cylinder-shape and green; leaves by threes and fours, linear, blunt, and
hairy; stem upright; branches simple.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM upright, two feet high, and hairy; the smaller branches grow by
threes in whorls.
LEAVES by threes and fours, linear, straight, blunt, and hairy, flat on
their upper surface, and furrowed beneath.
FLOWERS terminate the smaller branches mostly by threes, between
spreading and hanging down; footstalks very short, with three floral
leaves, lance-shaped, fringed, and pressed to the cup.
EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved; leaflets lance-shaped, fringed, and
furrowed.
BLOSSOM cylindrical, an inch long, and green; the segments of the border
are obtuse, and upright.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads; tips bearded, and within the blossom.
POINTAL. Seed-bud turban-shaped, and furrowed. Shaft thread-shaped, and
just without the blossom. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from October till January.
REFERENCE.
1. A Leaf magnified.
2. The Empalement.
3. The Chives detached, one tip magnified.
4. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified.
5. Seed-bud magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA Hyacinthoides.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris muticis, inclusis: floribus sessilibus, erectis,
terminalibus, quaternis, confertis, incarnatis, undulatis: foliis
quaternis, linearibus, glabris.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS fruticosus, spithameus, erectus, ramosus; ramuli frequentissimi,
erecto-patentes.
FOLIA quaterna, linearia, glabra, crassiuscula, nitida, patentia,
petiolis brevissimis.
FLORES sessiles, erecti, fastigiati, quaterni, conferti, terminates,
fere pedunculati.
CALYX tetraphyllum, foliolis ad basin late ovatis, dentatis, superne
acuminatis; bracteis tribus subulatis, canaliculatis, adpressis.
COROLLA ventricosa, incarnata, ore arctata; laciniis sub-cordatis,
undulatis, expansis, maximis.
STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria; antheræ; muticæ, inclusæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen tiaræforme, læviter sulcatum. Stylus filiformis.
Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Junii in Augustum
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx et Corolla.
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 tips, within the blossom; flowers sessile,
upright, and terminating the ends of the branches by fours, crowded
together, flesh-coloured, and waved; leaves by fours, linear, and
smooth.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM shrubby, a span high, upright, and branching; the smaller branches
are numerous, and between erect and spreading.
LEAVES by fours, linear, smooth, thickish, shining, and spreading,
footstalks very short.
FLOWERS sit close in upright bunches, by fours, on the ends of the
branches, scarce any footstalks.
EMPALEMENT four-leaved, the leaflets at the base are broadly egg-shaped,
and toothed, sharp-pointed above; there are three floral leaves,
awl-shaped, channelled, and pressed to the cup.
BLOSSOM swelled out, and flesh-coloured, narrowed at the mouth, the
segments are nearly heart-shaped, waved, spreading, and very large.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads, tips beardless, and within the blossom.
POINTAL. Seed-bud turban-shaped, and slightly furrowed. Shaft
thread-shaped. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from the month of June till August.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalement and Blossom.
2. The Empalement magnified.
3. The Chives detached, with one tip magnified.
4. The Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified.
5. The Seed-bud magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA incurva.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris aristatis, sub-inclusis; stylo sub-exserto; corollis
urceolatis, odoratis, purpureis; foliis ternis, incurvatis, aculeatis;
caule rufescente.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS fruticosus, ramosus. Rami et ramuli hirsuti, erecto-patentes.
FOLIA terna, viride-farinosa, arcuata, incurva, aculeata, subtus
sulcata; petiolis adpressis.
FLORES in ramulis terminales, umbellati, plerumque terni; pedunculi
aculeati, bracteis tribus aculeatis instructi.
CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum; foliolis ovatis, aculeatis,
pallide-viridia.
COROLLA urceolata, purpurea, odorata; oris laciniis rotundatis,
sub-erectis.
STAMINA. Filamenta octo, capillaria; antheræ aristatæ, sub-inclusæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen tiaræforme, pubescens, ad basin glandulosum. Stylus
filiformis, sub-exsertis. Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Martii in Maium.
REFERENTIA.
1. Folium lente auctum.
2. Idem subtus.
3. Calyx lente auctus.
4. Flos et Folium varietatis minoris.
5. Stamina diducta; antherâ unicâ lente auctâ.
6. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.
7. Germen lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with bearded tips, just within the blossom; shaft just without;
blossoms pitcher-shaped, sweet-scented, and purple; leaves by threes,
turned inwards, and prickly; stem roughish.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM shrubby, branching. Large and small branches are roughly haired,
and between erect and spreading.
LEAVES by threes, of a mealy green, bowed, turned inwards, prickly, and
deeply furrowed; footstalks pressed to the branches.
