with segments nearly egg-shaped, and recurved.
CHIVES, eight hair-like threads. Tips beardless
within the blossom, brown.
POINTAL included in the blossom. Seed-bud
turban-shaped. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from December to May.
REFERENCE.
1. The under side of a leaf magnified.
2. The Blossom with the Empalement.
3. The Empalement magnified.
4. The Chives and Pointal expanded, with one tip
magnified.
5. The Pointal with the summit magnified.
6. The Seed-bud magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA filamentosa.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris muticis, inclusis; corollis tubuloso-campanulatis,
purpureis; floribus verticillatis,
axillaribus, subterminalibus, pendulis;
pedunculis flores triplo longioribus capillaribus,
coloratis; foliis senis, oblique-verticillatis, linearibus,
tenuibus, tremulantibus.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS erectus, sesquipedalis rami verticillati,
simplices, erecto-patentes, filiformes, longi.
FOLIA sena, oblique verticillata, tremulantia,
linearia; tenuia, glabra, acuta; petiolis capillaribus.
FLORES axillares, sub-apice ramorum verticillati,
numerosissimi, spicum sere formantes; pedunculi
longissimi, filiformes purpurei, bracteis
tribus, distantibus, lanceolatis, instructi.
CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis
lineari-subulatis, adpressis; apicibus viridibus,
ad basin dilatatis, ciliatis.
COROLLA tubulosa-campanulata, purpurea,
semiuncialia apice dilatata; limbo patente; laciniis
obtusis, reflexis.
STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria. Antheræ
muticæ, inclusæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen villosum turbinatum,
apice truncatum, plumosum. Stylus filiformis,
exsertus. Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a Novembre in Aprilem.
REFERENTIA.
1. Flos.
2. Calyx, auctus.
3. Stamina et Pistillum.
4. Idem, auctum.
5. Germen, auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with beardless tips, within the blossom;
blossoms tubular bell-shaped, purple; flowers
grow in whorls, from the insertion of the
leaves, nearly terminal and hanging down; foot-stalks
thrice the length of the blossom, hair-like
and coloured; leaves grow by sixes, obliquely-whorled,
linear, slender, tremulous.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM upright, a foot and a half high; branches
grow in whorls, simple, upright-spreading, thread-shaped,
long.
LEAVES grow by sixes, obliquely whorled, tremulous,
linear, slender, smooth and pointed, foot-stalks
hair-like.
FLOWERS grow from the insertion of the
leaves, near the end of the branches in whorls,
very numerous, almost making a spike; foot-stalks
very long, thread-shaped, purple, with three
floral-leaves, set at a distance and lance-shaped
on them.
EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, leaflets
linearly-awl-shaped, pressed to the blossom, with
the ends green, widened at the base and fringed.
BLOSSOM tubularly-bell-shaped, purple, half
an inch long, widened at the top; border spreading;
segments blunt and reflexed.
CHIVES. Threads eight hair-like. Tips beardless,
within the blossom.
POINTAL. Seed-bud hairy, top-shaped, appearing
cut off at the top and feathered. Shaft
thread-shaped, without the blossom. Summit
four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from November till April.
REFERENCE.
1. A Flower.
2. The Empalement, magnified.
3. The Chives and Pointal.
4. The same, magnified.
5. The Seed-bud, magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA flammea.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA antheris muticis, inclusis; stylo exserto,
corollis tubiformibus, rectis; floribus laxè spicatis,
subsecundis, palide luteis, apicibus subalbidis;
foliis quaternis, linearibus, erectis, glabris.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS erectus strictissimus, flexilis, parum
ramosus, bipedalis, fruticosus; rami tenui, pauci,
erecti; ramuli filiformes, virgati.
FOLIA quaterna, in apicibus ramulorum sæpe
terna, obtusa, glabra, erecta, linearia, petiolis
brevissimis, adpressis.
FLORES in ramulis terminales, racemum formantes
prope caulis summitatem; pedunculi brevissimi;
bracteis tribus ad basin calycis.
CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis
subulatis, adpressis, glaberrimis.
COROLLA tubiformis, recta, subpubescens, subpollicaris,
pallide lutea, apice subalbida, laciniis
brevissimis, obtusis, parum reflexis.
STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria. Antheræ
muticæ, inclusæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen ovatum, sulcatum. Stylus
filiformis, exsertus. Stigma obsolete tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret ab Octobre in Februarium.
REFERENTIA.
1. Flos.
2. Calyx auctus.
3. Stamina et Pistillum, Anthera una lente
aucta.
