COLOURED
ENGRAVINGS
OF
HEATHS.
Coloured Engravings
OF
HEATHS.
THE
DRAWINGS
TAKEN FROM
LIVING PLANTS ONLY.
WITH
THE APPROPRIATE SPECIFIC CHARACTER, FULL DESCRIPTION, NATIVE PLACE
OF GROWTH, AND TIME OF FLOWERING OF EACH;
In Latin and English.
EACH FIGURE ACCOMPANIED BY ACCURATE DISSECTIONS OF THE SEVERAL
PARTS (MAGNIFIED WHERE NECESSARY) UPON WHICH THE
SPECIFIC DISTINCTION HAS BEEN FOUNDED,
ACCORDING TO THE
LINNÆAN SYSTEM.
THE WHOLE EXECUTED
_By H. C. ANDREWS_,
BOTANICAL PAINTER, ENGRAVER, &c.
VOL. II.
LONDON:
PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR, NO. 5, KNIGHTSBRIDGE.
_Printed by R. Taylor and Co. 38, Shoe Lane._
1805.
DISSERTATION continued.
The unabating ardour that still prevails in the science of botany, and
rather increases than diminishes, renders it almost impossible (from
the extreme minutiæ annexed to this elegant tribe) for the pencil of
the artist to keep pace with the numerous importations from the Cape
(at present the sole emporium of the genus Erica); the limits of the
genus it is impossible at present to prescribe, but by the termination
of the next volume we have no doubt of being able to ascertain, in some
measure, its extent. The author’s intention is therefore to figure
(first) all the most elegant and desirable of the genus, including many
very beautiful varieties, of recent introduction, that far surpass
those from which they derive their name; reserving, as a dernier
ressort, the most uninteresting and least attractive, to subjoin at
the termination of the genus, as necessary links in the chain of this
extensive family. The great difficulty attending the cultivation of
many of the species, so generally complained of, can only be surmounted
by great care and attention to keep them from the partial damps and
fogs so prevalent in this island. Among the most tender and difficult
to preserve, and which require the most care, are the E. obbata, E.
retorta, E. ampullacea, E. Aitonia, E. Jasminiflora, E. vestita alba,
and E. Massonia; the last of which is perhaps the most tender, owing
most likely to the closeness of the leaves, joined with the soft hairs
that surround them, which is a great encourager of secreted damps:
this, assisted by the great succulence that pervades the upper part of
the plant, and its rather abrupt commencement from the wood, renders
it so difficult to be preserved. They should by no means be intermixed
with other plants, but kept in a house entirely appropriated to them,
and so arranged that the air may have as free an egress and regress as
possible to them all; as undoubtedly the mixing of them with plants
whose foliage is so much larger, although it may produce a pleasing
contrast, must exclude the free approach of the atmosphere, to which
they are so much exposed in their native clime, and to which the
nearest approximation must certainly be most congenial.
ERICA acuta.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA antheris cristatis, inclusis; floribus ternis;
foliolis calycis ciliatis, apicibus setaceis;
corollis urceolatis, purpureis; foliis subulatis,
erectis, mucronatis, quaternis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS erectus, pedalis, gracilis; rami pauci,
filiformes, erecti; ramuli plurimi, brevi, erecti.
FOLIA quaterna, subulata, mucronata, glabra,
rigida, erecta; petiolis brevissimis, adpressis.
FLORES in apice omnium ramulorum terni,
cernui; pedunculi longitudine florum, bracteis
tribus, ciliatis instructi.
CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum; foliolis
lanceolatis, ciliatis, apice setaceis.
COROLLA urceolata, purpurea, glabra; laciniis
limbi, acutis, parum reflexis.
STAMINA. Filamenta capillaria, curvata. Antheræ
cristatæ, inclusæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen subglobosum, sulcatum.
Stylus filiformis, inclusus. Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a Maio, in Julium.
REFERENTIA.
1. Folium, auctum.
2. Calyx, auctus.
3. Flos, magnitudine naturali.
4. Corolla.
5. Stamina et Pistillum, auctum.
6. Pistillum et Germen, auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH with crested tips, within the blossom;
flowers grow by threes; leaflets of the cup fringed,
with bristles at the ends; blossoms pitcher-shaped
and purple; leaves awl-shaped, upright, sharp-pointed
and growing by fours.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM upright, a foot high, slender; branches
few, thread-shaped, upright; small branches many,
short, upright.
LEAVES grow by fours, awl-shaped, sharp-pointed,
smooth, harsh and upright; foot-stalks
very short and pressed to the stem.
FLOWERS grow by threes at the end of all the
smaller branches, nodding; the foot-stalks the
length of the flowers, having three fringed floral
leaves on them.
EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, leaflets
lance-shaped, fringed, and bristled at the end.
BLOSSOM pitcher-shaped, purple, smooth, segments
of the border pointed, a little reflexed.
CHIVES. Threads, hair-like, curved. Tips
crested within the blossom.
POINTAL. Seed-bud roundish and furrowed.
Shaft thread-shaped, within the blossom. Summit
four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from May, till July.
REFERENCE.
1. A Leaf, magnified.
2. The Empalement, magnified.
3. A Flower of the natural size.
4. A Blossom.
5. The Chives and Pointal, magnified.
6. The Pointal and Seed-bud, magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA Archeria.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA antheris muticis, inclusis, stylo exserto;
floribus subterminalibus, verticillatis; corollis tubuloso-clavatis,
villosis, rubro-purpureis, pollicaribus;
foliolis senis, rigidis, serrato-ciliatis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS fruticosus, erectus, sesquipedalis; rami
erecti, simplices; ramuli pauci, patento-erecti.
FOLIA sena, linearia, rigida, patentia, margine
serrato-ciliata; petiolis brevissimis, adpressis.
