antheræ cristatæ, inclusæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen globosum, sulcatum. Stylus sub-inclusus. Stigma
tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Februario in Julium.
REFERENTIA.
1. Folium lente auctum.
2. Calyx et Corolla.
3. Calyx lente auctus.
4. Stamina et Pistillum.
5. Stamen lente auctum.
6. Pistillum lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with crested tips within the blossoms, which are egg-shaped,
swelled out, smooth, clammy, like crystal, and white; leaves grow by
fours, have glandular edges, and are blunt-ended.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM shrubby, grows two feet high, upright; the branches grow upright,
and have numerous little branches.
LEAVES grow by fours, are blunt, broadly linear, keeled, curved, the
edges glandular, clammy, and spreading.
FLOWERS grow in umbels of mostly four together, hanging down from the
ends of the smaller branches; the footstalks of the length of the
blossoms, with floral leaves that are very small, and placed at a
distance from the blossom.
EMPALEMENT. Cup of four leaves, which are egg-shaped, very short,
pressed to the blossom, and clammy.
BLOSSOM egg-shaped, white, and like crystal, the size of a pea; segments
of the border tapering and upright.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads; tips crested, and within the blossom.
POINTAL. Seed-bud globular, and furrowed. Shaft just within the blossom.
Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from February till July.
REFERENCE.
1. A Leaf magnified.
2. The Empalement and Blossom.
3. The Empalement magnified.
4. The Chives and Pointal.
5. A Chive magnified.
6. The Pointal magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA pinea.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris muticis, inclusis; corollis tubuloso-clavatis,
sub-albidis; floribus axillaribus, verticillatis, pollicaribus; foliis,
sub-senis, linearibus glabris, rigidis, longis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS erectus, plus quam bipedalis, robustus; rami verticillati,
erecto-patentes, raro ramulosi, cauli similes.
FOLIA sena, linearia, glabra, patentia, longissima, petiolis adpressis.
FLORES in medio ramorum verticillati, horizontales, pollicares;
pedunculi brevissimi, bracteis tribus instructi.
CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis subulatis, ad basin
latioribus, glabris, adpressis.
COROLLA tubuloso-clavata, obtusa, sub-albida; laciniis reflexis.
STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria, corolla breviora. Antheræ muticæ,
inclusæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen turbinatum, sulcatum; apice pilosum, ad basin
glandulosum. Stylus filiformis, exsertus. Stigma peltatum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mensi Augusti, in Decembrem.
REFERENTIA.
1. Folium, lente auctum.
2. Calyx et Corolla.
3. Calyx, auctus.
4. Stamina, et Pistillum.
5. Stamina a Pistillo diducta, anthera una lente aucta.
6. Pistillum, stigma auctum.
7. Germen, auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH with beardless tips, within the blossoms, which are tubularly
club-shaped, and nearly white; flowers grow from the lower part of the
leaves close to the stem in whorls, are an inch long; leaves grow mostly
by sixes, are linear and smooth, stiff, and long.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM upright, grows more than two feet high and very stout; the branches
grow in whorls, spreading and upright, seldom breaking into smaller
branches, and like the stem.
LEAVES grow by sixes, are linear, smooth, spread outward, and very long,
the foot-stalks pressed to the stem.
FLOWERS grow in whorls about the middle of the branches, horizontal, and
an inch in length; the foot-stalks very short, with three floral leaves
on them.
EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, the leaflets are awl-shaped, broadest at
the base, smooth, and pressed to the blossom.
BLOSSOM tubularly club-shaped, blunt ended, and nearly white; the
segments of the border are reflexed.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads shorter than the blossom. Tips beardless
and within the blossom.
POINTAL. Seed-bud turban-shaped and furrowed; hairy on the upper part,
and glandular at the base. Shaft thread-shaped, and without the blossom.
Summit shield-shaped.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from August, till December,
REFERENCE.
1. A Leaf, magnified.
2. The Empalement, and Blossom.
3. The Empalement, magnified.
4. The Chives, and Pointal, magnified.
5. The Chives detached from the Pointal, a Tip magnified.
6. The Pointal, the Summit magnified.
7. The Seed-bud, magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA Plukenetia nana.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA antheris muticis, longissimis, exsertis; floribus solitariis,
cernuis, bracteis remotis; corolla sub cylindrica, sub-truncata,
atro-purpurea; oris laciniis minutis, erectis; calycibus simplicibus;
foliis ternis, confertis, inflexis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS sub-pedalis, erectus, robustus; rami verticillati, patenti;
ramuli frequentissimi, sub-erecti.
FOLIA terna, linearia, glabra, arcuata, inflexa, subtus sulcata;
petiolis ferè nullis.
FLORES in medio ramorum ex axillis foliorum verticillati, solitarii;
pedunculi longissimi, bracteis minutis, remotis.
CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis glabris, carinatis, ovatis,
acutis, coloratis, adpressis.
COROLLA sub-cylindrica, sub-truncata, glabra, atro-purpurea; laciniis
limbi obtusis, obsoletis, viridibus, erectis.
