ternatis campanulatis, foliis itidem ternatis
lucidisque.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS fruticosus, strictus, gracilis, bipedalis;
rami plerumque ternati, patentes, itidem graciles,
ramulis sæpe oppositis.
FOLIA ternata, subulata, erecta, brevissime petiolata,
lævia, lucida, viridia, sed sæpe tincturâ fuscedinis.
FLORES terminales in umbellulis trifloris; pedunculi
circiter longitudinem florum, superne bracteis
tribus, coloratis, ciliatisque, instructi.
CALYX tetraphyllus, foliolis late ovatis, acutis,
ciliatisque.
COROLLA breviter campanulata, laciniis patulis,
pallide carneis, et lucidis.
STAMINA filamenta octo, capillaria; antheræ
cristatæ, subinclusæ.
PISTILLUM, germen tiaræforme; stylus columnaris,
basi dilatatus, antheras superans.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Aprili in Junium.
REFERENTIA.
1. Pagina inferior folii lente aucta.
2. Flos.
3. Calyx lente auctus, cum pedunculo.
4. Corolla lente aucta.
5. Stamina et Pistillum lente aucta.
6. Pistillum lente auctum, diductum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with crested tips just within the blossom,
flowers terminal in threes bell-shaped, leaves likewise
in threes and shining.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM shrubby, streight, slender, two feet high;
branches chiefly in threes, spreading, also slender,
with the lesser branches often opposite.
LEAVES in threes, awl-shaped, erect, very shortly
petiolate, smooth, shining, green, but often with a
tincture of brown.
FLOWERS terminal in little three-flowered umbels;
footstalks about the length of the flowers,
furnished above with three coloured, ciliated, floral
leaves.
EMPALEMENT four-leaved, with the little leaves
broad egg-shaped, sharp-pointed and ciliated.
BLOSSOM shortly bell-shaped, with rather spreading
segments, of a pale, shining, flesh colour.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads; tips crested,
just within the blossom.
POINTAL, seed-bud turban-shaped; shaft columnar,
dilated at the base, higher than the tips.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from April till June.
REFERENCE.
1. The under-side of a leaf magnified.
2. A Flower.
3. The Empalement magnified, with the peduncle.
4. The Blossom magnified.
5. The Chives and Pointal magnified.
6. The Pointal magnified, detached.
[Illustration]
ERICA Monsoniana.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA antheris aristatis, inclusis; stylo exserto;
floribus terminalibus ternis; calyce duplici, albo;
corollis oblongo-ovatis, candidissimis, fauce arctatis;
foliis ternis, glabris.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS fruticosus, erectus, sexpedalis et ultra;
rami erecti, pauci; ramuli frequentissimi, brevi.
FOLIA terna, glabra, in ramis adultioribus latiora,
obtusa, in ramulis junioribus linearia,
acuta, minora; petiolis brevissimis.
FLORES in ramulorum apice terni, nutantes,
albi, spicam quasi formantes prope caulis summitatem;
pedunculi fere nulli.
CALYX. Perianthium, duplex, _exterium_ tetraphyllum;
foliolæ oblongæ, membranaceæ, obtusæ
apice reflexæ, liberæ, coloratæ; _interium_ foliolis
similibus sed duplo majoribus priori.
COROLLA oblongo-ovata, acuminata, glabra,
fauce arctata, candidissima; laciniis reflexis, obtusis.
STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria. Antheræ
inclusæ, aristatæ, nigræ.
PISTILLUM. Germen oblongum, glabrum,
ad basin glandulosum. Stylus filiformis, parum
curvatus. Stigma tubulosum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a Maio, in Julium.
REFERENTIA.
1. Folia terminalia ramulorum ad basin florum.
2. Calyx
3. Corolla.
4. Stamina et Pistillum, anthera una diducta,
lente aucta.
