[Illustration]
ERICA rupestris.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris aristatis inclusis, foliis quaternis
obtusissimis margine cartilagineis, corollis terminalibus
ternatis campanulatis trilinearibusque.
DESCRIPTIO.
SUFFRUTEX pygmæus, humifusus, inter rupes.
CAULIS sub-trientalis, ramosus, ramulis divaricatis
et decumbentibus.
FOLIA quaterna, conferta, patula, linearia, at latiuscula
et crassiuscula, obtusissima, lucida, marginibus,
præcipue ad lentem, cartilagineis, subtus sulcata.
FLORES terminales, plerumque ternati, nutantes,
vel cernui, vel subinde erectiores; pedunculi longitudine
corollæ, rubri, bracteis tribus alternis
muniti.
CALYX tetraphyllus, foliolis adpressis, sublanceolatis,
obtusissimis, obtuseque carinatis, marginem
versus membranaceis.
COROLLA campanulata, alba, laciniis semirotundis,
patentibusque.
STAMINA octo, capillaria; antheræ barbatæ,
inclusæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen coronæforme. Stylus filiformis.
Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Julii ad Novembrem.
REFERENTIA.
1. Pagina inferior Folii.
2. Calyx et Corolla.
3. Calyx lente auctus.
4. Stamina diducta, antherâ unicâ lente auctâ.
5. Germen et Pistillum stigmate lente aucto.
6. Germen lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with bearded tips within the blossom,
leaves in fours very obtuse and cartilaginous on
the margin, blossoms terminal in threes bell-shaped
and three lines long.
DESCRIPTION.
A dwarfish little shrub, spread about upon the
ground amongst rocks.
STEM three inches high, branched, with the little
branches divaricating and decumbent.
LEAVES in fours, crowded, spreading a little,
linear, but broadish and rather thick, very obtuse,
shining, and on the margin, especially in the magnifier,
cartilaginous, and furrowed beneath.
FLOWERS terminal, and chiefly in threes, nodding,
or cernuous, or sometimes more erect; peduncles
the length of the blossom, red, and furnished with
three alternate floral leaves.
EMPALEMENT four-leaved, with the leaflets close
pressed to the blossom, somewhat spear-shaped, very
blunt, and bluntly keeled, and membranaceous towards
the margin.
BLOSSOM bell-shaped, white, with the segments
half round and spreading.
CHIVES eight, capillary; tips bearded, within
the blossom.
POINTAL. Seed-bud crown-shaped. Shaft thread-shaped.
Summit four-angled.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from the month of July to November.
REFERENCE.
1. The under side of a Leaf.
2. The Empalement and Blossom.
3. The Empalement magnified.
4. The Chives detached, with one tip magnified.
5. The Seed-bud and Pointal with the summit
magnified.
6. The Seed-bud magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA Sebana _spicata_.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris muticis, exertis, longissimis. Corolla
clavata, incurvata, sulcata, saturate coccinea.
Flores terni, terminales, conferti, formantes spicam
longam. Caulis simplex, elongatus.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS erectus, bipedalis. Rami pauci, ramulis
brevissimis tecti, conferti.
FOLIA terna, linearia, arcuata, conferta, sub-trigona,
reflexa, apice acuta, brevissime petiolata.
FLORES terni, in apice ramulorum penduli; pedunculis
brevissimis.
CALYX. Perianthium duplex; exterius triphyllum,
ovatum, membranaceum, adpressum, imbricatum;
interius tetraphyllum, foliolis majoribus.
COROLLA clavata, incurvata, saturate coccinea,
sulcata; laciniis limbi obtusis, incurvis.
STAMINA. Filamenta octo, linearia; antheræ muticæ,
exertæ, penicillatæ, longissimæ, lineares, attenuatæ
in filamenta.
PISTILLUM. Germen tiaræforme, sulcatum,
basi glandulis melliferis instructum. Stylus filiformis,
staminibus paulo brevior. Stigma obsolete tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Septembri ad Decembrem.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx et Corolla.
