Stigma tetragonum, virescens.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Octobris, in Aprilem.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx, et Corolla.
2. Calyx lente auctus.
3. Stamina et Pistillum.
4. Stamina a Pistillo diducta; et stamen unum lente auctum.
5. Stylus, et Stigma, lente aucta.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH with beardless tips, just within the blossom, the pointal without;
the blossoms are nearly cylindrical, ribbed, and variously coloured;
leaves grow by threes.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM shrubby, grows two feet high, erect, tapering to the top; the
branches are nearly simple.
LEAVES grow by threes, linear, awl-shaped, flat on the upper, and
furrowed on the under surface, smooth, and of a deep green; with very
short foot-stalks pressed to the branches.
The FLOWERS are numerous, bending a little downward, terminating the
small branches by threes or fours, near the top of the stem; the
foot-stalks being very short.
EMPALEMENT. The Cup is double, the _inner_ is four-leaved, which are
orange-coloured, furrowed at the point, and pressed to the blossom; the
_outer_ is three-leaved, shorter than the inner, and greenish at the
point.
The BLOSSOM is nearly cylindrical, a little narrowed at the middle,
ribbed, the lower part orange colour, the mouth greenish, whose segments
are reflexed.
CHIVES. Eight threads, whose lower parts are spatula-shaped, and upper
linear, fixed into the receptacle. Tips beardless, and almost within the
blossom.
POINTAL. Seed-vessel globe-shaped, and furrowed. Shaft thread-shaped,
and without the blossom. Summit four-cornered and greenish.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from October, till April.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalement, and Blossom.
2. The Empalement magnified.
3. The Chives and Pointal.
4. The Chives detached from the Pointal; one tip with its thread,
magnified.
5. The Shaft, and its Summit, magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA vestita alba.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris muticis, sub-inclusis; folia sena, tremulenta, linearia,
conferta, attenuata in petiolos capillares; floribus clavatis, albidis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS tripedalis, laxus, erectus, basi simplicissimus, ramis
simplicibus adscendentibus.
FOLIA sena, conferta, glabra, linearia, tremulenta, subtus sulcata,
attenuata in petioles capillares semiunguiculares.
FLORES in ramulis verticillati, erecto-patentes; pedunculis brevibus
bracteis tribus instructis.
CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis subulatis, adpressis, glabris,
viscosis.
COROLLA clavata, pollicaris, alba, pubescens; oris laciniis patentibus.
STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria; antheræ muticæ, subinclusæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen turbinatum, summum pilis longis coronatum. Stylus
filiformis, exsertus. Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Julii in 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 aucti.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with beardless tips, just within the blossoms; leaves grow by
sixes, are tremulous, linear, and crowded together, tapering into
hair-like foot-stalks; the flowers are club-shaped, and white.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM grows three feet high, loose and upright, simple at the base, with
simple ascending branches.
LEAVES grow by sixes, crowded together, smooth, linear, tremulous,
furrowed underneath, and tapering into hair-like foot-stalks a quarter
of an inch in length.
FLOWERS grow in whorls upon the smaller branches, upright, and
spreading; with short foot-stalks having three floral leaves.
EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, which are awl-shaped, pressed to the
blossom, smooth, and clammy.
BLOSSOM club-shaped, an inch long, white and downy, the segments of the
mouth are spread outward.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads, tips beardless, and just within the
blossom.
POINTAL. Seed-vessel turban-shaped, the top-being crowned with long
hairs. Shaft thread-shaped, and without the blossom. Summit
four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from July 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 vestita purpurea.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris muticis, subexsertis; foliis senis, linearibus,
tremulentibus, attenuata in petiolos capillares, semiunguiculares;
floribus axillaribus, clavatis, purpureis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS fruticosus, bipedalis, erectus, basi simplicissimus, dein
verticillatim ramosus, ramis simplicibus, adscendentibus.
FOLIA sena, linearia, tremulanta, acuta, glabra, subtus leviter sulcata,
attenuata in petiolos capillares, semiunguiculares.
FLORES in ramulis mediis verticillati, recti; pedunculis brevibus,
bracteis tribus instructis.
CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis lanciolatis, basi serratis,
viridis, glabris.
COROLLA clavata, pollicaria, obtusa, recta, purpurea, ore arctato, limbo
quadrifido, reflexo.
STAMINA. Filamenta octo, capillaria, receptaculo inserta. Antheræ
muticæ, subexsertæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen turbinatum, apice, pilis longis, plumosis, octofarium
coronatum. Stylus filiformis, exsertus. Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mensi Julii in Januarium.
REFERENTIA.