5. Germen auctum.
6. Pistillum, magnitudine naturali, Stigma
auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH with bearded tips, within the blossom;
shaft without; flowers terminate the branches by
threes; cup double, white; blossoms oblong-egg-shaped,
of a very clear white, and narrowed at the
mouth; leaves grow by threes, and smooth.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM shrubby, upright, grows six feet high,
and more; branches upright, and few; smaller
branches numerous, short.
LEAVES grow by threes, smooth, on the older
branches broader and blunt, on the younger linear,
pointed and smaller; very short foot-stalks.
FLOWERS grow by threes at the end of the
smaller branches, hanging down, and white, forming
as it were a spike near the top of the stem;
hardly any foot-stalks.
EMPALEMENT. Cup double, _the outer_ four-leaved;
the leaflets oblong, skinny, obtuse, turned
back at the top, loose and coloured; _the inner_ with
leaflets like the other but twice the size.
BLOSSOM oblong egg-shaped, tapered, smooth,
narrowed at the mouth, of a very clear white;
segments reflexed, blunt.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads. Tips within
the blossom, bearded and black.
POINTAL. Seed-bud oblong, smooth, glandular
at the base. Shaft thread-shaped, a little
curved. Summit tubular.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from May, till July.
REFERENCE.
1. The terminating leaves of the smaller branches
at the base of the flowers.
2. The Empalement.
3. The Blossom.
4. The Chives and Pointal, one Tip detached,
magnified.
5. The Seed-bud, magnified.
6. The Pointal, natural size. Summit magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA multiflora.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA antheris muticis, exsertis; corollis cylindraceo-urceolatis,
costatis; floribus axillaribus,
subterminalibus; pedunculis flore triple fere longioribus,
ternatis; foliis quaternis seu quinis, linearibus,
patentibus, obtusis, glabris.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS fruticosus, erectus, ramosus; rami et
ramuli rigidi, erecti.
FOLIA quaterna seu quina, patentia, obtusa,
glabra, linearia, recta.
FLORES axillares, sub-terminales, sub-spicati,
ternati; pedunculi capillares, longissimi, corollæ
triplo longiores, bracteis tribus, minutis, instructi.
CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis,
ovatis, concavis, coloratis.
COROLLA cylindraceo-urceolata, costata, sub-carnea;
laciniis minutis, reflexis.
STAMINA. Filamenta octo, capillaria, longitudine
corollæ. Antheræ muticæ, exsertæ, nigræ.
PISTILLUM. Germen turbinatum, quadri-sulcatum,
apice arctatum. Stylus filiformis, exsertus.
Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat in Lusitania.
Floret ab Octobre in Decembrem.
REFERENTIA.
1. Umbella florum.
2. Calyx, auctus.
3. Stamina et Pistillum, anthera una aucta.
4. Pistillum, auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH with beardless tips, without the blossom,
which is of a cylindrical pitcher shape and ribbed;
flowers grow from the base of the leaves
nearly terminal, with flower stems nearly thrice
the length of the blossom, growing by threes;
leaves grow by fours or fives, linear, spreading,
obtuse and smooth.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM shrubby, upright, branching; large and
small branches harsh, upright.
LEAVES grow by fours or fives, spreading, blunt,
smooth, linear, and straight.
FLOWERS grow from the insertion of the leaves,
nearly terminal, almost spiked, ternate; foot-stalks
hair-like, very long, thrice the length of the blossom,
with three floral leaves on them.
EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, leaflets egg-shaped,
concave, coloured.
BLOSSOM cylindrically pitcher-shaped, ribbed,
slightly flesh-coloured, segments small, reflexed.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads, the length of
the blossom. Tips beardless, without the blossom
and black.
POINTAL. Seed-bud top-shaped, four-furrowed,
narrowed at the top. Shaft thread-shaped, without
the blossom. Summit four-cornered.
Native of Portugal.
Flowers from October till December.
REFERENCE.