4. Pistillum, Stigma auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH with beardless tips, within the blossom;
shaft without; blossoms trumpet-shaped, and
straight; flowers grow in loose spikes, all rather
turned one way, of a pale yellow with white
ends; leaves grow by fours, linear, upright, and
smooth.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM upright, very strict, flexile, branching
but little, grows two feet high, shrubby; the
branches are slender, few and upright; the smaller
branches are thread-shaped and twiggy.
LEAVES grow by fours, at the ends of the
small branches often by threes, blunt, smooth,
upright, linear, with very short foot-stalks pressed
to the branches.
FLOWERS are terminal on the small branches,
making a long bunch or spike near the summit of
the stem; foot-stalks very short; three floral
leaves at the base of the cup.
EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, leaflets awl-shaped,
pressed to the blossom, very smooth.
BLOSSOM trumpet-shaped, straight, rather
downy, almost an inch long, of a pale yellow,
the end whitish, segments of the border very
short, blunt, a little reflexed.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads, tips beardless
within the blossom.
POINTAL. Seed-bud egg-shaped, furred. Shaft
thread-shaped, without the blossom. Summit
obscurely 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, with one Tip magnified.
4. The Pointal, Summit magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA flava.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris muticis subinclusis, marginibus
foliorum ternatorum asperiusculis, corollâ ovatâ
costatâ sub-quadrilineari.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS fruticosus, suberectus, cortice fulvo, ramis
distantibus, paucis, simplicibus, suberectis.
FOLIA ternata, suberecta, dein patula, denique
expansa et flexuosa, linearia, crassiuscula, lucida,
subtus sulcata, marginibus lente minutissime cartilagineo-ciliatis,
et inde tactu asperiusculis.
FLORES numerosi, subcongesti, infra apices ramorum,
nutantes vel cernui; pedunculi corollâ
longiores, bracteis tribus distantibus muniti.
CALYX tetraphyllus, foliolis subulatis, marginibus
minutissime ciliatis.
COROLLA ovata, costata, læte lutea, laciniis
patentibus obtusissimis.
STAMINA octo, capillaria; antheræ muticæ,
subinclusæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen tiaræforme. Stylus filiformis.
Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret Autumno ad Vernum.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx.
2. Corolla.
3. Stamina diducta, antherâ unicâ lente auctâ.
4. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.
5. Germen lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with beardless tips just within the blossom,
the margins of the ternate leaves roughish, and
with the blossom egg-shaped ribbed and near four
lines long.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM shrubby, erectish, with brown bark,
branches distant, few, simple, and nearly erect.
LEAVES in threes, erectish, then patulous, finally
expanded and flexuose, linear, thickish, shining,
and furrowed beneath, with margins in the magnifier
very minutely cartilaginous-ciliated, and
thence slightly rough to the touch.
FLOWERS numerous, rather crowded, beneath
the tips of the branches, nodding or cernuous;
peduncles longer than the blossom, and furnished
with three remote floral leaves.
EMPALEMENT four-leaved, with the leaflets awl-shaped,
with most minutely ciliated edges.
BLOSSOM egg-shaped, ribbed, and bright yellow,
with extremely blunt spreading segments.
CHIVES eight, capillary; tips beardless, and
just within the blossom.
POINTAL. Seed-bud turban-shaped. Shaft thread-shaped.
Summit four-angled.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from Autumn till the Spring-time.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalement.
2. A Blossom.
3. The Chives detached, with one tip magnified.
4. The Seed-bud and Pointal, with the summit
magnified.
5. The Seed-bud magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA formosa.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA antheris muticis, subexsertis; floribus
axillaribus, verticillatis, horizontalibus, coccineis;
corolla clavata, pollicaris, subrecurva; foliis
subsenis, linearibus, patentibus.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS erectus, fruticosus; rami ramulique
pauci, verticillati, erecti.
FOLIA subsena, linearia, glabra, rigida, acuta,
patentia, parum curvata; petiolis brevissimis, adpressis.
FLORES in apicibus ramorum verticillati, axillares
et horizontales, subspicati; pedunculis
bracteatis.
CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis
subulatis, erectis, adpressis.
COROLLA clavata, pollicaris, parum curvata,
glabra, coccinea; oris laciniis expansis, maximis,
subrecurvis.
STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria, apice incurvata.
Antheræ muticæ, subexsertæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen obovatum, sulcatum,
apice concavum. Stylus filiformis, exsertus.
Stigma peltato-tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Augusti in Decembrem.
REFERENTIA.
1. Flos.
2. Calyx, auctus.
3. Stamina a pistillo diducta, anthera una lente
aucta.