FLORES in summitate ramorum subterminales,
verticillati, patenti; pedunculi brevi, bracteis tribus
instructi.
CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis
ovato-lanceolatis, apicibus parum reflexis, hispidis,
viscosis.
COROLLA tubuloso-clavata, pollicaris, villosa,
rubro-purpurea, viscosa; laciniis erectis.
STAMINA. Filamento octo, capillaria, apice
incurvata. Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen subovatum, octo-sulcatum,
ad basin glandulosum. Stylus filiformis,
exsertus. Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret ab Augusto, in Novembrem.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx, lente auctus.
2. Flos, magnitudine naturali.
3. Stamina et Pistillum.
4. Pistillum, Stigma auctum.
5. Germen, lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH with beardless tips, within the blossom,
shaft without; flowers nearly terminate the
branches in whorls; blossoms tubularly club-shaped,
hairy, of a red-purple colour, and an
inch long; leaves grow by sixes, harsh, and sawed
at the edge as if fringed.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM shrubby, upright, a foot and a half high;
branches upright, simple; small branches few,
grow upright-spreading.
LEAVES grow by sixes, linear, harsh, spreading,
sawed like a fringe at margin; with very
short foot-stalks pressed to the stem.
FLOWERS grow nearly terminal at the top of
the branches in whorls, spreading; foot-stalks
short, with three floral leaves.
EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, leaflets between
egg and lance-shaped, points a little reflexed,
hairy and clammy.
BLOSSOM tubularly club-shaped, an inch long,
hairy, of a red-purple colour, and clammy; segments
upright.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads turned inwards
at the top. Tips beardless, within the
blossom.
POINTAL. Seed-bud nearly egg-shaped, eight-furrowed,
glandular at the base. Shaft thread-shaped,
without the blossom. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from August, till November.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalement, magnified.
2. A Flower, natural size.
3. The Chives and Pointal.
4. The Pointal, the Summit magnified.
5. The Seed-bud, magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA ardens.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris cristatis inclusis, floribus lateralibus
subternis cernuis subglobosis, laciniis erecto-incurvis,
foliis ternis subulatis reflexis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS fruticosus, semipedalis et ultra, flexuosus,
ramulis erectis, patentibusque.
FOLIA ternata, subulata, reflexa, petiolis brevibus,
adpressis.
FLORES laterales, sæpe ternati, cernui, speciosi;
pedunculi floribus sere duplo longiores, bracteis
tribus, distantibus, coloratis, instructi.
CALYX tetraphyllus, foliolis ovato-acuminatis,
concavis, incurvatis.
COROLLA subglobosa, ignea, laciniis erecto-incurvis.
STAMINA octo, capillaria; antheræ cristatæ inclusæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen tiaræforme; stylus inclusus;
stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Aprili in Junium.
REFERENTIA.
1. Folium lente auctum.
2. Flos.
3. Calyx cum pedunculo, lente auctus.
4. Stamina et Pistillum.
5. Stamen lente auctum.
6. Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.
7. Germen lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with crested tips within the blossom,
flowers lateral chiefly in threes bowing nearly globose,
with the segments erect-incurved, leaves in
threes awl-shaped and bent backwards.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM shrubby, half a foot high and upwards,
flexuose, with branches erect, and spreading.
LEAVES, in threes, awl-shaped, bent backwards,
with short footstalks pressed to the stems.
FLOWERS lateral, chiefly in threes, bowing,
showy; the peduncles almost twice as long as the
flowers, with three distant, coloured, floral leaves.
EMPALEMENT four-leaved, with the leaves egg-acuminated,
concave, and incurved.
BLOSSOM somewhat globular, of a fiery colour,
with segments erect-incurved.
CHIVES. Eight, hair-like; tips crested within the
blossom.
POINTAL. Germen turban-shaped; shaft within
the blossom; summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from April till June.
REFERENCE.
1. A Leaf magnified.
2. A Flower.
3. The Empalement with the peduncle, magnified.
4. The Chives and Pointal.
5. A Chive magnified.
6. The Pointal, with the summit magnified.
7. The Seed-bud magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA aurea.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA antheris muticis, subinclusis, stylo exserto;
floribus subterminalibus verticillatis; corollis
cylindricis, pollicaribus, aurantiis; foliis senis, linearibus,
glabris, horizontalibus.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS erectus, fruticosus, pedalis; rami verticillati,
patentes, rigidi.
FOLIA sena, linearia, glabra, seniora teretiuscula,
juniora plana, apice incurvata, patentia;
petiolis brevissimis.
FLORES horizontaliter verticillati prope ramorum
summitatem; pedunculi brevissimi, bracteis
tribus instructi.
CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis
subulatis, glabris, adpressis.
COROLLA cylindracea, glabra, aurantia; laciniis
oris parum reflexis.
STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria. Antheræ
subinclusæ, muticæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen turbinatum, sulcatum,
apice concavum, ad basin glandulosum. Stylus
filiformis. Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Julii, in Septembrem.
REFERENTIA.
1. Flos.
2. Calyx, auctus.
3. Stamina et Pistillum, anthera una diducta
et aucta.
4. Pistillum, Stigma diductum et auctum.
5. Germen, auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH with beardless tips, just within the blossom,
shaft without; flowers nearly terminate the
branches in whorls; blossoms cylindrical, an inch
long, and of a gold colour; leaves grow by sixes,
linear, smooth, and horizontal.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM upright, shrubby, a foot high; the
branches grow in whorls, spreading, and stiff.
LEAVES grow by sixes, linear, smooth; the older
ones rather cylindrical, the younger smooth, turned
inward at the end, and spreading; very short
foot-stalks.
FLOWERS grow horizontally in whorls near
the summit of the branches; foot-stalks very short,
having three floral leaves on them.