2. Calyx lente auctus.
3. Stamina et Pistillum, anthera una lente aucta.
4. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.
5. Germen lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with beardless tips, without the blossom,
and very long. Blossom club-shaped, and turned
inwards, furrowed, and of a deep scarlet-colour.
Flowers grow mostly by threes, terminating the
branches, crowded together, and forming a long
spike. Stem simple, and lengthened out.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM upright, grows two feet high. Branches
few, covered with short branches, and crowded
together.
LEAVES by threes, linear, curved, and crowded,
nearly three-sided, reflexed, sharp-pointed, with
very small foot-stalks.
FLOWERS grow by threes, at the ends of the
small branches hanging down, with foot-stalks very
short.
EMPALEMENT. Cup double; the outer three-leaved,
egg-shaped, skinny, pressed to the inner
ones, and tiled; the inner four-leaved, with larger
leaflets.
BLOSSOM club-shaped, turned inwards, of a
deep scarlet, and furrowed; the segments of the
mouth are blunt, and turned inwards.
CHIVES. Eight linear flat threads; tips beardless,
without the blossom, pencilled, long, linear, and
tapering into threads.
POINTAL. Seed-vessel turban-shaped, furrowed,
and furnished at the base with honey-bearing
glands. Shaft thread-shaped, a little shorter than
the chives. Summit slightly four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from September till December.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalement and Blossom.
2. The Empalement magnified.
3. The Chives and Pointal, one tip magnified.
4. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified.
5. The Seed-bud magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA sessiliflora.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA antheris aristatis, inclusis; stylo-exserto;
floribus densissimè imbricato-spicatis, horizontalibus,
sessilibus; corollis clavatis, sesquipollicaribus,
albidis, apicibus viridibus; foliis quaternis;
subulatis, glabris.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS strictissimus, rigidus, bipedalis; rami
paucii erecti; ramuli verticillati, patentes, plurimi.
FOLIA quaterna, subulata, glabra, patentia,
petiolis brevissimis, adpressis.
FLORES sub apice ramorum spicati, imbricati,
sessiles, horizontaliter siti.
CALYX. Perianthium duplex, _exterius_, triphyllum,
foliolis spathulatis, concavis, carnosis,
imbricatis; _interius_ tetraphyllum, foliolis obcordatis,
concavis, mucronatis.
COROLLA clavata, albo-virescens, sesquipollicaris;
laciniis obtusis, erectis.
STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria, longitudine
ferè corollæ. Antheræ aristatæ, inclusæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen turbinatum, sulcatum,
ad basin glandulosum. Stylus filiformis, sub-exsertus,
apice curvatus. Stigma obsoletè tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret ab Augusto in Octobrem.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx, lente auctus.
2. Calyx, et Corolla.
3. Stamina et Pistillum, anthera una diducta
et aucta.
4. Pistillum, magnitudine naturali, stigma auctum.
5. Germen, auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH with bearded tips, within the blossom;
shaft without, flowers grow in very close, tiled
spikes, horizontal and close to the stem; blossom
club-shaped, an inch and a half long, white with
green ends; leaves grow by fours, awl-shaped,
smooth.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM grows very upright, stiff, and two feet
high; branches few, upright; small branches grow
in whorls, spreading and numerous.
LEAVES grow by fours, awl-shaped, smooth,
spreading, foot-stalks very short and pressed to
the stem.
FLOWERS grow in spikes near the end of the
branches, tiled, without foot-stalks, and horizontal.
EMPALEMENT. Cup double; _the outer_, three-leaved,
leaflets spatula-shaped, concave, fleshy
and tiled; _the inner_, four-leaved leaflets inversely-heart-shaped,
concave, with a small pointed
end.
BLOSSOM club-shaped, of a whitish green, an
inch and a half long; segments blunt, upright.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads, the length
nearly of the blossom. Tips bearded within the
blossom.