1. An umbel of flowers.
2. The Cup, magnified.
3. The Chives and Pointal, one tip magnified.
4. The Pointal, magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA Nivenia.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA antheris basi bicornibus, exsertis; corollis
subturbinatis, costatis, purpureis, laciniis revolutis;
foliolis calycinis apice barbatis; floribus terminalibus,
umbellatis; foliis ternis, lato-linearibus,
obtusis, marginibus hispidis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS fruticosus, palmaris, ramosus; rami et
ramuli divaricati, patentes.
FOLIA terna, lato-linearia, obtusa, margine
pilis longissimis obsita, subtus sulcata, patentia.
FLORES terminales, umbellati; pedunculi longissimi,
capillares, bracteis tribus foliolis calycis
similibus instructi.
CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis
spathulatis, denticulatis, viscosis, apice barbatis.
COROLLA subturbinata, costata, fauce parum
arctata, purpurea; laciniis revolutis.
STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria, torta.
Antheræ bicornutæ, exsertæ, nigræ, lineariæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen ovale, sulcatum. Stylus
filiformis, parum curvatus, exsersus. Stigma obsoletum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a Februario in Junium.
REFERENTIA.
1. Folium.
2. Flos.
3. Calyx, auctus.
4. Stamina et Pistillum, auctum.
5. Stamina a Pistillo diducta, anthera una
lente aucta.
6. Pistillum, auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH with tips two-horned at the base, without
the blossom; blossoms nearly top-shaped,
ribbed, purple, segments rolled back; leaflets of
the cup bearded at the tip; flowers terminate the
branches in umbels; leaves grow by threes, broadly
linear, blunt, margins with strong hairs.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM shrubby, a hand high, very branching;
the large and small branches grow straddling, and
spreading.
LEAVES grow by threes, broadly linear, blunt,
beset with long hairs at the edge, furrowed beneath,
and spreading.
FLOWERS terminate the branches in umbels;
foot-stalks very long, hair-like, with three floral
leaves like the leaflets of the cup on them.
EMPALEMENT. Cup three-leaved, leaflets
spathula-shaped, slightly toothed, clammy, and
bearded at the point.
BLOSSOM nearly top-shaped, ribbed, a little
drawn in at the mouth, and purple; segments
rolled back.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads, twisted. Tips
two-horned, without the blossom, black, linear.
POINTAL. Seed-bud oval, furrowed. Shaft
thread-shaped, a little curved, and without the
blossom. Summit obsolete.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from February till June.
REFERENCE.
1. A Leaf.
2. A Flower.
3. The Empalement, magnified.
4. The Chives and Pointal, magnified.
5. The Chives detached from the Pointal, one
tip magnified.
6. The Pointal, magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA obbata.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris basi bicornibus, inclusis; flores
quaterni, terminales, erecti, ventricosi; limbus
maximus, laciniis patentibus, rotundatis, crenulatis;
glandulæ octo fauci circumpositæ; foliis
quaternis, reflexis, rigidis, ciliatis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS fruticosus, pedalis ramosus; rami
laxi, filiformes, sub-erecti.
FOLIA quaterna, reflexa, rigida, ciliata, subtus
sulcata; petioli brevissimi.
FLORES terminales, quaterni, erecti, glaberrimi,
sessili; pedunculi brevissimi, bracteis tribus
ovatis, ciliatis, adpressis, instructi.
CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis
ovatis, concavis, ciliatis, adpressis.
COROLLA ventricosa, basi quadrata, ore arctata,
leviter striata, glaberrima; limbus maximus, laciniis
crenulatis, rotundatis, patentibus; glandulæ
octo, fauci circumpositæ.
STAMINA. Filamenta octo, capillaria. Antheræ
inclusæ, bifidæ, basi bicornes.
PISTILLUM. Germen acuminatum, basi glandulosum.
Stylus filiformis, subexsertus. Stigma
subtetragonum, purpureum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Aprilis, in Junium.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx et Corolla.