EMPALMENT. Cup four-leaved, leaflets awl-shaped,
smooth, pressed to the blossom.
BLOSSOM cylinder-shaped, smooth, gold coloured;
segments of the mouth a little reflexed.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads. Tips just
within the blossom, beardless.
POINTAL. Seed-bud top-shaped, furrowed,
hollow at the top, glandular at the base. Shaft
thread-shaped. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from the month of July, till September.
REFERENCE.
1. A Flower.
2. The Cup, magnified.
3. The Chives and Pointal, one of the tips detached
and magnified.
4. The Pointal, the summit detached and magnified.
5. The Seed-bud, magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA barbata _major_.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA antheris cristatis, inclusis; stylo sub-exserto;
corollis urceolatis, albis, pilosis; pedunculis
longissimis, bracteis distantibus; floribus
umbellatis, terminalibus; foliis quaternis, ovatis,
barbatis, patentibus, subtus concavis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS fruticosus, pedalis, flexuosus; rami
filiformes, laxi, pauci; ramuli villosiusculi, patenti.
FOLIA quaterna, ciliata, ovata, parum curvata,
patentia, subtus concava, supra glandulosa; petiolis
adpressis.
FLORES in ultimis ramulis terminales, umbellati,
cernui, pedunculi pilis obsiti, foliis longiores,
bracteis distantibus.
CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum; foliolis,
spathulatis, barbatis, glanduloso-pilosis adpressis.
COROLLA urceolata, alba, pilosa, viscosa, oris
laciniis erectis.
STAMINA. Filamenta octo, capillaria. Antheræ
cristatæ, inclusæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen ovatum, sulcatum, pilosum.
Stylus filiformis, subexsertus. Stigma
obsoletè tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a Maio; in Augustum.
REFERENTIA.
1. Folium unum, lente auctum.
2. Calyx, lente auctus.
3. Corolla, magnitudine naturali.
4. Stamina et Pistillum.
5. Stamina a Pistillo diducta.
6. Stamen unum, lente auctum.
7. Pistillum, lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH with crested tips, within the blossom,
shaft just without; blossoms pitcher-shaped, white,
hairy; foot-stalks very long, floral leaves distant
from the blossom; flowers grow in umbels at the
end of the branches; leaves grow by fours, egg-shaped,
bearded, spreading, concave beneath.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM shrubby, grows a foot high and zigzaged;
branches are thread-shaped, limber and
few; small branches are a little hairy and grow
spreading.
LEAVES grow by fours, fringed, oval, rather
curved, spreading, concave beneath, glandular
above; with foot-stalks pressed to the stem.
FLOWERS terminate the small branches in umbels,
nodding; foot-stalks covered with hairs,
longer than the leaves, leaflets distant from the
blossom.
EMPALMENT. Cup four-leaved; leaflets
spathula shaped, bearded, glandularly-hairy and
pressed to the blossom.
BLOSSOM pitcher-shaped, white, hairy, viscous,
segments of the mouth upright.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads. Tips crested
and within the blossom.
POINTAL. Seed-bud egg-shaped, furrowed,
hairy. Shaft thread-shaped, just without the blossom.
Summit bluntly four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from May, till August.
REFERENCE.
1. A Leaf, magnified.
2. The Cup, magnified.
3. The Blossom, natural size.
4. The Chives and Pointal.
5. The Chives detached from the Pointal.
6. A Chive, magnified.
7. The Pointal, magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA barbata, _minor_.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris cristatis, sub-exsertis, stylo exserto;
corollis urceolatis, albis, pilosis; pedunculis
longissimis; bracteis distantibus; floribus
umbellatis, terminalibus; foliis quaternis, ovatis,
barbatis, patentibus, glanduloso-ciliatis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS fruticosus, pedalis, flexuosus; rami
filiformes, laxi, pauci; ramuli, villosiusculi,
patenti.
FOLIA quaterna, ciliata, ovata, parum curvata,
patentia, subtus concava, supra glandulosa; petiolis
adpressis.
FLORES in ultimis ramulis, terminales, umbellati,
cernui, pedunculi pilis obsiti, foliis longiores,
bracteis distantibus.
CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis,
spathulatis, barbatis, glanduloso-pilosis, adpressis.
COROLLA urceolata, alba, pilosa, viscosa, oris
laciniis patentibus.
STAMINA. Filamenta octo, capillaria. Antheræ
cristatæ, sub-exsertæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen ovatum, sulcatum, pilosum.
Stylus filiformis, exsertus. Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret ab Augusto, in Novembrem.
REFERENTIA.
1. Folium, lente auctum.
2. Flos.
3. Calyx, lente auctus.
4. Stamina a Pistillo diducta, anthera una
lente aucta.
5. Pistillum, Stigma auctum.
6. Germen, auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with crested tips, just without the blossom,
shaft without; blossoms pitcher-shaped,
white, hairy; foot-stalks very long, floral leaves
distant from the blossom; flowers grow in umbels
at the end of the branches; leaves grow by
fours, egg-shaped, bearded, spreading, and glandularly
fringed.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM shrubby, grows a foot high, and zig-zagged;
branches are thread-shaped, limber, and
few; small branches are a little hairy, and grow
spreading.
LEAVES grow by fours, fringed, oval, rather
curved, spreading, concave beneath, glandular
above; foot-stalks pressed to the stem.
FLOWERS terminate the small branches in umbels,
nodding; foot-stalks covered with hairs,
longer than the leaves, leaflets distant from the
blossom.
EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, leaflets
spathula-shaped, bearded, glandularly hairy, and
pressed to the blossom.
BLOSSOM pitcher-shaped, white, hairy, viscous,
segments of the mouth spreading.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads. Tips crested,
and just without the blossom.
POINTAL. Seed-bud egg-shaped, furrowed,
hairy. Shaft thread-shaped, without the blossom.
Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from August, till November.
REFERENCE.
1. A Leaf, magnified.
2. A Flower.
3. The Empalement, magnified.
4. The Chives detached from the Pointal; one
tip magnified.
5. The Pointal, the Summit magnified.
6. The Seed-bud, magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA bicolor.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris muticis inclusis, floribus tubulosis
terminalibus patulisque in ramulis lateralibus, foliis
pubescentibus ternatis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS bipedalis, flexuoso-erectus, ramis paucioribus,
ramulis numerosis erectis pubescentibus.
FOLIA ternata, obtuse-subulata, paululum incurvata,
villosa, subtus sulcata.
FLORES tubulosi, terminales in ramulis lateralibus,
in fasciculis trifloris, sub-patulis.
CALYX duplex, dense ciliatus, coloratus, exterior
3-phyllus, foliolis subulatis, adpressis, interior
tetraphyllus, longior.
COROLLA uncialis, inferne rubro-purpurea, superne
viridis, laciniis minime recurvatis.
FILAMENTA octo capillaria; antheræ muticæ,
inclusæ, subfuscæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen tiaræforme; stylus filiformis,
apice hamatus, corolla longior; stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Februarii ad Aprilem.
REFERENTIA.
1. Inferior pars Folii lente aucta.
2. Calyx cum Corollà.
3. Calyx lente auctus.
4. Stamina et Pistillum, antherâ unicâ lente
auctâ.
5. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.
6. Germen lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with beardless tips within the blossom,
tubular rather spreading flowers terminating the lateral
branches, and downy leaves in threes.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM two feet high, flexuose-erect, with few
large branches, and numerous erect downy small
ones.
LEAVES in threes, obtusely awl-shaped, a little
incurved, villose, and furrowed beneath.
FLOWERS tubular, terminal on the little branches,
in three-flowered bunches, which spread a little.
EMPALEMENT double, densely ciliated, coloured,
outer three-leaved, with the leaflets awl-shaped and
pressed to the inner, which is four-leaved and
longer.
BLOSSOM an inch long, the lower part red-purple,
the upper green, with the segments very slightly
bent back.
CHIVES eight hair-like threads, tips beardless,
within the blossom, brownish.
POINTAL. Seed-bud turban-shaped; shaft thread-shaped,
hooked at the point, longer than the blossom;
summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from February till April.
REFERENCE.
1. The under-side of a Leaf magnified.
2. The Calyx with the Corolla.
3. The Calyx magnified.
4. The Stamina and Style, with one tip magnified.
5. The Seed-bud and Pointal, with the summit
magnified.
6. The Seed-bud magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA comosa.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA antheris muticis, inclusis; corolla ventricosa,
alba, parva, ore arctata, laciniis patentibus;
foliolis calycis ciliatis; floribus terminalibus, congestis,
comosis; foliis quaternis, linearibus, obtusis,
glabris.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS fruticosus, subpedalis, ramosus; rami,
virgati, penduli; ramuli brevi, filiformes, numerosi.
FOLIA quaterna, obtusa, patentia, parva, glabra.
FLORES in ramulis terminales, quasi spicam
comosam densam formantes; pedunculi brevissimi,
bracteis adpressis.
CALYX. Perianthiam tetraphyllum, foliolis
ovatis, acutis, ciliatis.
COROLLA ventricosa, alba, basi inflata, apice
arctata; oris laciniis acutis, patentibus.
STAMINA. Filamenta octo, capillaria, minuta.
Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen subrotundum, octo-sulcatum.
Stylus filiformis, inclusus. Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a Junio in Septembrem.
REFERENTIA.
1. Flos.
2. Calyx, lente auctus.
3. Stamina et Pistillum.
4. Stamina a Pistillo diducta, anthera una
lente aucta.
5. Pistillum, stigma auctum.
6. Germen, lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH with beardless tips within the blossom,
which is bellied, white, small and narrowed at the
mouth, segments spreading; leaflets of the cup
fringed; flowers terminal, crowded together in
tufts; leaves grow by fours, linear, blunt, and
smooth.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM shrubby, almost a foot high, branching;
branches grow twiggy and hang down; small
branches short, thread-shaped, numerous.
LEAVES grow by fours, blunt, spreading, small
and smooth.
FLOWERS terminate the small branches, forming
as it were a thick, tufted spike; foot-stalks
very short, floral leaves pressed to the cup.
EMPALMENT. Cup four-leaved, leaflets egg-shaped,
pointed, fringed.
BLOSSOM bellied, white, swelled at the base,
narrowed at the mouth; segments of the mouth
sharp-pointed, spreading.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads, small. Tips
beardless, within the blossom.
POINTAL. Seed-bud roundish, eight furrowed.
Shaft thread-shaped, within the blossom. Summit
four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from June till September.
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, summit magnified.
6. The Seed-bud, magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA comosa, _rubra_.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris muticis, inclusis; corolla ventricosa,
carnea, parva, ore arctata, laciniis patentibus;
foliis calycis ciliatis; floribus terminalibus,
congestis, sub-comosis; foliis quaternis, linearibus,
obtusis, glabris.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS fruticosus, pedalis, ramosus; rami
erecti, virgati; ramuli brevi, filiformes, numerosi.
FOLIA quaterna, obtusa, patentia, parva, glabra.
FLORES in ramulis terminales, quaterni, quasi
spicam densam formantes; pedunculi brevissimi,
bracteis ciliatis, calyci adpressis.
CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis
ovatis, acutis, ciliatis.
COROLLA ventricosa, carnea, basi inflata, apice
arctata; oris laciniis acutis, patentibus.
STAMINA. Filamenta octo, capillaria, minuta.
Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen subrotundum, octo-sulcatum.