4. Germen, Stylus et Stigma, Stigma auctum.
5. Germen auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH with beardless tips, just without the
blossom; flowers grow from the base of the
leaves close to the stem in whorles, horizontally,
and are scarlet; blossom club-shaped, an inch
long, rather recurved; leaves grow by sixes in
general, linear and spreading.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM shrubby, upright; the larger and
smaller branches grow in whorles and upright.
LEAVES grow mostly by sixes, linear, smooth,
harsh, sharp pointed, spreading and a little
curved; the foot-stalks very short, and pressed
to the stem.
FLOWERS grow in whorles at the top of the
branches, close to the stem at the insertion of the
leaves, horizontally, and rather in a spike; foot-stalks
with floral leaves.
EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, leaflets awl-shaped,
upright, and pressed to the stem.
BLOSSOM club-shaped, an inch long, a little
curved, smooth, scarlet; the segments of the
mouth are spread out, very large and a little
turned back.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads, turned inward
at the end. Tips beardless, just without the
blossom.
POINTAL. Seed-bud inversely egg-shaped,
furrowed, concave at the top. Shaft thread-shaped,
without the blossom. Summit between shield-shaped
and four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from the month of August till December.
REFERENCE.
1. A Flower.
2. The Empalement, magnified.
3. The Chives detached from the Pointal, one
tip magnified.
4. The Seed-bud, Shaft and Summit, the Summit
magnified.
5. The Seed-bud magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA fragrans,
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris exertis basi bicornibus, foliis ternatis
subulatis, corollis campanulatis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS fruticosus, semipedalis, valde ramosus,
ramis patentibus.
FOLIA ternata, subulata, erecta, glauca, supra
plana, subtus sulcata, petiolis breviusculis.
FLORES subternati, laterales et terminales, parvi,
pedunculis longiusculis.
CALYX tetraphyllus, foliolis ovatis, cuspidatis,
et carinatis, tribracteatus.
COROLLA campanulata, fragrans, pallide purpurea,
laciniis majusculis, revolutis.
STAMINA octo, capillaria; antheræ basi bicornes
exertæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen tiaræforme, sulcatum, apice
villosum; stylus exertus; stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret Martio ad Maium.
REFERENTIA.
1. Folium lente auctum.
2. Idem subtus.
3. Flos, cum calyce et pedunculo,
4. Calyx lente auctus.
5. Stamina et Pistillum lente aucta.
6. Germen lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with tips two-horned at the base without
the blossom, leaves in threes awl-shaped, and bell-shaped
flowers.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM shrubby, half a foot high, very much
branched, with the branches spreading.
LEAVES in threes, awl-shaped, erect, glaucous
green, plane above, furrowed beneath, with shortish
foot-stalks.
FLOWERS somewhat in threes, lateral and terminal,
small, with longish peduncles.
EMPALEMENT four-leaved, with the leaflets egg-shaped,
sharp-pointed, and keeled; furnished with
three floral leaves.
BLOSSOM bell-shaped, sweet-scented, pale purple,
with largish revolute segments.
Chives. Eight hair-like threads; tips without
the blossom, two-horned at the base.
POINTAL. Seed-bud turban-shaped, furrowed,
villous at the top; shaft without the blossom; summit
four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from March to May.
REFERENCE.
1. A Leaf magnified.
2. The under-side of the same.
3. A Flower, with the calyx and peduncle.
4. The Empalement magnified.
5. The Chives and Pointal magnified.
6. The Seed-bud magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA gelida.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA antheris aristatis, inclusis; floribus verticillatis,
spicatis, dependentibus; corolla pollicaris,
cylindrica, albicanto-virescens, basi quadrifariam
sulcata, apice arctata, atro-virens; foliis
quaternis senisve, curvatis, patentibus, glabris.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS fruticosus, strictissimus, tripedalis;
rami pauci, erecti; ramuli verticillati, simplices.
FOLIA ramulorum subquaterna, ramorum sena,
linearia, glabra, curvata, acuta, patentia; petiolis
brevissimis, adpressis.
FLORES in ultimis ramis axillares, spicati, imbricati,
dependenti; pedunculi curvati, bracteis
tribus, membranaceis instructi.
CALYX. Perianthium, tetraphyllum, foliolis
ovatis acutis, margine membranaceis, adpressis.
COROLLA cylindrica, apice arctata, basi quadrata,
sulcata, pollicaris, albicanto-virescens, apice
atro-virens.
STAMINA. Filamenta octo, capillaria. Antheræ
aristatæ, inclusæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen subglobosum, ad basin
glandulosum. Stylus filiformis, inclusus. Stigma
tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret ab Aprile, in Julium.
REFERENCE.