2. Calyx, lente auctus.
3. Corolla.
4. Lacinia una limbi, aucta.
5. Stamina, anthera una lente aucta.
6. Pistillum, lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with tips two horned at the base, within
the blossom; flowers grow by fours terminating
the branches, upright and bellied; border very
large, segments spreading, rounded, slightly
scolloped; eight glands placed round the mouth;
leaves grow by fours, reflexed, harsh, and
fringed.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM shrubby, a foot high, branching; branches
loose, thread-shaped, rather upright.
LEAVES grow by fours, reflexed, harsh, fringed,
furrowed beneath; very short foot-stalks.
FLOWERS terminate the branches by fours, are
upright, smooth, and sit close on to the branch;
foot-stalks very short, having three egg-shaped,
fringed floral leaves, which are pressed to the cup.
EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, leaflets egg-shaped,
concave, fringed, and pressed to the
blossom.
BLOSSOM bellied, squared at the base, straitened
at the mouth, slightly striped, and very
smooth; border very large, segments a little scolloped,
rounded and spreading; eight glands surrounding
the mouth.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads. Tips within
the blossom, two-cleft, and two horns at the
base.
POINTAL. Seed-bud tapered, glandular at
the base. Shaft thread-shaped, nearly without
the blossom. Summit a little four-cornered, and
purple.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from the month of April, till June.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalement and Blossom.
2. The Empalement, magnified.
3. The Blossom.
4. One segment of the border, magnified.
5. The Chives, one tip, magnified.
6. The Pointal, magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA palustris.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris muticis inclusis, corollâ subtrilineari
pubescente, foliisque quaternis pubescentibus,
tubo anguste campanulato, laciniis brevibus.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS tenuis, et flexuosus, ramis divaricatis
itidemque tenuibus, ramulis numerosis brevibusque.
FOLIA quaterna, expansa, vel recurvata, linearia,
obtusa, et pubescentia.
FLORES terminales in ramulis lateralibus et numerosi,
subverticillati, et sæpius ternati; pedunculi
corollis duplo breviores, basi bracteis tribus minutis
vestiti.
CALYX tetraphyllus, foliolis subulatis, minutimque
ciliatis.
COROLLA sub-cylindrica, vel potius angustissime
campanulata, pubescens, incarnata, sive pallide
coccinea, laciniis patulis, ovatis, obtusis, albidis,
vel melius eleganter cerinis.
STAMINA octo, capillaria; antheræ muticæ,
inclusæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen tiaræforme et sulcatum.
Stylus filiformis. Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Maii ad Octobrem.
REFERENTIA.
1. Folium lente auctum.
2. Calyx lente auctus.
3. Stamina diducta, antherâ unicâ lente auctâ.
4. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.
5. Germen lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with beardless included tips, blossom
near three lines long pubescent, leaves in fours and
also pubescent, and a narrowly bell-shaped tube,
with short segments.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM slender, and flexuose, with divaricating
slender branches, and numerous short lesser
branches.
LEAVES in fours, expanded, or recurved, linear,
blunt-ended, and downy.
FLOWERS terminal on the small lateral branches
and numerous, somewhat whorled, and frequently in
threes; peduncles only half the length of the blossom,
and furnished at the base with three minute
floral leaves.
EMPALEMENT four-leaved, with the leaflets awl-shaped,
and minutely ciliated.
BLOSSOM somewhat cylindrical, or rather very
narrowly bell-shaped, downy, flesh-coloured, or
pale coccineous, with the segments spreading, egg-shaped,
blunt-ended, and whitish, or rather of a
fine waxen colour.
CHIVES eight, capillary; tips beardless, within
the blossom.
POINTAL. Seed-bud turban-shaped, and furrowed.
Shaft thread-shaped. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from the month of May till October.
REFERENCE.
