1. A Flower.
2. The Empalement magnified.
3. The Chives, and Pointal.
4. The Chives free, one tip detached, magnified.
5. The Pointal, natural size.
6. The Seed-bud magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA Petiveriana _hirsuta_.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris muticis exertis, longissimis, corollis
pendulis clavatis incurvis, foliis hirsutis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS erectus, inferne ramulis numerosis.
FOLIA ternata, subulata, hirsuta, parum flexuosa,
petiolis adpressis, juniora patula, seniora reflexa.
FLORES terminales in ramulis lateralibus,
1-3. nati,
penduli, incurvi, pedunculis brevibus.
CALYX duplex, læte ruber et lucens, tinctura
flavedinis, exterior 3-, interior 4-phyllus, foliolis
omnibus late ovatis.
COROLLA clavata, incurva, uncialis, læete rubra et
lucens, basi tumida quadrifida, oris laciniis incurvis
filamentis adpressis.
STAMINA octo, capillaria, incurva, receptaculo
affixa; antheræ muticæ longissimæ exertæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen tiaræforme. Stylus filiformis.
Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret Januario in Aprilem.
REFERENTIA.
1. Inferior pars Folii lente aucta.
2. Calyx lente auctus.
3. Corolla calyce diducta.
4. Stamina et Pistillum.
5. Eadem expansa, antherâ unicâ lente auctâ.
6. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with very long beardless tips without the
pendulous club-shaped incurved blossoms; and with
hairy leaves.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM erect, furnished with numerous small
branches downwards.
LEAVES in threes, subulate, hairy, a little flexuose,
with foot-stalks pressed to the branches; the
younger leaves rather spreading, the older reflexed.
FLOWERS terminal on the small lateral branches,
one to three together, pendulous, incurved, with
short foot-stalks.
EMPALEMENT double, bright shining-red, tinctured
with yellow, the outer three-, the inner four-leaved,
with all the leaflets broad egg-shaped.
BLOSSOM club-shaped, incurved, an inch long,
bright-shining-red, swelled and quadrifid at the base,
with the segments of the mouth incurved and pressed
to the filaments.
CHIVES eight hair-like incurved threads fixed
to the receptacle; tips beardless very long, and
without the blossom.
POINTAL. Germen turban-shaped. Shaft thread-shaped.
Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from January till April.
REFERENCE.
1. The under-side of a Leaf magnified.
2. The Empalement magnified.
3. A Blossom detached from the Empalement.
4. The Chives and Pointal.
5. The same spread open, with one tip magnified.
6. The Seed-bud and Pointal, with the summit
magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA pinifolia coccinea.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris muticis inclusis, floribus dense verticillatis
tubulosis, foliis consertis subsenis incurvis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS fruticosus, brevis, robustus, paululum
flexuosus, cicatricibus foliorum asper; rami foliis
dense tecti, numerosi, subverticillati, patentes, atque
expansi, apicibus adscendentibus.
FOLIA plerumque sena, perconferta, linearia, subuncialia,
lente obsolete pubescentia, subtus sulcata,
seniora recurva, sed post medium incurvo-adscendentia,
et inde sæpe hamata; petiolis adpressis.
FLORES verticillatim spicati, conferti, nutantes,
coccinei; pedunculi sesquilineares, pubescentes, irregulariter
bracteati.
CALYX tetraphyllus, foliolis lineari-subulatis,
valde pubescentibus, adpressis.
COROLLA tubulosa, apicem versus paululum recurvula,
laciniis revolutis obtusis, obsoletissime crenulatis.
STAMINA octo, capillaria, antheris sub-inclusis,
muticis.
PISTILLUM. Germen tiaræforme, superne dilatatum,
lanatum; stylus filiformis, sub-exclusus, antheras
paulo superans; stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Maii in Aprilem.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx cum pedunculo lente auctus.