1. Folium unum cum petiolo.
2. Calyx et Corolla.
3. Calyx lente auctus.
4. Stamina et Pistillum.
5. Stamina a Pistillo diducta; anthera una lente aucta.
6. Stylus et Stigma lente aucta.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with beardless tips, almost without the blossom; leaves grow by
sixes, linear, tremulous, and tapering into hair-like foot-stalks a
quarter of an inch long; the flowers grow from the base of the leaves,
are club-shaped, and purple.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM shrubby, grows two feet high, and upright, simple at the base, then
branching out from a whorl into simple ascending branches.
LEAVES grow by sixes, are linear, tremulous, sharp-pointed, smooth,
lightly furrowed on the under part, and tapering into hair-like
leaf-stems a quarter of an inch in length.
FLOWERS are in whorls about the middle of the branches, straight out,
having short foot-stalks with three floral leaves.
EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, which are lance-shaped, sawed at the base,
green, and smooth.
BLOSSOM club-shaped, an inch long, blunt, straight, and purple,
compressed at the mouth, with a four-lobed, reflexed border.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads fixed into the receptacle. Tips
beardless, and nearly of a length with the blossom.
POINTAL. Seed-vessel turban-shaped, the top crowned by eight plumes of
long hairs. Shaft thread-shaped, and without the blossom. Summit
four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from July till January.
REFERENCE.
1. A leaf with its foot-stalk.
2. The Empalement and Blossom.
3. The Empalement magnified.
4. The Chives and Pointal.
5. The Chives detached from the Pointal; one tip magnified.
6. The Shaft and its Summit magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA vestita coccinea.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris muticis, sub-exsertis; foliis senis, tremulis,
linearibus, attenuatis in petiolos capillares; corollis clavatis,
pollicaribus, coccineis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS erectus, sesquipedalis, parum ramosus, ramulis simplicibus,
foliis tectis.
FOLIA sena, linearia, tremula, glabra, subtus sulcata, attenuata in
petiolos capillares semiunguiculares.
FLORES in ramulis mediis conferti, numerosi, erecto-patentes, pedunculis
brevibus, bracteis tribus linearibus adpressis.
CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis subulatis adpressis glabris.
COROLLA clavata, pollicaris, coccinea, oris laciniis revolutis.
STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria, receptaculo inserta; antheris
muticis, sub-exsertis.
PISTILLUM. Germen turbinatum, sulcatum. Stylus filiformis. Stigma
tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spæi.
Floret a mense Augusto in Novembrem.
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 aucti.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with beardless tips just without the blossom; the leaves grow by
sixes, are tremulous, linear, and taper into hair-like foot-stalks; the
blossoms are club-shaped, an inch long, and deep scarlet.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM upright, grows a foot and a half high, branching but little; the
smaller branches are simple, and covered with leaves.
LEAVES grow by sixes, are linear, tremulous, smooth, furrowed
underneath, and tapering into hair-like foot-stalks half an inch long.
FLOWERS are clustered together about the middle of the branches, are
numerous, spreading upwards, having short foot-stalks, with three linear
floral leaves pressed to the cup.
EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, which are awl-shaped, pressed to the
blossom, and smooth.
BLOSSOM club-shaped, an inch long, and of a deep scarlet colour; the
segments of the mouth are rolled back.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads, fixed into the receptacle; tips
beardless, and just without the blossom.
POINTAL. Seed-vessel turban-shaped, and furrowed. Shaft thread-shaped.
Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from August 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 its Summit magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA viscaria.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris muticis, inclusis; corollis campanulatis, viscosis;
floribus axillaribus, spicatis; calycibus foliaceis, duplicatis; foliis
quaternis, linearibus, glabris.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS fruticosus, bipedalis, erectus; rami et ramuli simplices, longi,
laxi, superne viscosi.
FOLIA quaterna, linearia, acuta, glabra, juniora in apicibus ramulis
viscosa; petiolis adpressis.
FLORES spicati in medio ramulorum, patentes, axillares; pedunculi
brevissimi.
CALYX. Perianthium duplex; foliolis rudibus, viscosis, adpressis,
marginibus glandulosis.
COROLLA campanulata, valde mucosa, purpurascens, semiquadrifida;
laciniis reflexis.
STAMINA. Filamenta octo linearia. Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen globosum. Stylus inclusus, filiformis. Stigma
tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mensi Aprili, in Julium.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx, et Corolla.
2. Calyx, auctus.
3. Corolla.
4. Stamina, et Pistillum.
5. Stamina a Pistillo diducta.
6. Stamen unum, auctum.
7. Stylus, et Stigma, lente aucta.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with beardless tips, within the blossoms, which are bell-shaped,
and clammy; the flowers grow from the foot-stalks of the leaves close to
the branches forming close spikes; the cups are like the leaves of the
plant, and are double; the leaves grow by fours, are linear and smooth.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM shrubby, grows two feet high, and upright; the larger and smaller
branches are simple, long, loose and clammy at the ends.