FLOWERS terminate the small branches in umbels, mostly by threes;
footstalks prickly, and furnished with three prickly floral leaves.
EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved; leaflets egg-shaped, prickly, and of a pale
green.
BLOSSOM pitcher-shaped, purple and sweet-scented; the segments of the
border are roundish and nearly upright.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads; tips bearded and just within the
blossom.
POINTAL. Seed-bud turban-shaped, downy, and glandular at the base. Shaft
thread-shaped, and just without the blossom. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from the month of March till May.
REFERENCE.
1. A Leaf magnified.
2. The under side of the same.
3. The Empalement magnified.
4. A Flower and Leaf of a small variety.
5. The Chives detached; one tip magnified.
6. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified.
7. The Seed-bud magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA Irbyana.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris basi bicornibus, inclusis: stylo sub-exerto: floribus
terminalibus: pedunculis longissimis: corollis albis, ampullaceis,
viscosis: foliis ternis, trigonis, subulatis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS pedalis, erectus: rami longi, sub-simplices.
FOLIA terna, trigona, subulata, recta: apice mucronato, supra plano,
subtus carinato.
FLORES terminales in umbellis quinis vel decem: cum pedunculis
longissimis rubris, patentibus vel cernuis.
CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum: foliolis lanceolatis, carinatis,
acutis, viscosis.
COROLLA alba, ad basin carnea, glutinosissima, pollicaris, lucida,
summatim cylindracea, ad basin inflata; ore arctata, laciniis expansis,
sub-ovatis.
STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria, tenuissima, torta: antheræ basi
bicornes, apice acuminatæ, inclusæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen ovatum, sulcatum. Stylus filiformis, sub-exertus.
Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Junii in Octobrem.
REFERENTIA.
1. Folium lente auctum.
2. Idem ab infera parte depictum, dissectum,
et lente auctum.
3. Calyx et bracteæ.
4. Stamina et Pistillum, antherâ unicâ lente
auctâ.
5. Pistillum et Germen, stigmate lente aucto.
6. Germen lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with tips two-horned at the base, within the blossom: shaft just
without: flowers terminal: peduncles very long: blossoms white,
flask-shaped, and clammy: leaves by threes, three-sided, and awl-shaped.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM a foot high, upright: branches long, and nearly simple.
LEAVES by threes, three-sided, awl-shaped, and straight, with a
mucronated point flat on the upper surface, and keeled beneath.
FLOWERS terminate the branches in umbels of five to ten flowers, with
very long red footstalks, spreading or nodding.
EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved: leaflets lance-shaped, carinated,
sharp-pointed, and viscous.
BLOSSOM white, flesh-coloured at the base, and extremely glutinous, an
inch long, and shining, cylindrical on the upper part, and swelled out
at the base, narrowed at the mouth, with the segments spreading, and
nearly egg-shaped.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads, very slender and twisted: tips
two-horned at the base, pointed at the end, and within the blossom.
POINTAL. Seed-bud egg-shaped, and furrowed. Shaft thread-shaped, and
just without the blossom. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from June till October.
REFERENCE.
1. A Leaf magnified.
2. The same shown from the under side, cut
in two, and magnified.
3. The Empalement and floral leaves.
4. Chives and Pointal, one tip magnified.
5. Pointal and Seed-bud, summit magnified.
6. Seed-bud magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA lachnæa.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris aristatis subinclusis, corollis subcampanulatis, albis;
oris laciniis expansis, maximis: foliis ternis, obtusis, carnosis,
imbricatis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS fruticosus, pedalis, ramosus. Rami et ramuli foliis imbricatis
involuti.
FOLIA terna, carnosa, obtusa, imbricata; petiolis brevibus adpressis.
FLORES plerumque terni, in capitulis terminalibus. Pedunculi longi,
bracteis tribus ovatis instructi.
CALYX tetraphyllus; foliolis ovatis, albis, adpressis.
COROLLA subcampanulata, alba; laciniis rotundis, maximis, expansis.
STAMINA octo capillaria; antheræ aristatæ, subinclusæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen tiaræforme, ad basin nectariferum. Stylus filiformis.
Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a Maio in Julium.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx et Corolla.
2. Calyx lente auctus.
3. Corolla.
4. Stamina et Pistillum corollâ diducta, antherâ
unicâ lente auctâ.
5. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.
6. Germen lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with bearded tips just within the blossoms, which are nearly
bell-shaped and white: the segments of the border are expanded and
large. Leaves by threes, obtuse, fleshy, and tiled.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM shrubby, a foot high, and branching. The large and small branches
are enveloped by the leaves, which are tiled.
LEAVES by threes, fleshy, blunt, and tiled. Footstalks short, and
pressed to the branches.