2. Flos.
3. Stamina, et Pistillum.
4. Idem expansa, antherâ unicâ lente auctâ.
5. Pistillum diductum, stigmate lente aucto.
6. Germen lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with beardless tips within the blossom,
flowers densely whorled tubular, leaves crowded
chiefly in sixes and incurved.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM shrubby, short, stout, a little flexuose,
rough with the cicatrices of the leaves; the branches
densely covered with leaves, numerous, whorled,
spreading, and expanded, with ascending points.
LEAVES chiefly in sixes, very crowded, linear,
about an inch long, obscurely pubescent when magnified,
furrowed beneath; the older ones, recurved,
but beyond the middle incurvedly ascending, and
thence often hook-shaped; with footstalks pressed
to the branches.
FLOWERS verticillately spiked, crowded, nodding,
scarlet; peduncles a line and a half long,
pubescent, and irregularly bracteated.
EMPALEMENT four-leaved, the little leaves linear-awl-shaped,
very pubescent, and pressed to the blossom.
BLOSSOM tubular, slightly recurved towards the
point, with segments rolled back, blunt, and very
obsoletely crenulated.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads, with the tips
just with the blossom, beardless.
POINTAL. Seed-bud turban-shaped, dilated above,
woolly; shaft thread-shaped, just without the blossom,
a little higher than the tips; summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from May till April.
REFERENCE.
1. The Calyx with the foot-stalk magnified.
2. A Flower.
3. The Chives, and Pointal.
4. The same expanded, with one tip magnified.
5. The Pointal detached, with the summit magnified.
6. The Seed-bud magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA plumosa.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA antheris aristatis, stylo incluso; corollis
urceolatis, purpureis, glabris; calyce colorato,
villoso; floribus axillaribus, pendulis, verticillatis;
foliis quaternis, linearibus, obtusis, villosis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS fruticosis, flexuosus; rami et ramuli
glabri, filiformes, suberecti.
FOLIA quaterna, obtusa, villosa, patentia, linearia,
subtus sulcata; petiolis adpressis.
FLORES axillares, verticillati, subsolitarii, cernui;
pedunculi longitudine florum, colorati,
bracteis tribus, hirsutis, instructi.
CALYX. Perianthium, tetraphyllum, foliolis
pilosis, coloratis, apicibus viridibus.
COROLLA urceolata, glabra, purpurea; laciniis
erectis.
STAMINA. Filamenta octo, capillaria. Antheræ
aristatæ, inclusæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen subglobosum, ad basin
glandulosum. Stylus filiformis, inclusus. Stigma
capitatum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a Martio in Julium.
REFERENCE.
1. Folium, lente auctum.
2. Flos.
3. Calyx, lente auctus.
4. Corolla.
5. Stamina et Pistillum.
6. Stamina a Pistillo diducta.
7. Stamen unum, lente auctum.
8. Pistillum, Stigma auctum.
9. Germen, lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH with bearded tips; shaft within the
blossoms, which are pitcher-shaped, purple, and
smooth; cup coloured, and hairy; flowers grow
from the insertion of the leaves, hanging down,
in whorles; leaves grow by fours, linear, blunt,
and hairy.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM shrubby, taking different directions; the
small and large branches are smooth, thread-shaped,
and rather upright.
LEAVES grow by fours, blunt, hairy, spreading,
linear, furrowed beneath; foot-stalks pressed to
the stem.
FLOWERS grow from the insertion of the leaves,
whorled, mostly solitary, nodding; foot-stalks the
length of the flowers, coloured, having three hairy
floral leaves on them.
EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, leaflets hairy,
coloured, and green ends.
BLOSSOM pitcher-shaped, smooth, purple, segments
upright.
CHIVES. Eight threads, hair-like. Tips bearded,
within the blossom.
POINTAL. Seed-bud nearly round, glandular
at the base. Shaft thread-shaped, within the blossom.
Summit headed.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from March till July.
REFERENCE.