Stylus filiformis, inclusus. Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret ab Augusto, in Decembrem.
REFERENTIA.
1. Flos.
2. Calyx, lente auctus.
3. Stamina, et Pistillum.
4. Stamina a Pistillo diducta, anthera una
lente aucta.
5. Pistillum, Stigma auctum.
6. Germen, lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with beardless tips, within the blossom,
which is bellied, flesh-coloured, small and narrowed
at the mouth, segments spreading; leaflets
of the cup fringed; flowers terminal, crowded together,
rather tufted; leaves grow by fours, linear,
blunt, and smooth.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM shrubby, grows a foot high, branching;
branches grow twiggy and upright; small
branches short, thread-shaped, numerous.
LEAVES grow by fours, blunt, spreading, small
and smooth.
FLOWERS terminate the small branches, forming
as it were a thick spike; foot-stalks very short,
floral leaves pressed to the cup, and fringed.
EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, leaflets
egg-shaped, pointed, fringed.
BLOSSOM bellied, flesh-coloured, swelled at
the base, narrowed at the mouth; segments of
the mouth sharp pointed, spreading.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads, small. Tips
beardless, within the blossom.
POINTAL. Seed-bud roundish, eight-furrowed.
Shaft thread-shaped, within the blossom.
Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from August, till December.
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, Summit magnified.
6. The Seed-bud, magnified.
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ERICA concinna.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA antheris muticis, inclusis; floribus in
medio ramorum fasciculatis, suberectis; corollis
subcylindricis, basi attenuatis, carneis, pubescentibus;
foliis subsenis, glabris, patentibus.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS erectus, fruticosus, tripedalis, pyramidatus,
glaber; rami pauci, erecti; ramuli verticillati,
subsimplices, erecto-patentes.
FOLIA sub-sena, glabra, linearia, patentia;
petiolis brevissimis.
FLORES in medio ramorum fasciculati, terminales,
umbellati, umbellæ 3-10-floræ; pedunculi
brevissimi; bracteæ subulatæ, calyci adpressæ,
ciliatæ.
CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliola
basi latiora, ciliata, adpressa.
COROLLA subcylindrica, ore parum arctata,
carnea, pubescens; laciniis patentibus.
STAMINA. Filamenta octo, capillaria. Antheræ
muticæ, inclusæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen turbinatum, supra concavum,
margine crenulato. Stylus filiformis,
rubicundus. Stigma sub-capitatum, atro-rubens.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret ab Octobre, in Decembrem.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx et Corolla.
2. Calyx auctus.
3. Stamina et Pistillum, anthera una lente aucta.
4. Pistillum, Stigma auctum.
5. Germen, auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH with beardless tips within the blossom;
flowers grow in small bundles about the middle
of the branches, rather upright; blossoms nearly
cylindrical, tapered to the base, flesh-coloured,
downy; leaves grow mostly by sixes, smooth
and spreading.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM upright, shrubby, grows three feet high,
pyramidally, smooth; branches few, upright;
small branches whorled, nearly simple, between
upright and spreading.
LEAVES grow mostly by sixes, smooth, linear,
spreading, with very short foot-stalks.
FLOWERS grow bundled about the middle of
the branches, terminal, and in umbels, 3-10
flowers in each umbel; foot-stalks very short;
floral leaves awl-shaped, pressed to the cup,
fringed.
EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, leaflets
broader at the base, fringed, pressed to the stem.
BLOSSOM nearly cylindrical, the mouth a little
narrowed, flesh-coloured, downy; segments spreading.
CHIVES. Threads eight, hair-like. Tips beardless,
within the blossom.
POINTAL. Seed bud top-shaped, concave at
the top, with the margin scolloped. Shaft thread-shaped,
reddish. Summit nearly headed, of a
deep red.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from October, till December.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalement and Blossom.
2. The Empalement, magnified.
3. The Chives and Pointal; one Tip magnified.
4. The Pointal, the Summit magnified.
5. The seed-bud, magnified.
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ERICA conserta.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA antheris muticis, subinclusis floribus
consertissime capitatis erectis, terminalibus, globosis;
caule simplicissimo, strictissimo, robusto;
foliis quaternis, subulatis, glabris, rigidis, senioribus
retrofractis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS simplex, erectus, robustus, bipedalis;
ramuli brevi, horizontales, verticillati.
FOLIA quaterna, subulata, rigida, glabra,
mucronata; seniora retrofracta; juniora erecta,
subtus tenuissime sulcata, petiolis brevibus adpressis.
FLORES terminales, in apice ramulorum consertissimi
capitati, erecti, plurimi, sæpe duodecim;
pedunculi brevissimi, bracteæ tres: duæ ovatæ
adpressæ, infima subulata, triplo longior.
CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis
subulatis, membranaceis, apicibus distantibus.
COROLLA globosa, glabra, subalbida, laciniis
limbi obtusis, suberectis.
STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria. Antheræ
muticæ, subinclusæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen globosum, sulcatum.
Stylus filiformis exsertus. Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret ab Octobre in Februarium.
REFERENTIA.
1. Flos.
2. Calyx, lente auctus.
3. Stamina, et Pistillum.
4. Idem, lente aucta.
5. Germen, et Pistillum, Stigma diducta lente
auctum.
6. Germen, auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH with beardless tips, just within the blossom;
flowers crowded together in heads, upright,
terminal and globular; stem quite simple, very
straight and stout; leaves grow by fours, awl-shaped,
smooth, stiff, the older ones appearing
broke back.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM simple, upright, stout, two feet high;
small branches short, horizontal, and growing in
whorls.
LEAVES grow by fours, awl-shaped, stiff,
smooth, sharp pointed, the old ones appearing
broke-back, the younger upright, furrowed slightly
beneath, with short foot-stalks pressed to the
stem.