FLOWERS chiefly by threes, in terminal heads. Footstalks long, which are
furnished with three ovate floral leaves.
EMPALEMENT four-leaved; leaflets egg-shaped, white, and pressed to the
blossom.
BLOSSOM nearly bell-shaped and white; the segments are round, large, and
spreading.
CHIVES eight hair-like threads; tips bearded, just within the blossoms.
POINTAL. Seed-bud turban-shaped, with honey-cups at the base. Shaft
thread-shaped. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from May till July.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalement and Blossom.
2. The Empalement magnified.
3. A Blossom.
4. The Chives and Pointal detached from the
blossom, one tip magnified.
5. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified.
6. Seed-bud magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA lachnæa, _purpurea_.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris cristatis, inclusis; floribus urceolatis, terminalibus
ternis, purpureo-pulverulentis; foliis ternis, confertis, obtusis,
tomentosis; ramis et ramulis numerosis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS erectus, pedalis, fruticosus; rami numerosi, ramulis brevissimis
tecti.
FOLIA terna, obtusa, conferta, tomentosa, farinario-viridia, patentia.
FLORES terni in apice ramulorum, cernui, pedunculis brevissimis.
CALYX. Perianthium duplex; exterius triphyllum, adpressum interiori,
quod est tetra-phyllum; foliolis ovatis, marginibus villosis.
COROLLA cylindraceo-urceolata, purpureo-pulverulenta; laciniis limbi
obtusis, sub-erectis.
STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria; antheræ cristatæ, inclusæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen tiaræforme, ad basin glandulosum; stylus filiformis,
erectus, inclusus.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Julii in Octobrem.
REFERENTIA.
1. Folium lente auctum.
2. Calyx lente auctus.
3. Stamina et Pistillum, antherâ unâ diductâ,
et auctâ.
4. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.
5. Germen lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with crested tips within the blossom; flowers pitcher-shaped,
terminating the branches by threes, of a powdery purple; leaves by
threes, crowded, blunt, and downy; the large and smaller branches are
numerous.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM upright, a foot high, shrubby; branches numerous, and covered by
very short smaller ones.
LEAVES by threes, blunt, crowded, and downy; of a mealy green, and
spreading.
FLOWERS grow by threes at the ends of the small branches, nodding, with
very short footstalks.
EMPALEMENT. Cup double; the outer one is three-leaved, and pressed to
the inner, which is four-leaved; leaflets are egg-shaped, and hairy at
the edges.
BLOSSOM cylindrically pitcher-shaped, of a powdery purple; the segments
of the border obtuse, and nearly upright.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads; tips crested, and within the blossom.
POINTAL. Seed-bud turban-shaped, glandular at the base; shaft
thread-shaped, upright, and within the blossom.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from July till October.
REFERENCE.
1. A Leaf magnified.
2. The Empalement magnified.
3. The Chives and Pointal, one tip detached,
and magnified.
4. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified.
5. Seed-bud magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA lanata.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris muticis sub-exsertis; floribus quaternis, adpressis,
sub-globosis, albidis, tomentosis, calyce magno lanato tectis; foliis
ternis, cuneatis, lanatis; caulis laxus, filiformis, lanatus.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS erectus, laxus, filiformis, fuscus, sesquipedalis; rami et ramuli
numerosi, laxi, tomentosi.
FOLIA terna, cuneata, supra plana, marginibus revolutis, lanata.
FLORES in extremis ramulis terminales, quaterni, adpressi,
cernuo-patentes, pedunculis brevissimis.
CALYX. Perianthium duplex; exterius triphyllum, interius tetraphyllum;
foliolis ovatis, concavis, incurvatis, lanâ densâ tectis, adpressis.
COROLLA sub-globosa, albida, lanata, in sinu calycis fere recondita.
STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria, receptaculo inserta; antheræ muticæ,
sub-exsertæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen tiaræforme, apice lanatum. Stylus filiformis. Stigma
tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Julii in Decembrem.
REFERENTIA.
1. Folium auctum.
2. Idem subtus.
3. Calyx et Corolla.
4. Corolla.
5. Calyx lente auctus.
6. Stamina a Pistillo diducta, antherâ unâ
lente auctâ.
7. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.
8. Germen lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with beardless tips just within the blossom; flowers by fours,
pressed together, nearly globular, whitish, and downy, covered by a
large woolly cup; leaves by threes, wedge-shaped, and woolly; stem weak,
thread-shaped, and woolly.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM upright, weak, thread-shaped, and brownish, a foot and a half high;
the small and large branches are numerous, weak, and downy.
LEAVES by threes, wedge-shaped, flat on their upper surface, rolled back
at the edges, and woolly.