1. Flos.
2. Calyx, lente auctus.
3. Corolla.
4. Stamina et Pistillum, Anthera una lente aucta.
5. Pistillum, Stigma auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH with bearded tips within the blossom;
flowers grow whorled, in spikes, hanging down;
blossoms an inch long, cylindrical, of a whitish
green, four-furrowed at the base and narrowed at
the mouth, which is dark-green; leaves grow by
fours or sixes, curved, spreading and smooth.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM shrubby, very upright, grows three feet
high; the large branches are few and upright;
the small branches grow in whorles and are simple.
LEAVES of the small branches grow mostly by
fours, those on the large by sixes, linear, smooth,
curved, pointed, spreading; with very short foot-stalks,
pressed to the stem.
FLOWERS grow at the top of the branches,
close to the stem, in spikes, tiled, hanging down;
foot-stalks curved, having three skinny floral
leaves on them.
EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, leaflets egg-shaped,
pointed, skinny at the edge, and pressed
to the blossom.
BLOSSOM cylindrical, narrowed at the top,
squared and furrowed at the base, an inch long,
of a whitish green, and dark green at the end.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads. Tips bearded,
and within the blossom.
POINTAL. Seed-bud nearly globular, glandular
at the base. Shaft thread-shaped, within
the blossom. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from April, ’till July.
REFERENCE.
1. A Flower.
2. The Empalement, magnified.
3. The Blossom.
4. The Chives and Pointal, one Tip magnified,
5. The Pointal, the Summit magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA glandulosa.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris muticis inclusis, foliis quaternis late
linearibus pilis glandulosis ciliatis, floribus umbellatis
terminalibus.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS fruticosus, subpedalis, fuscus, valde
flexuosus; ramis numerosis, senioribus decumbentibus,
apicibus adscendentibus.
FOLIA quaterna, expansa, vel recurva, ciliata pilis
apice glandulosis; petiolis brevissimis, appressis.
FLORES terminales, umbellati, nutantes, vel cernui,
4-6 in singula umbella.
CALYX tetraphyllus, foliolis inæqualibus purpureis
pilis glanduliferis ciliatis.
COROLLA ovata, nitida, purpurea, laciniis subrotundis,
erectis.
STAMINA, filamenta octo capillaria. Antheræ
muticæ, inclusæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen tiaræforme, valde sulcatum.
Stylus superans tubum corollæ. Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret Mai, in Januar.
REFERENTIA.
1. Pagina inferior folii lente aucta.
2. Corolla cum Calyce.
3. Calyx lente auctus.
4. Stamina et Pistillum expansa, antherâ unicâ
lente auctâ.
5. Pistillum et Germen, stigmate lente aucto.
6. Germen lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with beardless tips within the blossom,
leaves in fours broad-linear edged with glandular
hairs, flowers umbelled terminal.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM shrubby, nearly a foot high, brown, extremely
flexuose; with numerous branches, the oldest
bent downwards, with ascending points.
LEAVES in fours, expanded, or recurved, edged
with hairs which are glandular at the points; with
very short footstalks pressed to the branches.
FLOWERS terminal, umbelled, nodding, or cernuous,
from 4 to 6 in each umbel.
EMPALEMENT four-leaved, with unequal purple
leaflets edged with gland-bearing hairs.
BLOSSOM egg-shaped, shining, purple, with
roundish, erect segments.
CHIVES, eight hair-like threads. Tips beardless,
within the blossom.
POINTAL. Germen turban-shaped, very much
furrowed. Shaft higher than the tube of the blossom.
Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from May till January.
REFERENCE.
1. The under side of a leaf magnified.
2. A Blossom with the Empalement.
3. The Empalement magnified.
4. The Chives and Pointal spread open, with one
tip magnified.
5. The Pointal and Seed-bud, with the summit magnified.
6. The Seed-bud magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA gracilis.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris inclusis basi bicornibus, corollis
subquaternis subglobosis terminalibus, foliis linearibus
erectis itidem quaternis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS fruticosus, sesquipedalis, suberectus, ramulis
filiformibus, pergracilibus, numerosis.
FOLIA quaterna, linearia, tenuia, glabra, erecta,
petiolis minutis, adpressis.
FLORES plerumque quaterni in capitulis terminalibus,
pedunculis capillaribus, corollâ longioribus,
bracteis tribus, linearibus, instructis.
CALYX tetraphyllus, foliolis ovato-lanceolatis,
coloratis, glabris, adpressis.
COROLLA parva, subglobosa, læte purpurea, ore
paululum contracta, laciniis subrotundis, erecto-patulis.