1. A Leaf, magnified.
2. A Flower.
3. The Empalement, magnified.
4. The Blossom.
5. The Chives and Pointal.
6. The Chives detached from the Pointal.
7. A Chive, magnified.
8. The Pointal, the Summit magnified.
9. The Seed-bud, magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA princeps.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris muticis inclusis, foliis quaternis
ciliatis et aristatis, floribus terminalibus umbellatis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS fruticosus subpedalis, ramosus, ramis
erectis.
FOLIA quaterna, recurva, late linearia, ciliata et
aristata, subtus sulcata.
FLORES speciosi, terminales, in umbellis nutantibus
6-10-floris; pedunculi colorati, bracteis tribus
instructi.
CALYX tetraphyllus, foliolis lineari-lanceolatis,
carinatis, ciliatisque.
COROLLA ovato-clavata, inflata, lævigata, læte
rubicunda, ore arctata, laciniis subrotundis revolutis.
STAMINA octo, capillaria; antheræ muticæ, inclusæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen tiaræforme, sulcatum;
stylus paulo inclusus, filiformis; stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a Maio ad Octobrem.
REFERENTIA.
1. Folium lente auctum.
2. Calyx lente auctus.
3. Stamina et Pistillum, antherâ unicâ diductâ et
lente auctâ.
4. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.
5. Germen lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with beardless tips within the blossom,
leaves in fours, ciliated and aristated, and terminal
umbelled flowers.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM near a foot high, branched, with the
branches erect.
LEAVES in fours, recurved, broad-linear, ciliated
and aristated, and furrowed beneath.
FLOWERS showy, terminal, in nodding umbels
of 6 to 10 flowers; peduncles coloured, with three
floral leaves.
EMPALEMENT four-leaved, with the leaflets
linear-lanced, keeled and ciliated.
BLOSSOM ovate-club-shaped, inflated, polished,
and of a glowing red colour, narrowed at the mouth,
with roundish segments rolled back.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads; tips beardless,
within the blossom.
POINTAL. Seed-bud turban-shaped, furrowed;
shaft just within the blossom, thread-shaped; summit
four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from May to October.
REFERENCE.
1. A Leaf magnified.
2. The Empalement magnified.
3. The Chives and Pointal, with one tip detached
and magnified.
4. Seed-bud and Pointal, with the summit magnified.
5. The Seed-bud magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA propendens.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris muticis inclusis, floribus subgeminatis
pendulis campanulatis pubescentibus, foliis linearibus
quaternis itidem pubescentibus.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS fruticosus, subpedalis, flexuosus, ramis
flexuoso-patentibus, ramulis floriferis pendulis.
FOLIA quaterna, linearia, pubescentia, subtus sulcata,
petiolis brevibus, adpressis; seniora reflexa.
FLORES terminales in ramulis lateralibus, pendulis;
plerumque binati; pedunculi colorati, bracteis
tribus ad calycem instructi.
CALYX tetraphyllus, foliolis ovatis acuminatis,
concavis, pubescentibus, coloratis, adpressis.
COROLLA campanulata, rubro-purpurea, laciniis
late ovatis, patentibus.
STAMINA octo capillaria; antheræ muticæ, inclusæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen breve tiaræforme; stylus
filiformis inclusus; stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Julii in Octobrem.
REFERENTIA.
1. Pagina inferior folii, lente aucta.
2. Flos.
3. Calyx lente auctus.
4. Stamina, et Pistillum.
5. Eadem expansa.
6. Stamen lente auctum.
7. Pistillum, stigmate lente auctum.
8. Germen lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with beardless tips within the blossom,
flowers chiefly twinned pendulous bell-shaped pubescent,
and leaves linear in fours also pubescent.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM shrubby, near a foot high, flexuose, with
flexuose, spreading branches, and with the little
flower-bearing branches pendulous.
LEAVES in fours, linear, pubescent, furrowed
beneath, with short footstalks, pressed to the
branches; the old leaves bent downwards.