POINTAL. Seed-bud top-shaped, furrowed and
glandular at the base. Shaft thread-shaped, just
without the blossom, curved at the end. Summit
bluntly four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from August, till October.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalement, magnified.
2. The Empalement, and Blossom.
3. The Chives and Pointal; one tip detached
and magnified.
4. The Pointal, natural size, the Summit magnified.
5. The Seed-bud, magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA sexfaria.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris basi bicornibus, longe exsertis
atro-purpureis; stylo exserto; corollis ovatis calyce
imbricato brevioribus; floribus ternis, sessilibus,
terminalibus, albis; soliis ternis, trigonis,
glabris, sexfariam imbricatis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS erectus, subpedalis, glaber; rami pauci,
erecti; ramuli simplices, subverticillati, rigidi.
FOLIA terna, trigona, obtusa, glabra, parum
incurvata, patentiuscula, sexfariam posita, crassiuscula.
FLORES in ramulorum apice terni, sessili, candidi.
CALYX. Perianthium duplex, _exterium_, triphyllum,
foliolis subrotundis, undulatis, coloratis,
subpatentibus; _interium_, tetraphyllum, soliolis
carinatis, adpressis, concavis, subrotundis, longitudine
corollæ.
COROLLA ovata, glabra, membranacea, alba,
calyce paulo breviora; limbi laciniis erectis.
STAMINA. Filamenta octo plana. Antheræ
basi bicornutæ, exsertæ, atropurpureæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen sub-globosum, sulcatum,
glabrum. Stylus filiformis, staminibus longior.
Stigma obsolete-tetragonum, atropurpureum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a Martio in Julium.
REFERENTIA.
1. Flos, magnitudine naturali.
2. Calyx.
3. Calyx, lente auctus.
4. Corolla, Stamina et Pistillum.
5. Stamina, valdè aucta.
6. Pistillum, auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH with tips two-horned at the base, far
without the blossom and dark purple; shaft without;
blossoms egg-shaped, shorter than the tiled
cup; flowers grow by threes, sitting close upon
the ends of the branches and white; leaves grow
by threes, smooth, three-sided, and tiled in six
divisions.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM upright, near a foot high, smooth;
branches few, upright; small branches simple,
grow nearly in whorls and stiff.
LEAVES grow by threes, three-sided, blunt,
smooth, a little turned inwards, rather spreading,
forming six angles, thickish.
FLOWERS grow in threes at the end of the
small branches, sitting close, and of a shining white.
EMPALEMENT. Cup double, _the outer_ three-leaved,
leaflets roundish, waved, coloured, and
rather spreading; _the inner_ four-leaved, leaflets
keeled, pressed to the blossom, concave, roundish,
the length of the blossom.
BLOSSOM egg-shaped, smooth, skinny, white,
a little shorter than the cup; the segments of the
border upright.
CHIVES. Eight flat threads. Tips two-horned
at the base, without the blossom, and dark purple.
POINTAL. Seed-bud roundish, furrowed, smooth.
Shaft thread-shaped, longer than the chives. Summit
bluntly four-cornered, dark purple.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from March till July.
REFERENCE.
1. A Flower, natural size.
2. The Empalement.
3. The Empalement, magnified.
4. The Blossom, Chives, and Pointal.
5. The Chives, very much magnified.
6. The Pointal magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA Solandra.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris cristatis subinclusis, floribus capitatis
cernuis subcampanulatis, foliis quaternis linearibus,
ramulisque hispidis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS suffrutescens, semipedalis, flexuosus,
valde ramosus, ramulis filiformibus, patentibus, hispidis,
itidemque flexuosis.
FOLIA quaterna, brevia, linearia, obtusa, valde
hispida; seniora patentia, vel recurva.
FLORES capitatim aggregati, terminales, parvuli.
CALYX tetraphyllus, foliolis erectis, subulatis,
hispidis, corollâ brevioribus.