STAMINA octo capillaria, brevia; antheræ bicornes,
inclusæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen tiaræforme, purpureum,
ad basin nectariferum; stylus filiformis, flexuosus,
inclusus, purpurascens; stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Februarii in Maium; et iterum
ab Augusto ad Octobrem.
REFERENTIA.
1. Inferior pars Folii lente aucta.
2. Calyx et Corolla.
3. Calyx lente auctus.
4. Stamina et Pistillum Corollâ diducta, antherâ
unicâ lente auctâ.
5. Pistillum et Germen lente aucta.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with tips two-horned at the base included
within the blossom, blossoms nearly in fours somewhat
globose and terminal, leaves linear erect and
likewise in fours.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM shrubby, a foot and a half high, nearly
erect, thread-shaped, very slender, and numerous.
LEAVES in fours, linear, thin, smooth, erect,
with minute foot-stalks pressed to the branches.
FLOWERS chiefly in fours in terminal heads, with
capillary foot-stalks which are longer than the blossom,
and furnished with three linear floral leaves.
EMPALEMENT four-leaved, with the leaflets egg-lance-shaped,
coloured, smooth, and pressed to the
blossom.
BLOSSOM small, rather globose, bright purple,
with the mouth a little contracted, with its segments
roundish, and between erect and spreading.
CHIVES eight hair-like threads; tips two-horned,
within the blossom.
POINTAL. Seed-bud turban-shaped, purple,
having honey-cups at the base; shaft thread-shaped,
flexuose, within the blossom, purplish;
summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from the month of February to May;
and again from August to October.
REFERENCE.
1. The under-side of a Leaf magnified.
2. The Empalement and Blossom.
3. The Empalement magnified,
4. The Chives and Pointal detached from the
Blossom, with one tip magnified.
5. The Pointal and Seed-bud magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA halicacaba.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris muticis, inclusis; floribus subternis,
terminalibus; corollis inflatis, amplissimis,
palide-luteis; oris laciniis acuminatis, obtusis,
conniventibus; foliis ternis, lævibus, trigonis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS robustus, pedalis, valde ramosus; rami
divaricati, rigidi; ramuli breves, divaricati, plurimi,
tomentosi, oppositi.
FOLIA terna, subulata, recurvata, trigona, glabra,
breviter petiolata.
FLORES subterni, nutantes, terminales; pedunculi
foliis breviores, nudi.
CALYX. Perianthium duplex, interius tetraphyllum,
foliolis, lato-ovatis, concavis, acutis,
adpressis, coloratis; exterius tetraphyllum, foliolis
minoribus.
COROLLA ovata, inflata, maxima, palide-lutea;
laciniis erectis, acuminatis, conniventibus, obtusis.
STAMINA. Filamenta octo, plana, linearia,
curvata. Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ, bifidæ, apice
acutæ, dorso concavæ, leviter cohærentiæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen subglobosum, sulcatum.
Stylus filiformis, erectus. Stigma obsolete tetragonum,
viride.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a Maio in Julium.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx.
2. Stamina, et Pistillum.
3. Eodem, filamenta expansa.
4. Stamen unum, lente auctum dorso monstrato.
5. Germen, Stylus et Stigma, lente aucta.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with beardless tips, within the blossom;
flowers mostly by threes terminate the branches;
blossoms inflated, and very large, of a pale yellow;
the segments of the mouth are tapered,
blunt ended, and approaching together; leaves
grow by threes, smooth and three-sided.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM sturdy, a foot high, very branching;
the branches straddle, and are stiff; the smaller
branches straddle, are numerous, downy, and
opposite.
LEAVES grow by threes, awl-shaped, recurved,
three-sided, smooth, foot-stalks short.
FLOWERS grow mostly by threes, nodding,
and terminating the branches; the foot-stalks
shorter than the leaves, naked.
EMPALEMENT. Cup double, the inner four-leaved,
leaflets broad egg-shaped, concave, pointed,
pressed to the blossom and coloured; the outer
three-leaved, the leaflets smaller.
BLOSSOM egg-shaped, inflated, very large, of a
pale yellow; segments erect, tapered, approaching,
and blunt-ended.
CHIVES. Eight flat threads, linear, curved.
Tips beardless, within the blossom, two-cleft,
pointed at the top, concave at the back, slightly
adhering together.
POINTAL. Seed-bud nearly globular, and
furrowed. Shaft thread-shaped, upright. Summit
slightly four-cornered, green.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from May, till July.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalement.
2. Chives and Pointal.
3. The same, with the threads spread open.
4. A Chive magnified, shewn from the hind
part.
5. The Seed-bud, Shaft, and Summit, magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA hispida.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.