FLOWERS terminal in small, lateral, pendulous,
branches; chiefly in pairs; the peduncles coloured,
and furnished with three floral leaves near the empalement.
EMPALEMENT of four leaves, with the little
leaves egg-shaped, acuminated, concave, pubescent,
coloured, and pressed to the blossom.
BLOSSOM, bell-shaped, red-purple, with the segments
broad egg-shaped, and spreading.
CHIVES eight hair-like threads, the tips beardless
and within the blossom.
POINTAL. Seed-bud short, turban-shaped;
shaft thread-shaped within the blossom; summit
four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from the month of July till October.
REFERENCE.
1. The under-side of a Leaf magnified.
2. A Flower.
3. The Empalement magnified.
4. The Chives, and Pointal.
5. The same expanded.
6. A Chive magnified.
7. The Pointal, with the summit magnified.
8. The Seed-bud magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA pubescens _minor_.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA antheris aristatis, inclusis; stylo subexserto;
floribus terminalibus, umbellatis; corollis
ovatis, pubescentibus, purpureis; foliis quaternis,
erectis, obtusis, hirtis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS sesquipedalis fruticosus, ramosus, pilosus;
rami et ramuli pilosi, filiformes, virgati,
erecti.
FOLIA quaterna, sæpe terna, obtusa, hirta,
erecta, subtus sulcata; petiolis brevissimis, adpressis.
FLORES in ramulis terminales, umbellati, numerosi,
purpurei; pedunculi capillares, bracteis
tribus, hirtusis instructi.
CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis
pilosis, subulatis, adpressis.
COROLLA ovata, obtusa, villosa; laciniis minutis,
erectis.
STAMINA. Filamenta capillaria. Antheræ
aristatæ, inclusæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen obovatum, quadratum,
ad basin glandulosum. Stylus filiformis, arcuatus,
purpureus. Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret ab Octobre, in Martium.
REFERENTIA.
1. Folium, lente auctum.
2. Corolla et Calyx.
3. Calyx, auctus.
4. Stamina, et Pistillum, lente auctum.
5. Pistillum, auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH with bearded tips, within the blossom;
shaft just without; flowers terminate the branches
in umbels; blossoms egg-shaped, downy and
purple; leaves grow by fours, upright, blunt,
and hairy.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM grows a foot and a half high, shrubby,
branching and hairy; the larger and smaller
branches are hairy, thread-shaped, twiggy, and
upright.
LEAVES grow by fours, often by threes, are
blunt, hairy, upright, and furrowed beneath;
with very short foot-stalks, pressed to the stem.
FLOWERS terminate the small branches in
umbels, are numerous and purple; the foot-stalks
are hair-like, with three hairy floral leaves on
them.
EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, leaflets hairy,
awl-shaped, and pressed to the blossom.
BLOSSOM egg-shaped obtuse, covered with
soft hairs; segments of the border small and upright.
CHIVES. Threads hair-like. Tips bearded, and
within the blossom.
POINTAL. Seed-bud inversely egg-shaped,
squared and glandular at the base. Shaft thread-shaped,
bowed and purple. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from October, till March.
REFERENCE.
1. A leaf, magnified.
2. The Blossom and Empalement.
3. The Empalement, magnified.
4. The Chives and Pointal, magnified.
5. The Pointal, magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA pubescens, _minima_.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris aristatis inclusis, corollis minutis,
urceolata, læte purpurea, villosa, foliis quaternis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS fruticosus, pedalis, ramosus, pilosus; ramuli
pilosi, virgati, filiformes.
FOLIA quaterna, obtusa, villosa, incurva, arcuata.
FLORES in ultimis ramulis, terminales, umbellati,
cernui; pedunculi breves, bracteis tribus.
CALYX tetraphyllus, foliolis lanceolatis, villosis.
CORDULA minuta, urceolata, læte purpurea,
villosa.