COROLLA parva, nuda, obsolete campanulata,
incarnata, laciniis subovatis, patulis.
STAMINA octo capillaria, antheris cristatis, inclusis.
PISTILLUM. Germen tiaræforme. Stylus filiformis,
subinclusus. Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Martii ad Maium, iterumque ab
Augusto in Septembrem.
REFERENTIA.
1. Folium lente auctum.
2. Pagina inferior folii lente aucta.
3. Calyx lente auctus.
4. Calyx cum Corollâ.
5. Corolla, calyce diducto.
6. Stamina et Pistillum.
7. Eadem lente aucta.
8. Germen lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with crested tips just within the blossom,
flowers headed nodding and bell-shaped, branches
and leaves hispid, the latter in fours and linear.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM shrubbyish, half a foot high, flexuose,
very much branched, with the branches thread-shaped,
spreading, hispid, and likewise flexuose.
LEAVES in fours, short, linear, obtuse, very hispid;
the older ones spreading, or recurved.
FLOWERS terminal in crowned heads, and small.
EMPALEMENT four-leaved, with the leaflets erect,
awl-shaped, hispid, and shorter than the blossom.
BLOSSOM small, naked, obscurely bell-shaped,
flesh-coloured, with the segments rather egg-shaped
and patulous.
CHIVES eight hair-like threads, with the tips
crested and within the blossom.
POINTAL. Germen turban-shaped. Shaft thread-shaped,
just within the blossom. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from the month of March till May, and
again from August to September.
REFERENCE.
1. A Leaf magnified.
2. The under side of a Leaf magnified,
3. The Empalement magnified.
4. The Empalement and Blossom.
5. A Blossom divested of the empalement.
6. The Chives and Pointal.
7. The same magnified.
8. The Seed-bud magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA speciosa.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris aristatis inclusis, foliis ternatis linearibus
villosis, floribus lateralibus ternatis tubulosis
et viscosis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS fruticosus bipedalis, erectus, ramosus, ramulis
plerumque oppositis, erectis, et plus minus
pubescentibus.
FOLIA ternata, linearia, obtusa, subtus sulcata;
juniora erecta, pubescentia; senioria expansa, vel
recurva, et villosa; omnia petiolis brevibus adpressisque
instructa.
FLORES 2-4-nati, sed plerumque ternati; cernui,
terminales in ramulis lateralibus, pedunculis coloratis
calyce longioribus.
CALYX tetraphyllus, foliolis subulatis, ciliatis,
bracteis tribus adpressis ad basin.
COROLLA cylindrica, uncialis, curvata, viscosa,
lucida, saturate et læte rubra, sed apicem versus viridis,
et quadrifida, laciniis superne patentibus.
STAMINA octo, capillaria; antheræ cristatæ, inclusæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen tiaræforme, sulcatum, deorsum
paulo attenuatum, viride; stylus filiformis,
uncinatus, inferne roseus, superne viridis; stigma
itidem viride, atque obtuse tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Junio ad Septembrem.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx cum pedunculo.
2. Stamina diducta, antherâ unicâ lente auctâ.
3. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.
4. Germen lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with bearded tips within the blossom, leaves
in threes linear and villose, and lateral flowers in
threes tubular and viscous.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM shrubby, two feet in height, erect, branched,
with the branchlets chiefly opposite, erect, and more
or less downy.
LEAVES in threes, linear, obtuse, furrowed beneath;
the younger ones erect, pubescent; the older
expanded, or recurved, and villose; all of them furnished
with short footstalks pressed to the branches.
FLOWERS in twos to fours, but chiefly in threes;
bowing, terminating the lateral branches, with coloured
peduncles longer than the empalement.
EMPALEMENT 4-leaved, with the leaflets awl-shaped,
ciliated, and furnished at the base with three
close-pressed floral leaves.
BLOSSOM cylindrical, an inch long, curved, viscous,
shining, deep bright red, but towards the
apex green, and quadrifid, with the upper parts of
the segments spreading.