LEAVES grow by fours, are linear, pointed, and smooth, the younger ones
are clammy at the ends of the branches; foot-stalks pressed to the stem.
FLOWERS grow in spikes about the middle of the branches, spreading out,
and growing from the foot-stalks of the leaves; the foot-stalks very
short.
EMPALEMENT. Cup double; the leaves unequal, clammy and pressed to the
blossom, with small glands on their margins.
BLOSSOM bell shaped, very clammy, purple, half way cleft into four, the
segments bent back.
CHIVES. Eight linear threads. Tips beardless and within the blossom.
POINTAL. Seed-bud globular. Shaft within the blossom and 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 Blossom.
4. The Chives, and Pointal.
5. The Chives detached from the Pointal.
6. A Chive, magnified.
7. The Shaft and Summit, magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA Walkeria.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris muticis, sub-inclusis, foliis quaternis, linearibus,
glabris; floribus sessilibus, erectis, quaternis, terminalibus; calycis
foliola margine membranacea, serrato-lacera.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS fruticosus, spithamæus, erectus, ramosus; ramuli frequentissimi,
suberecti.
FOLIA quaterna, linearia, glabra, crassiuscula, nitida, patentia;
petiolis brevissimis.
FLORES sessiles, erecti, fastigiati, quaterni, terminales; fere
pedunculati.
CALYX. Perianthium duplex, exterius triphyllum, foliolis subulatis,
marginibus membranaceis, serrato-laceris; interius tetraphyllum,
foliolis longioribus, apicibus carneis, adpressis.
COROLLA ventricosa, pellucida, ore arctata, extus pallide sanguinea,
intus alba; laciniis sub-cordatis, expansis, maximis.
STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria; antheræ muticæ, inclusæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen turbinatum, læviter sulcatum. Stylus subexsertus,
filiformis. Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mensi Februarii in Junium.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx lente auctus.
2. Corolla.
3. Stamina et Pistillum.
4. Stamen unum lente auctum.
5. Pistillum lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with beardless tips, just within the blossom; leaves grow by
fours, linear, and smooth; flowers sit close upon the ends of the
branches, upright, and by fours; the leaves of the cup are skinny at the
edge, and sawed as if torn.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM shrubby, a span high, upright, and branching; smaller branches
numerous, and nearly upright.
LEAVES grow by fours, linear, smooth, thickish, shining, and spreading
out; with very short footstalks.
FLOWERS sit close in upright bunches, by fours, on the ends of the
branches; scarce any footstalks.
EMPALEMENT. Cup double, the outer three-leaved, which are awl-shaped,
having the edges skinny, and sawed as if torn; the inner has four
leaves, which are longer than the others; the points flesh-coloured, and
pressed to the blossom.
BLOSSOM bellied out, and pellucid, the mouth narrowed, without a pale
red, white within; the segments nearly heart-shaped, spreading, and very
large.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads; tips beardless, within the blossom.
POINTAL. Seed-bud turban-shaped, slightly furrowed. Shaft just without
the blossom, and thread-shaped. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from February till June.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalement magnified.
2. The Blossom.
3. The Chives and Pointal.
4. The Chive magnified.
5. The Pointal magnified.
[Illustration]
ALPHABETICAL INDEX
TO THE
FIGURES IN VOL. I.
1. Erica Aitonia.
2. .... albens.
3. .... ampullacea.
4. .... baccans.
5. .... Banksia.
6. .... bruniades.
7. .... caffra.
8. .... calycina.
9. .... campanulata.
10. .... capitata.
11. .... cerinthoides.
12. .... cernua.
13. .... coccinea.
14. .... conspicua.
15. .... coronata.
16. .... costata.
17. .... cruenta.
18. .... cubica.
19. .... curviflora.
20. .... discolor.
21. .... droseroides.
22. .... exsurgens.
23. .... flexuosa.
24. .... glauca.
25. .... glutinosa.
26. .... grandiflora.
27. .... imbricata.
28. .... incarnata.
29. .... jasminiflora.
30. .... lateralis.
31. .... Leea.
32. .... lutea.
33. .... mammosa.
34. .... marifolia.
35. .... margaritacea.
36. .... Massonia.
37. Erica melastoma.
38. .... monadelphia.
39. .... mucosa.
40. .... Muscaria.
41. .... nigrita.
42. .... obliqua.
43. .... Patersonia.
44. .... Petiveriana.
45. .... physodes.
46. .... pinea.
47. .... β Plukenetia _nana_.
48. .... pubescens.
49. .... pulchella.
50. .... purpurea.
51. .... pyramidalis.
52. .... radiata.
53. .... ramentacea.
54. .... retorta.
55. .... Sebana _aurantia_.
56. .... β .... _lutea_.
57. .... γ ...... _viridis_.