STAMINA octo, capillaria; antheræ aristatæ inclusæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen tiaræforme, ad basin nectariferum;
stylus filiformis, inclusus; stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Novembri ad Aprilem.
REFERENTIA.
1. Folium lente auctum.
2. Calyx cum Bracteis lente auctus.
3. Stamina et Pistillum.
4. Idem lente auctus.
5. Pistillum et Germen lente aucta.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with bearded tips within the blossom,
blossoms very small, pitcher-shaped, bright purple
and hairy, leaves by fours.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM shrubby, a foot high, branching and
hairy; the branches are hairy, twiggy, and thread-shaped.
LEAVES by fours, blunt, covered with soft hairs,
turned inwards, and bowed.
FLOWERS terminate the small branches in umbels,
nodding; peduncles short, furnished with
three floral leaves.
EMPALEMENT four-leaved, with lanceolate, hairy
leaflets,
BLOSSOM very small, pitcher-shaped, bright
purple, and covered with soft hairs.
CHIVES eight hair-like threads; tips bearded, and
within the blossom.
POINTAL. Seed-bud turban-shaped, with honey-cups
at the base; shaft thread-shaped, and
within the blossom; summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from the month of November till April.
REFERENCE.
1. A Leaf magnified.
2. The Empalement and floral Leaves magnified.
3. The Chives and Pointal.
4. The same magnified.
5. Seed-bud and Pointal magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA quadriflora.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA antheris cristatis, inclusis; stylo incluso;
floribus terminalibus, quaternis; corollis globosis
purpureis; calyce reflexo; foliis quaternis, ciliatis,
flaccidis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS debilis, sesquipedalis; rami plurimi,
virgati; ramuli frequentissimi, erecto-patentes.
FOLIA quaterna, linearia, ciliata, flaccida,
subtus lævissime sulcata, petiolis brevissimis.
FLORES in apice ramulorum quaterni, cornui,
purpurei; pedunculi filiformes, florum longitudine,
bracteis tribus instructi.
CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis
subulatis, reflexis, ad basin coloratis.
COROLLA globosa, purpurea, glabra; laciniis
limbi minutis, obtusis, erectis.
STAMINA. Filamenta capillaria. Antheræ
cristatæ, inclusæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen turbinatum, sulcatum,
atropurpureum. Stylus filiformis, inclusus, staminibus
parum longior. Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Junii in Augustum.
REFERENTIA.
1. Folium, lente auctum.
2. Flos.
3. Calyx, auctus.
4. Stamina et Pistillum.
5. Stamina et Pistillum, antheræ liberæ.
6. Stamen, auctum.
7. Pistillum, auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH with crested tips, within the blossom;
shaft within; flowers terminate the branches by
fours; blossoms globular, and purple; cup reflexed;
leaves grow by fours, fringed and flaccid.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM weak, a foot and a half high; branches
many, twiggy; smaller branches very numerous,
upright-spreading.
LEAVES grow by fours, linear, fringed and
flaccid, slightly furrowed beneath, with very
short foot-stalks.
FLOWERS grow by fours at the end of the
smaller branches, nodding and purple; the foot-stalks
thread-shaped the length of the flowers,
having three floral leaves.
EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, leaflets awl-shaped,
reflexed and coloured at the base.
BLOSSOM globular, purple, smooth; segments
of the border very small, obtuse, upright.
CHIVES. Threads hair-like. Tips crested,
within the blossom.
POINTAL. Seed-bud top-shaped, furrowed,
dark purple. Shaft thread-shaped, within the
blossom, a little longer than the chives. Summit
four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from the month of June till August.
REFERENCE.
1. A Leaf, magnified.
2. A Flower.
3. The Empalement, magnified.
4. The Chives and Pointal.
5. The Chives and Pointal, the chives free.
6. A Chive, magnified.
7. The Pointal, magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA rosea.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris muticis plerumque inclusis, foliis
subsenis setaceis longiusculis, in petioles capillares
attenuatis, floribus sublateralibus clavatis roseis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS fruticosus, bipedalis, ramis ramulisque
erectis, et sæpe alternis.