FLOWERS terminal, crowded very close together
at the ends of the small branches, in heads, upright,
a good many, often twelve; foot-stalks very
short, three floral leaves, two pressed to the stem
and egg-shaped, the lower awl-shaped, twice as
long.
EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, leaflets awl-shaped,
skinny, away from the blossom at the ends.
BLOSSOM globular, smooth, whitish, the segments
of the border blunt and nearly upright.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads. Tips beardless,
just within the blossom.
POINTAL. Seed-bud globular, furrowed. Shaft
thread-shaped, without the blossom. Summit
four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from October till February.
REFERENCE.
1. A flower.
2. The Empalement, magnified.
3. The Chives, and Pointal.
4. The same, magnified.
5. The Seed-bud and Pointal, the Summit detached,
magnified.
6. The Seed-bud, magnified.
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ERICA cubica, _minor_.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris muticis, sub-inclusis; stylo exserto;
corollis sub-campanulatis, purpureis, oris
laciniis patulis, maximis, ovatis, concavis; floribus
sub-terminalibus, umbellatis; foliis quaternis,
patentibus, obtusis, glabris.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS erectus, teres, ramosus, fruticosas, palmaris;
rami et ramuli filiformes, verticillati,
patenti.
FOLIA quaterna, obtusa, reflexa, glabra, nitida;
petiolis brevissimis, adpressis.
FLORES sub-terminales, sub-umbellati, horizontales;
pedunculis longissimis, coloratis, bracteis
binis, minutis, concavis, coloratis.
CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis
spathulatis, concavis, coloratis, apicibus viridibus,
adpressis.
COROLLA sub-campanulata, purpurea; tubo
brevissimo; limbo maximo; laciniis concavis,
ovatis, expansis.
STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria, longitudine
tubi. Antheræ bifidæ, acuminatæ, muticæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen turbinatum, sulcatum.
Stylus filiformis, purpureus, corolla longior.
Stigma obsoletum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret ab Augusto, in Novembrem.
REFERENTIA.
1. Flos, magnitudine naturali.
2. Calyx, valde auctus.
3. Stamina et Pistillum.
4. Stamina, aucta.
5. Pistillum, magnitudine naturali.
6. Idem, valde auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with beardless tips, just without the blossom;
shaft without; blossoms nearly bell-shaped,
purple, segments of the border spreading, large,
egg-shaped, concave; flowers nearly terminate
the branches in umbels; leaves grow by fours,
spreading, blunt and smooth.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM upright, cylindrical, branching, shrubby,
grows a span high; the larger and smaller branches
are thread-shaped, grow in whorls and spreading.
LEAVES grow by fours, blunt, reflexed, smooth,
shining; with very short foot-stalks, pressed to
the branches.
FLOWERS grow near the ends of the branches
in umbels and horizontal; foot-stalks very long,
coloured, two floral-leaves, small, concave and
coloured.
EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, leaflets
spathula-shaped, concave, coloured, with green
ends and pressed to the blossom.
BLOSSOM nearly bell-shaped, purple, tube
very short; border very large; segments concave,
egg-shaped, spreading.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads, the length
of the tube. Tips two-cleft, tapered, and beardless.
POINTAL. Seed-bud top-shaped, furrowed.
Shaft thread-shaped, purple, longer than the
blossom. Summit obsolete.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from August till November.
REFERENCE.
1. A Flower, natural size.
2. The Cup, very much magnified.
3. The Chives and Pointal.
4. The Chives, magnified.
5. The Pointal, natural size.
6. The same, greatly magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA cylindrica.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris basi bicornibus inclusis, stylo exerto,
corollis subcylindraceis, laciniis revolutis, foliis
quaternis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS fruticosus, erectus, bipedalis, ramosus,
ramulis erectis, subsimplicibus.
FOLIA quaterna, erecta, linearia, viridia, supra
plana, subtus sulcata, minutissime pubescentia.
FLORES fasciculati, terminales, in ramulis lateralibus
terni et quaterni; pedunculi brevissimi, bracteis
tribus ternatis, setæformibus, basin instructi.
CALYX tetraphyllus, foliolis adpressis, linearibus,
basi dilatatis, dorso sulcatis, lente ciliatis.
COROLLA subcylindrica, aliquo recurvata, uncialis,
læte fusco-aurantia, lente pubescens, laciniis latissime
ovatis, revolutis.
STAMINA octo, capillaria, antheris basi bicornibus,
inclusis, cornibus lente bifurcatis.
PISTILLUM. Germen tiaræforme; stylus filiformis;
stigma tetragonum, antheras superans.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Aprili in Julium.
REFERENTIA.
1. Flos, cum pedunculo brevissimo.
2. Stamina et Pistillum, a corolla diducta, antherâ
unicâ lente auctâ.
3. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.
4. Germen lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with tips two-horned at the base within
the blossom, the shaft without, blossom nearly cylindric,
with its segments rolled back; leaves in
fours.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM shrubby, erect, two feet high, branched,
with the little branches erect and nearly simple.
LEAVES in fours, erect, linear, green, plane
above, furrowed beneath, and very slightly pubescent.
FLOWERS bundled, terminal, in the lateral
branches in threes and fours; the very short footstalks
furnished with three ternate, bristle-shaped,
floral leaves at the base.
EMPALEMENT four-leaved, the leaves pressed to
the blossom, linear, dilated at the base, furrowed on
the back, and in the magnifier ciliated.
BLOSSOM nearly cylindrical, a little recurved, an
inch long, of a bright brown orange colour, pubescent
when magnified, with the segments very
broad-ovate and rolled back.
CHIVES eight, hair-like, with the tips two-horned
at the base, within the blossom, with the
horns bifurcated when magnified.
POINTAL. Seed-bud turban-shaped; shaft thread-shaped;
summit four-cornered, higher than the tips.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from April till July.