1. A Leaf magnified.
2. The Empalement magnified,
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 patens.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA antheris muticis, sub-inclusis, clavatis;
floribus terminalibus, ternis; corollis campanulatis,
purpureis, tubo brevissimo, laciniis maximis,
expansis; foliis ternis, ovalibus, concavis,
ciliatis, flaccidis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS futicosus, erectus, bipedalis; rami
filiformes, verticillati; ramuli frequentissimi, virgati,
patentes.
FOLIA terna, ovalia, concava, ciliata, obtusa,
patentia; petiolis brevissimis, adpressis.
FLORES in apice ramulorum terni, copiosi;
pedunculi brevissimi, bracteis tribus adpressis instructi.
CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis
elipticis, concavis, ciliatis, adpressis.
COROLLA campanulata, purpurea; tubo brevissimo;
laciniis ovatis, concavis, maximis, expansis.
STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria, curvata.
Antheræ muticæ, clavatæ, subinclusæ longitudine
staminum.
PISTILLUM. Germen sub-globosum, sulcatum,
tomentosum, ad basin glandulosum. Stylus filiformis,
exsertus. Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a Februario in Junium.
REFERENTIA.
1. Folium, auctum.
2. Flos, magnitudine naturali.
3. Calyx auctus.
4. Stamina et Pistillum, aucta.
5. Stamina a Pistillo diducta, aucta.
6. Pistillum, auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH with beardless tips, just within the blossom
and club-shaped; flowers terminate the
branches by threes; blossoms bell-shaped, purple,
tube very short, with very large spreading segments;
leaves grow by threes oval, concave,
fringed and flaccid.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM shrubby, upright, grows two feet high;
large branches thread-shaped, whorled; small
branches numerous, twiggy and spreading.
LEAVES grow by threes, oval, concave, fringed,
blunt, spreading; with very short foot-stalks
pressed to the stem.
FLOWERS terminate the small branches by
threes and very numerous; foot-stalks very short,
having three floral leaves pressed to the cup.
EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved; leaflets eliptic,
concave, fringed and pressed to the blossom.
BLOSSOM bell-shaped, purple; tube very short;
segments egg-shaped, concave, very large and
spreading.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads, curved. Tips
beardless, club-shaped, just within the blossom,
the length of the threads.
POINTAL. Seed-bud nearly globular, furrowed,
downy and glandular at the base. Shaft thread-shaped,
without the blossom. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from February till June.
REFERENCE.
1. A leaf, magnified.
2. A Flower, natural size.
3. The Empalement, magnified.
4. The Chives and Pointal, magnified.
5. The Chives detached from the Pointal, magnified.
6. The Pointal, magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA penicillata.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA antheris muticis, exsertis, penicillatis;
corolla conica, purpurea, laciniis luteis, minutis,
erectis; floribus spicatis, solitariis, pendulis; foliolis
calycinis dorso canaliculatis, basi, auriculatis,
coloratis; bracteis minutis, remotis; foliis
ternis, fasciculatis, linearibus, glabris.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS erectus, fruticosus; rami subsimplices,
longi; ramuli brevissimi conserti.
FOLIA terna, linearia, glabra, acuta, patentia,
fasciculata; petiolis brevissimis, adpressis.
FLORES solitarii, penduli, medio ramorum spicati;
pedunculi colorati, longi, bracteis tribus,
minutis, remotis, instructi.
CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum; foliolis,
dorso canaliculatis, auriculatis, coloratis, acutis,
adpressis.
COROLLA conica, purpurea; laciniis, minutis,
erectis, luteo-virentibus.
STAMINA. Filamenta octo, plana. Antheræ
muticæ, penicillatæ, exsertæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen conicum, striatum.
Stylus filiformis, exsertus, staminibus longior.
Stigma subpeltatum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a Maio, in Augustum.
REFERENTIA.
1. Flos.
2. Calyx, auctus.
3. Stamina et Pistillum.
4. Stamina a Pistillo diducta anthera una lente
aucta.