FOLIA plerumque quinata vel sena, erecta, setacea,
in petiolos capillares deorsum attenuata.
FLORES 2-3-nati, fere laterales, nutantes; pedunculi
breves, bracteis tribus instructis.
CALYX tetraphyllus, foliolis subulatis, adpressis.
COROLLA cylindrica, paululum curvata, uncialis,
læte rosea, laciniis subrectis.
STAMINA filamenta octo capillaria, mutica, plerumque
inclusa.
PISTILLUM. Germen tiaræforme, basi poris
melliferis instructum. Stylus filiformis, sæpe subexclusus.
Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx et Corolla.
2. Calyx lente auctus.
3. Stamina diducta, antherâ unicâ lente auctâ.
4. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate tente aucto.
5. Germen lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with beardless tips chiefly within the
blossom, leaves nearly in sixes bristle-shaped longish,
and attenuated into capillary foot-stalks, flowers
somewhat lateral club-shaped and rosy.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM shrubby, two feet high, with the branches
and branchlets erect, and often alternate.
LEAVES chiefly in fives or sixes, erect, bristle-shaped,
attenuated downwards into capillary foot-stalks.
FLOWERS growing in twos and threes, nearly lateral,
nodding; foot-stalks short, furnished with three
floral leaves,
EMPALEMENT four-leaved, with the leaflets awl-shaped,
and pressed to the blossom.
BLOSSOM cylindrical, very slightly curved, an inch
long, bright rose-colour, with the segments nearly
erect.
CHIVES eight hair-like threads, beardless, chiefly
within the blossom.
POINTAL. Seed-bud turban-shaped, furnished
with honey-bearing pores at the base. Shaft thread-shaped,
often just without the blossom. Summit
four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalement and Blossom.
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 rubens.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris cristatis inclusis, foliis quaternis,
corollis late ovatis terminalibus.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS fruticosus, suberectus, ramis patentibus,
vel subinde pendulis.
FOLIA quaterna, erecta, linearia, glabra, subtus
sulcata, petiolis adpressis, brevibus.
FLORES terminales, in umbellis nutantibus, vel
cernuis, 3-8-floris; pedunculi longiusculi, tri-bracteati.
CALYX tetraphyllus, foliolis late ovatis, et longe
acuminatis.
COROLLA late ovata, glabra, rubro-purpurea,
laciniis obtusis.
STAMINA filamenta octo, capillaria; antheræ
cristatæ, inclusæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen tiaræforme, sulcatum;
stylus paulo inclusus.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Junii ad Septembrem.
REFERENTIA.
1. Folium lente auctum.
2. Calyx lente auctus,
3. Stamina et Pistillum, antherâ unicâ diductâ
lente auctâ.
4. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.
5. Germen lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with crested tips within the blossom,
leaves in fours, and broad-egg-shaped terminal
blossoms.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM shrubby, nearly upright, with branches
spreading, or sometimes drooping.
LEAVES in fours, erect, linear, smooth, furrowed
beneath, with short foot-stalks pressed to the
branches.
FLOWERS terminal in nodding or cernuous umbels,
of from three to eight flowers; the peduncles
longish, and furnished with three floral leaves.
EMPALEMENT four-leaved, with the little leaves
broad-egg-shaped, and much acuminated.
BLOSSOM broad-egg-shaped, smooth, red-purple,
with obtuse segments.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads; tips crested,
within the blossom.
POINTAL. Seed-bud turban-shaped, furrowed;
shaft just within the blossom.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from June to September.
REFERENCE.
1. A Leaf magnified.
2. The Empalement magnified.
3. The Chives and Pointal, with one tip detached
and magnified.
4. The Seed-bud and Pointal, with the summit
magnified.