REFERENCE.
1. A Flower with its very short foot-stalk.
2. The Chives and Pointal, detached from the
blossom, with one of the tips magnified.
3. The Seed-bud and Pointal, with the stigma magnified.
4. The Seed-bud magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA depressa.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris aristatis, inclusis, stylo exserto;
floribus terminalibus, subternis, subsessilibus; corollis
grossis, flavescentibus; foliis quaternis, crassiusculis,
obtusis, nitidis; ramis depressis; caule
robusto.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS fruticosus, robustus, spithamæus; rami
divaricati, flexuosi, depressi; ramuli frequentissimi,
brevi.
FOLIA quaterna, linearia, crassiuscula, obtusa,
nitida, seniora reflexa; petiolis brevissimis adpressis.
FLORES in ramulis terminales, subterni, subsessili;
bracteis adpressis, imbricatis.
CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis
ovatis, acutis, margine membranaceis, carinatis,
adpressis.
COROLLA subcylindrica, grossa, subpollicaris,
flava.
STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria. Antheræ
aristatæ, inclusæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen turbinatum, sulcatum.
Stylus filiformis, exsersus. Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a Maio in Augustum.
REFERENTIA.
1. Flos, magnitudine naturali.
2. Calyx cum bracteis aucta.
3. Stamina, a Pistillo diducta, anthera una
lente aucta.
4. Pistillum et Germen.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with bearded tips, within the blossom,
shaft without; flowers terminal, mostly by threes,
fitting nearly close to the stem; blossoms swelled
and yellow; leaves grow by fours, thickish, blunt,
shining; branches bent downward; sturdy stem.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM shrubby, sturdy, a span in height;
branches straddle, grow zig-zagged, and pressed
downward; small branches numerous and short.
LEAVES grow by fours, linear, thickish, blunt,
shining, the older ones turned back; very short
foot-stalks pressed to the stem.
FLOWERS terminate the small branches by
threes, in general, fitting close to the stem; floral
leaves tiled and pressed to the cup.
EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, leaflets egg-shaped,
pointed, skinny edged, keeled, and pressed
to the blossom.
BLOSSOM nearly cylindrical, swelled, near an
inch long and yellow.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads. Tips bearded
within the blossom.
POINTAL. Seed-bud top-shaped and furrowed.
Shaft thread-shaped, without the blossom.
Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from May till August.
REFERENCE.
1. A Flower natural size.
2. The Cup, with the floral leaves magnified.
3. The Chives detached from the Pointal, one
Tip magnified.
4. The Pointal and Seed-bud.
[Illustration]
ERICA elata.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris muticis, exsertis; stylo exserto,
apice torto; floribus spicatis, maximis, tomentosis,
aurantiis; foliis quaternis, sæpe quinis; caule
sub-arborescente.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS erectus, sexpedalis et ultra, parum ramosus;
ramuli plurimi, brevi, tomentosi.
FOLIA quaterna, sæpe quina, patentia, glabra,
teretiuscula, obtusa; petiolis adpressis.
FLORES in apicibus ramorum solitarii, spicam,
formantes; pedunculi brevi, bracteis tribus, spathulatis
instructi.
CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis
ovatis, concavis, obtusis, adpressis.
COROLLA clavata, curvata, tomentosa, maxima,
aurantia; oris laciniis revolutis.
STAMINA. Filamenta octo, capillaria. Antheræ
muticæ, exsertæ, curvatæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen turbinatum, sulcatum,
ad basin glandulosum. Stylus exsersus, apice tortus.
Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a Julio, in Septembrem.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx, lente auctus.
2. Stamina, et Pistillum.
3. Stamina a Pistillo diducta; anthera una
lente aucta.
4. Pistillum, Stigma lente auctum.
5. Germen, auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with beardless tips, without the blossom;
shaft without, twisted at the end; flowers
grow in spikes, very large, downy, orange coloured;
leaves grow by fours, often by fives; with
the stem approaching in size to a tree.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM upright, grows six feet high or more,
branching but little; small branches many, short
and downy.
LEAVES grow by fours, often by fives, spreading,
smooth, roundish, obtuse; with the foot-stalks
pressed to the stem.
FLOWERS grow at the ends of the branches
solitary, forming a spike; foot-stalks short, having
three spatula-shaped floral leaves.
EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, leaflets egg-shaped,
concave, blunt, and pressed to the blossom.
BLOSSOM club-shaped, curved, downy, very
large, orange colour; segments of the mouth
rolled back.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads. Tips beardless,
without the blossom, curved.
POINTAL. Seed-bud top-shaped, furrowed,
glandular at the base. Shaft without the blossom,
twisted at the end. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from July, till September.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalement, magnified.
2. The Chives, and Pointal.
3. The Chives detached from the Pointal; one
tip magnified.
4. The Pointal, the Summit magnified.
5. The Seed-bud, magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA empetroides.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris cristatis, inclusis, stylo exserto;
floribus dense spicatis, suaveolentibus, subcarneis;
corollis urceolatis, laciniis maximis, patentibus;
foliis senis, villosis, obtusis, patentibus.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS debilis, filiformis, pedalis; rami et
ramuli filiformes, laxi.
FOLIA sena, linearia, conserta, villosa, obtusa,
horizontalia, petiolis adpressis.
FLORES in medio ramorum et ramulorum densissimé
spicati, horizontaliter siti; pedunculi brevissimi
bracteis tribus instructi.
CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliola
linearia, villosa, distantia, folia similia sed minora.
COROLLA urceolata, subalbida, fragrantissima;
laciniis maximis, obtusis, patentibus.
STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria. Antheræ
cristatæ, inclusæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen subglobosum, sulcatum.