5. Pistillum, Stigma auctum.
6. Germen, auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH with beardless tips, without the blossom
and formed like a pencil; blossom conical, purple,
segments yellow, small, and upright; flowers grow
in spikes, solitary, hanging down; the leaflets of
the cup are channelled at the back, eared at the
base and coloured; floral leaves very small, distant;
leaves grow by threes, bundled, linear, and
smooth.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM upright, shrubby; branches nearly simple,
long; small branches close together.
LEAVES grow by threes, linear, smooth, pointed,
spreading, and bundled; with very short footstalks
pressed to the stem.
FLOWERS grow solitary, hanging down making
a spike from the middle of the branches; footstalks
coloured, long, having the small floral
leaves on their lower part.
EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved; leaflets
channelled at the back, eared, coloured, pointed
and pressed to the blossom.
BLOSSOM conical and purple; segments small,
upright, greenish-yellow.
CHIVES. Eight chives, flat. Tips beardless,
pencil-like and without the blossom.
POINTAL. Seed-bud conical, streaked. Shaft
thread-shaped, without the blossom, longer than
the chives. Summit nearly shield-shaped.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from May, till August.
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, the Summit magnified.
6. The Seed-bud, magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA petiveriana _aurantia_.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris muticis, exsertis; corolla conica,
aurantia, incurvata, pollicaris, limbo inflato clauso;
calycinis foliolis imbricatis, subovatis, mucronatis,
rigidis; floribus subternis, terminalibus;
foliis ternis, linearibus, rigidis, obtusis, patentibus.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS erectus sesquipedalis, fuscus; rami
tecti ramulis ternis, consertis, patentibus.
FOLIA terna, linearia, rigida, sub-scabra, subtus
sulcata, obtusa, patentia.
FLORES sub-terni, ramulorum terminales incurvati,
penduli; pedunculi brevissimi.
CALYX. Perianthium duplex, _exterium_, tetraphyllum,
foliolis lato ovatis, rigidis, luteis, adpressis,
imbricatis; _interium_, tetraphyllum, foliolis
priori similibus sed duplo longioribus.
COROLLA conica, calyce triplo longior, aurantia;
laciniis limbi ovatis, erectis, inflatis, incurvis.
STAMINA. Filamenta octo, linearia, plana.
Antheræ muticæ, exsertæ, lineares, corollæ longitudine,
planæ, rubro-fuscæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen ovatum, sulcatum. Stylus,
filiformis longitudine antherarum. Stigma
obsolete-tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a Martio in Maium.
REFERENTIA.
1. Flos.
2. Calyx auctus.
3. Stamina, et Pistillum.
4. Stamina libera, anthera una diducta lente
aucta.
5. Pistillum, magnitudine naturali.
6. Germen, lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH with beardless tips, without the blossom,
which is cone-shaped, orange, incurved and an
inch long, the border swelled and shut; leaflets
of the empalement tiled, nearly egg-shaped,
pointed, harsh; flowers mostly by threes, terminal;
leaves by threes, linear, harsh, blunt, and
spreading.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM upright, a foot and a half high, brown;
branches covered by smaller branches growing by
threes, close together and spreading.
LEAVES grow by threes, linear, harsh, rather
rough, furrowed beneath, blunt and spreading.
FLOWERS grow mostly by threes, terminating
the small branches, turned inwards and hanging
down; foot-stalks very short.
EMPALEMENT. Cup double, _the outer_, three-leaved,
leaflets broad-egg-shaped, harsh, yellow,
pressed to the inner ones and tiled; _the inner_,
four-leaved, leaflets like those of the outer, but
twice the length.
BLOSSOM conical, thrice the length of the cup,
orange-coloured; segments of the border egg-shaped,
upright, swelled out and incurved.
CHIVES. Eight linear, flat threads. Tips beardless,
without the blossom, linear, the length of the
blossom, flat and of red-brown.
POINTAL. Seed-bud egg-shaped, furrowed.
Shaft thread-shaped, the length of the tips. Summit
bluntly four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from March till May.