CHIVES eight, capillary; tips crested, within the
blossom.
POINTAL. Germen turban-shaped, furrowed,
rather attenuated downwards, green; shaft thread-shaped,
hooked, its lower part rosy, but towards
the apex green; summit likewise green, and bluntly
four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from June until September.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalement with its peduncle.
2. The Chives detached, with one tip magnified.
3. The Seed-bud and Pointal, with the summit
magnified.
4. The Seed-bud magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA stricta.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA antheris cristatis, inclusis, stylo exserto;
corollis subovatis, ore arctatis, purpureis; floribus
umbellatis, terminalibus; foliis quaternis, horizontalibus,
obtusis, glabris.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS erectus, fruticosus, sesquipedalis; rami
erecti, rigidi; ramuli verticillati, erecti.
FOLIA quaterna, glabra, obtusa, supra, plana,
subtus sulcata, horizontaliter-patentia; petiolis
brevissimis, adpressis.
FLORES terminales, umbellati, cernui, umbellæ
6 ad 10 floræ; pedunculi colorati, longitudine
florum, bracteis tribus, subulatis instructi.
CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis
ovato-lanceolatis, concavis, viridibus, glabris, obtusis.
COROLLA subovata, glabra, cærulea-purpurea,
ore arctata, laciniis minutis, reflexis.
STAMINA. Filamenta octo, capillaria. Antheræ
cristatæ, inclusæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen subrotundum, costatum,
ad basin glandulosum. Stylus filiformis, exsertus.
Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat in Lusitania.
Floret ab Augusto in Novembrem.
REFERENTIA.
1. Folium, lente auctum.
2. Flos.
3. Calyx, lente auctus.
4. Stamina et Pistillum.
5. Stamina a Pistillo diducta.
6. Stamen unum, auctum.
7. Pistillum, stigma auctum.
8. Germen, lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH with crested tips within the blossom,
shaft without; blossom nearly egg-shaped, narrowed
at the mouth, purple; flowers grow in
umbels at the end of the branches; leaves grow
by fours, horizontal, blunt, and smooth.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM upright, shrubby, grows a foot and a
half high; branches upright, stiff; small branches
grow in whorles, upright.
LEAVES grow by fours, smooth, blunt ended,
smooth above, furrowed beneath, horizontally
spreading; very short foot-stalks pressed to the
branches.
FLOWERS terminate the branches, in umbels
hanging down, umbels from 6 to 10 flowers;
foot-stalks coloured, the length of the flowers having
three floral leaves on them.
EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, leaflets between
lance and egg-shaped, concave, green,
smooth and blunt.
BLOSSOM nearly egg-shaped, smooth, of a
blue purple, narrowed at the mouth, segments
small, reflexed.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads. Tips crested,
within the blossom.
POINTAL. Seed-bud roundish, ribbed, glandular
at the base. Shaft thread-shaped, without
the blossom. Summit four-cornered.
Native of Portugal.
Flowers from August ’till November.
REFERENCE.
1. A Leaf, magnified.
2. A Flower.
3. The Empalement, magnified.
4. The Chives and Pointal.
5. The Chives detached from the Pointal.
6. A Chive, magnified.
7. The Pointal, the Summit magnified.
8. The Seed-bud, magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA tenella.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA antheris basi bicornibus, inclusis; corollis
ventricosis, laciniis suberectis; floribus erectis,
capitatis, terminalibus, dilute-purpureis; foliis
quaternis, linearibus, minutis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS spithamæus, erectus, fruticosus; rami,
filiformes, virgati, divaricati; ramuli superiores
verticillati, frequentissimi.
FOLIA quaterna, tenuia, linearia, glabra, parum
recurvata; petiolis minutis, adpressis.
FLORES in ramulis terminales, congesti, capitati,
numerosi, suberecti; pedunculi capillares,
longitudine florum, bracteis tribus, linearibus instructi.
CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis,
lanceolatis, glabris, adpressis.
COROLLA ventricosa, parva, pallide purpurea,
ore parum arctata, laciniis ovatis, erecto-patentibus.
STAMINA. Filamenta octo, capillaria, brevia.
Antheræ bicornutæ, inclusæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen sub-globosum, sulcatum,
ad basin nectariferum. Stylus filiformis,
erectus, inclusus. Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Octobris, in Martium.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx, et Corolla.
2. Calyx, lente auctus.
3. Stamina, et Pistillum.
4. Stamen unum, lente auctum.
5. Pistillum, lente auctum.
Obs. Afinis E. comosæ.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with tips two-horned at the base and
within the blossom; blossoms bellied, segments
nearly upright, flowers upright, grow in small
heads, terminating the branches, and light purple
coloured; leaves grow by fours, are linear and
small.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM about a span high, upright and shrubby,
branches twiggy and straddling; the upper small
branches grow in whorles, and are very numerous.
LEAVES grow by fours, are thin, linear, smooth,
a little turned back, with small foot-stalks, pressed
to the branches.
FLOWERS terminate the branches in clustered
small heads, are very numerous, and grow nearly
upright; foot-stalks hair-like, the length of the
flowers, having three floral leaves on them.
EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, leaflets lance-shaped,
smooth and pressed to the blossom.
BLOSSOM bellied, small, of a pale purple, the
mouth a little narrowed, segments egg-shaped,
between upright and spreading.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads, short. Tips
two horned and within the blossom.
POINTAL. Seed-bud nearly globular and furrowed,
having honey-cups at the base. Shaft
thread-shaped, upright, within the blossom.
Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from the month of October, till March.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalement, and Blossom.
2. The Empalement, magnified.
3. The Chives, and Pointal.
4. A Chive, magnified.
5. The Pointal, magnified.
Obs. It is allied to the E. comosa.
[Illustration]
ERICA thymifolia.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris bicornibus inclusis, corollis axillaribus
solitariis urceolatis, foliis ternatis cordato-ovatis
ciliatis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS suffruticosus, spithameus, dumosus, perflexus,
ramulis filiformibus, expansis decumbentibusque,
superne numerosioribus.
FOLIA ternata, cordato-ovata, ciliata, subtus
glauca.
FLORES axillares, solitarii, pedunculis basi bracteis
duabus instructis.
CALYX tetraphyllus, foliolis subulatis ciliatisque.
COROLLA parva, urceolata, saturate rosea, laciniis
expansis, subtus concavis.
STAMINA octo, capillaria, antheris bicornibus
subinclusis.
PISTILLUM. Germen tiaræforme, basi glandulis
melliferis instructum; stylus filiformis, exertus;
stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Martii ad Julium.
REFERENTIA.
1. Pagina inferior Folii lente aucta.
2. Calyx et Corolla.
3. Calyx lente auctus.
4. Stamina et Pistillum.
5. Stamen diductum et lente auctum.
6. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.
7. Germen auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with tips two-horned and within the blossom,
blossoms axillary solitary and pitcher-shaped,
and leaves in threes, heart-egg-shaped and ciliated.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM shrubbyish, a span high, bushy, very
much bent, with the branchlets thread-shaped,
expanded and decumbent; more numerous upwards.
LEAVES in threes, heart-egg-shaped, ciliated,
glaucous beneath.
FLOWERS axillary, and solitary, with the peduncles
furnished with two floral leaves at the base.
EMPALEMENT four-leaved, with the leaflets awl-shaped
and ciliated.
BLOSSOM small, pitcher-shaped, deep rose colour,
with the segments expanded, and concave beneath.
CHIVES eight hair-like threads, tips two-horned,
and just within the blossom.
POINTAL. Germen turban-shaped, furnished
with honey-bearing-glands at the base; shaft thread-shaped,
without the blossom; summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from the month of March till July.
REFERENCE.