Stylus filiformis, exsertus. Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a Maio in Augustum.
REFERENTIA.
1. Folium unum, lente auctum.
2. Flos, magnitudine naturali.
3. Calyx, lente auctus.
4. Stamina, et Pistillum.
5. Stamina valdé aucta.
6. Pistillum, Stigma auctum.
7. Germen, auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH with crested tips, within the blossom,
shaft without; flowers grow in a close spike,
sweet scented and slightly flesh-coloured; blossoms
pitcher-shaped, with the segments very large
and spreading; leaves grow by sixes, hairy, blunt,
and spreading.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM weak, thread-shaped, a foot high; the
larger and smaller branches are thread-shaped
and loose.
LEAVES grow by sixes, linear, close, hairy,
blunt and horizontal; with the foot-stalks pressed
to the stem.
FLOWERS in very close spikes in the middle of
the large and small branches, standing out horizontally,
with very short foot-stalks, having three
floral leaves on them.
EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved; leaflets linear,
hairy, distant, like the leaves but smaller.
BLOSSOM pitcher-shaped, nearly white, and
very sweet; segments very large, blunt, spreading.
CHIVES. Threads eight hair-like. Tips crested,
within the blossom.
POINTAL. Seed-bud nearly globular and furrowed.
Shaft thread-shaped, without the blossom.
Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from May till August.
REFERENCE.
1. A Leaf, magnified.
2. A Flower, natural size.
3. The Empalement, magnified.
4. The Chives and Pointal.
5. The Chives very much magnified.
6. The Pointal, the summit magnified.
7. The Seed-bud, magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA Eriocephala.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA antheris muticis, exsertis; corolla urceolata,
alba, calyce lanato vestita; floribus capitatis,
lanatis, numerosis; foliis ternis, linearibus,
pilosis, obtusis, erectis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS erectus filiformis, spithamæus; rami
et ramuli divaricati, filiformes, pilosi, numerosissimi.
FOLIA terna, linearia, pilosa, obtusa, erecta,
parum incurvata, petiolis brevissimis adpressis.
FLORES in ramulorum apice umbellati seu
capitati, copiosi; pedunculi capillares, longitudine
corollarum, colorati, bractæis tribus pilosis
instructi.
CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis
lanceolatis, concavis, lanugine albicante densissimè
obsitis.
COROLLA urceolata, alba, tenuissime alba-lanata,
foliolis calycis vestita; laciniis obtusis, erectis.
STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria. Antheræ
muticæ, exsertæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen globosum, sulcatum.
Stylus filiformis, longissimè exsertus. Stigma
capitatum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a Maio in Augustum.
REFERENTIA.
1. Folium, lente auctum.
2. Calyx, lente auctus.
3. Flos, magnitudine naturali.
4. Stamina, et Pistillum.
5. Stamen unum, lente auctum.
6. Pistillum, Stigma auctum.
7. Germen, lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH with beardless tips, without the blossom,
which is pitcher-shaped, white and covered by a
woolly cup; flowers grow in heads, woolly and
numerous; leaves grow by threes, linear, hairy,
blunt, and upright.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM upright, thread-shaped, a span high;
the larger and smaller branches grow straddling
and thread-shaped, hairy and very numerous.
LEAVES grow by threes, linear, hairy, blunt,
upright, a little incurved, with very short foot-stalks
pressed to the branches.
FLOWERS grow at the end of the small branches
in umbels or heads, very numerous; fruit-stalks
hair-like, the length of the blossoms, coloured,
having three hairy floral-leaves on them.
EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, leaflets lance-shaped,
concave, being thickly covered with
whitish wool.
BLOSSOM pitcher-shaped, white, slightly covered
with white wool, cloathed with the leaflets
of the cup; segments blunt, upright.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads. Tips beardless,
without the blossom.
POINTAL. Seed-bud globular, furrowed. Shaft
thread-shaped, very far without the blossom.
Summit headed.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from May, till August.
REFERENCE.
1. A leaf, magnified.
2. The Empalement, magnified.
3. A flower, natural size.
4. The Chives, and Pointal.
5. One Chive, magnified.
6. The Pointal, Summit magnified.
7. The Seed-bud, magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA fastigiata.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris muticis inclusis, foliis quaternis
linearibus glabris; floribus quaternis subsessilibus
fastigiatis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS fruticosus, pedalis, flexuosus, cortice
fusco, ramulis numerosis patentibus.
FOLIA quaterna, erecta, linearia, glabra, nitida,
petiolis longiusculis.
FLORES terminales, quaterni, fastigiati, subsessiles.
CALYX tetraphyllus, duplex, appressus, foliolis
ovatis acutis, marginibus membranaceis, irregulariter
serrulatis, virescentibus.
COROLLA albissima, pellucida, ovato-conica, laciniis
subovatis, recurvis.
STAMINA, filamenta octo, capillaria. Antheræ
muticæ, inclusæ, fuscæ.
PISTILLUM inclusum. Germen tiaræforme.
Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a Dec. ad Mai.
REFERENTIA.
1. Pagina inferior folii lente aucta.
2. Corolla cum Calyce.
3. Calyx lente auctus.
4. Stamina et Pistillum expansa, antherâ solitariâ
lente auctâ.
5. Pistillum cum stigmate lente aucto.
6. Germen auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with beardless tips within the blossom,
leaves in fours linear smooth; flowers in fours
nearly sessile in level-topped bunches.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM shrubby, a foot high, flexuose, with brown
bark, and numerous spreading branches.
LEAVES in fours, erect, linear, smooth, shining,
with longish footstalks.
FLOWERS terminal, in fours, nearly sitting, forming
level-topped bunches.
EMPALEMENT four-leaved, double, pressed to
the blossom, with leaflets ovate-acute, with skinny,
greenish, irregularly serrulated margins.