58. .... serratifolia.
59. .... setacea.
60. .... sordida.
61. .... spicata.
62. .... spuria.
63. .... taxifolia.
64. .... tubiflora.
65. .... ventricosa.
66. .... verticillata.
67. .... versicolor.
68. .... vestita _alba_.
69. ... β ..... _purpurea_.
70. ... γ ..... _coccinea_.
71. .... viscaria.
72. .... Walkeria.
SYSTEMATICAL ARRANGEMENT
OF THE
LXXII ERICAS, OR HEATHS, CONTAINED IN
VOL. I.
Taken from the shape of the tips, and the number of leaves which
surround the stem in one whorle
ANTHERÆ ARISTATÆ. TIPS BEARDED.
_Foliis ternis._ _Leaves by threes._
E. marifolia Marum-leaved, H.
.. pulchella Whipcord-like.
.. discolor Two-coloured.
_Foliis quaternis._ _Leaves by fours._
.. caffra Caffrean.
.. pubescens Downy.
.. mucosa Mucous-flowered.
.. verticillata Whorled-flowered.
.. mammosa Teat-like-flowered.
.. cruenta Bloody.
.. Patersonia Paterson.
_Foliis senis._ _Leaves by sixes._
.. spicata Spike-flowered.
_Foliis octonis._ _Leaves by eights._
.. coronata coronet-flowered.
ANTHERÆ CRISTATÆ. TIPS CRESTED.
_Foliis sparsis._ _Leaves scattered._
.. droseroides Sun-dew-leaved.
_Foliis ternis._ _Leaves by threes._
.. calycina Large-cupped.
.. glauca Sea-green.
_Foliis quaternis._ _Leaves by fours._
.. ramentacea Slender-branched.
.. margaritacea Pearl-flowered.
.. lateralis Lateral-flowered.
.. incarnata Flesh-coloured.
.. cernua Nodding-flowered.
.. baccans Arbutus-flowered.
.. physodes Bead-flowered.
ANTHERÆ BICORNUTÆ. TIPS TWO-HORNED.
_Foliis sparsis._ _Leaves scattered._
.. obliqua Irregular-leaved.
_Foliis ternis._ _Leaves by threes._
.. setacea Bristly-leaved.
.. Aitonia Aiton.
.. jasminiflora Jasmine-flowered.
_Foliis quaternis._ _Leaves by fours._
.. cubica Square-flowered.
.. ventricosa Bellied.
.. ampullacea Flask.
.. conspicua Long-yellow-flowered.
ANTHERÆ MUTICÆ. TIPS BEARDLESS.
_Foliis oppositis._ _Leaves opposite._
E. lutea Small yellow, H.
_Foliis ternis._ _Leaves by threes._
.. nigrita Black-tipped.
.. flexuosa Zig-Zag-branched.
.. imbricata Tiled-cup.
.. taxifolia Yew-leaved.
.. albens Whitish-flowered.
.. bruniades Brunia-like-flowered.
.. capitata Woolly-headed.
.. versicolor Various-coloured.
.. costata Ribbed-flowered.
_Foliis quaternis._ _Leaves by fours._
.. Muscaria Musk-Hyacinth-smelling.
.. Walkeria Walker.
.. viscaria Viscous.
.. campanulata Bell-flowered.
.. pyramidalis Pyramidal.
.. radiata Raied-flowered.
.. retorta Filligrane-leaved.
.. serratifolia Sawed-leaved.
.. coccinea Deep-red-flowered.
.. cerinthoides Honey-wort-flowered.
.. Massonia Masson.
.. tubiflora Tube-flowered.
.. curviflora Curve-flowered.
.. spuria Rolling-pin-flowered.
.. sordida Dirty-flowered.
.. grandiflora Large-flowered.
.. exsurgens Ever-flowering.
_Foliis scenis._ _Leaves by sixes._
.. purpurea Purple-flowered.
.. Leea Lee.
.. glutinosa Clammy.
.. pinea Pine-leaved.
.. vestita _alba_ White tremulous.
β ..... _purpurea_ Purple tremulous.
γ ..... _coccinea_ Scarlet tremulous.
ANTHERÆ PENICILLATÆ. TIPS PENCILLED.
_Foliis ternis._ _Leaves by threes._
.. Monadelphia Columnar-threaded.
.. Banksia Banks.
β Plukenetia, _nana_ β Plunkenet, _dwarf_.
.. melastoma Black-mouthed.
.. Petiveriana Petiver-like.
.. Sebana, _aurantia_ α Seba, _orange_.
β ....., _lutea_ β ..., _yellow_.
γ ....., _viridis_ γ ..., _green_.
GENERAL LIST OF HEATHS
CULTIVATED BY
_Messrs. Lee and Kennedy, Hammersmith, in 1802_.
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