STAMINA. Filamenta octo, plana, longitudine corollæ. Antheræ muticæ,
exsertæ, filamentorum longitudine, attenuata in filamenta.
PISTILLUM. Germen ovatum, glabrum. Stylus filiformis, exsertus,
staminibus paulo longior. Stigma obsolete tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mensi Junii, in Novembrem.
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, Stigma auctum.
6. Germen auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH with beardless tips, very long, and without the blossom; flowers
grow solitary, hanging down, with the floral leaves at a distance;
blossom nearly cylindrical, appearing nearly as if cut off at the mouth,
of a deep purple; the segments of the mouth are small, and upright; the
cups simple; leaves grow by threes, crowded together, and turned
inwards.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM grows nearly a foot high, upright, and sturdy; the branches grow in
whorls, spreading; the smaller branches are numerous, and nearly
upright.
LEAVES grow by threes, linear, smooth, bent like a bow, turned inward,
and furrowed beneath; scarce any foot-stalks.
FLOWERS grow in the middle of the branches, from the base of the leaves
in whorls, and singly; the foot-stalks the length of the blossoms,
having very small floral leaves at a distance from the cup.
EMPALEMENT. Cup three-leaved, leaflets smooth, keeled, egg-shaped,
pointed, coloured, and pressed to the blossom.
BLOSSOM nearly cylindrical, appearing almost as if cut off at the end,
smooth, and of a deep purple; the segments of the border blunt, very
small, green, and upright.
CHIVES. Eight flat threads, the length of the blossom. Tips beardless,
without the blossom, the length of the threads, and tapered into them.
POINTAL. Seed-bud egg-shaped, and smooth. Shaft thread-shaped, without
the blossom, and a little longer than the chives. Summit slightly
four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from the month of June, till November.
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, the Summit magnified.
6. The Seed-bud, magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA pubescens.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris aristatis, inclusis; stylo sub-exserto; corollis ovatis,
pubescentibus; foliis quaternis, arcuatis, incurvatis, hirtis; caule
piloso.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS fruticosus, ramosus, pilosus; rami et ramuli pilosi, filiformes,
virgati.
FOLIA quaterna, sæpe terna, obtusa, villosa, incurva, arcuata, subtus
sulcata; petiolis brevissimis adpressis.
FLORES in ramulis terminales, umbellati, bini, terni, vel plures,
copiosi, purpurei; pedunculi capillares, bracteis tribus, hirsutis,
instructi.
CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis pilosis, rufescentibus,
subulatis, apicibus coloratis, obtusis.
COROLLA, ovata, obtusa, villosa; oris laciniis minutis, erectis.
STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria. Antheræ aristatæ, inclusæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen ovatum, ad basin glandulosum. Stylus filiformis,
purpureus. Stigma ad basin peltatum, apice tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mensi Augusti, in Februarium.
REFERENTIA.
1. Folium, auctum.
2. Calyx, et Corolla.
3. Calyx, auctus.
4. Stamina et Pistillum.
5. Stamina, lente aucta.
6. Germen, Stylus et Stigma, lente aucta.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with bearded tips, within the blossom; shaft just without;
blossoms egg-shaped and downy; leaves grow by fours, bowed, turned
inwards, and hairy; stem hairy.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM shrubby, branching and hairy; the large and small branches are
hairy; thread-shaped, and twiggy.
LEAVES grow by fours, often by threes, blunt, hairy, turned inwards,
bowed, and furrowed beneath; having very short foot-stalks pressed to
the stem.
FLOWERS terminate the small branches in umbels of two, three, or more,
are very abundant, and purple; foot-stalks are hair-like, having three
hairy floral-leaves on them.
EMPALEMENT. Cup of four leaves, which are hairy, rough, awl-shaped,
coloured at the ends, and blunt.
BLOSSOM egg-shaped, blunt, and hairy; the segments of the mouth are
small and upright.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads. Tips bearded, and within the blossom.
POINTAL. Seed-bud egg-shaped and glandular at the base. Shaft
thread-shaped and purple. Summit shield-shaped at the base, and
four-cornered at the top.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from August, till February.
REFERENCE.
1. A leaf, magnified.
2. The Empalement, and Blossom.
3. The Empalement, magnified.
4. The Chives, and Pointal.
5. The Chives, magnified.
6. The Seed-bud, Shaft, and its Summit, magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA pulchella.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris muticis, inclusis; flores sub-globosi, incarnati,
axillares, paniculati; caulis filiformis, flexuosus; folia terna,
trigona, sexfariam imbricata.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS flexuosus, pedalis, glaber; rami flexuosi, sub-simplices,
filiformes, longi.
FOLIA terna, trigona, glabra, obtusa, sexfariam imbricata, sub-erecta;
petiolis brevissimis, adpressis.
FLORES in summis ramulis paniculati, axillares; pedunculi longissimi,
bracteis tribus, minutis, remotis, instructi.
CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis ciliatis, concavis, adpressis,
ovatis.
COROLLA sub-globosa, parva, incarnata, laciniis minutis, erectis.
STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria, receptaculo inserta. Antheræ muticæ,
inclusæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen globosum. Stylus cylindricus, inclusus. Stigma
tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.