FLOWERS terminate the extremity of the branches by fours, pressed
together, are nodding and spreading, with very short footstalks.
EMPALEMENT. Cup double; the outer three-leaved, the inner four-leaved;
the leaflets are ovate, concave, and turned inwards, covered by a thick
wool, and pressed to the blossom.
BLOSSOM nearly globular, whitish, woolly, and nearly hid within the cup.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads, inserted into the receptacle; tips
beardless, and just without the blossom.
POINTAL. Seed-bud turban-shaped, woolly on the upper part. Shaft
thread-shaped. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from the month of July till December.
REFERENCE.
1. A Leaf magnified.
2. The underside of the same.
3. The Empalement and Blossom.
4. A Blossom.
5. The Empalement magnified.
6. The Chives detached from the Pointal, one
tip magnified.
7. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified.
8. The Seed-bud magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA lanuginosa.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris barbatis inclusis, corollis axillaribus declinatis
tomentosis acute oviformibus, verticillis foliorum ternatorum ciliatorum
distinctis.
DESCRIPTIO.
SUFFRUTEX pygmæus, at robustulus, subpedalis, erectus, ramis plerumque
simplicibus, vix patulis.
FOLIA ternata, in verticillis distinctis, parum declinata,
lanato-ciliata, subtus sulcata.
FLORES axillares, sæpius solitarii, subsessiles, primo nutantes, demum
cernui.
CALYX duplex, exterior minor, 3-phyllus, foliolis adpressis, ovatis
acutis, extus convexis, carinatis et tomentosis: interior tetraphyllus,
foliolis ut in exteriore, at plus duplo majoribus.
COROLLA quadrifida, magna, ovata, subacuta, inflata, tomentosa,
albido-lutescens, basi fusco-purpurascens, laciniis ovato-lanceolatis,
convergentibus, obtusis.
STAMINA octo, capillaria, basi latiora, 4 interiora erecta, 4 exteriora
perflexuosa; antheræ barbatæ, inclusæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen tiaræforme: stylus filiformis: stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Octobris ad Januarium.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx duplex.
2. Corolla.
3. Eadem expansa.
4. Stamina et Pistillum.
5. Stamen exterius lente auctum.
6. Pistillum, stigmate diducto lenteque aucto.
7. Germen tiaræforme lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with bearded tips within the blossom, blossoms axillary bent
downwards woolly and acutely egg-shaped, with the whorls of ternate
ciliated leaves distinct.
DESCRIPTION.
A DWARF shrub, but stoutish, scarcely a foot high, erect, with chiefly
simple, scarcely spreading branches.
LEAVES in threes, in distinct whorls, a little bent downwards,
lanately-ciliated, and furrowed beneath.
FLOWERS in the bosoms of the leaves, often solitary, nearly sessile, at
first nodding, finally cernuous.
EMPALEMENT double, outer the smallest, 3-leaved, with the leaflets
close-pressed to the blossom, egg-shaped, acute, outwardly convex,
keeled, and woolly: interior four-leaved, with the leaflets as in the
exterior one, but above twice as large.
BLOSSOM four-cleft, large, egg-shaped, acutish, inflated, woolly, of a
dingy yellow-white, purply-brownish at the base, with the segments
egg-lance-shaped, converging, and obtuse.
CHIVES eight, hair-like, broader at the base, 4 interior upright, 4
exterior very much bent; tips bearded, within the blossom.
POINTAL. Seed-bud turban-shaped: shaft thread-shaped: summit
four-angled.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from the month of October to January.
REFERENCE.
1. The double Empalement.
2. A blossom.
3. The same expanded.
4. The Chives and Pointal.
5. One of the exterior Chives magnified.
6. The Pointal, with the summit detached and
magnified.
7. The turban-shaped stigma magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA laxa.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris cristatis inclusis, corollis urceolatis capitatis
terminalibus lateralibusque, foliis ternatis ciliatis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS fruticosus, ramosus; rami obsolete verticillati, graciles,
flexuosi, cortice ferrugineo-fusco.
FOLIA ternata, erecta, late-linearia, obtusa, sub-trilinearia, minutim
ciliata, subtus sulcata.
FLORES parvi, sæpius ternati, in fasciculis terminalibus et lateralibus.
CALYX duplex, coloratus, adpressus, foliolis cuneato-ovatis, corollâ
imbricatis.
COROLLA urceolaris, superne roseus, laciniis patulis.
STAMINA octo, capillaria; compressa, antheræ barbatæ, exertæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen tiaræforme; stylus filiformis; stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Septembris ad Februarium.
REFERENTIA.
1. Folium lente auctum.
2. Calyx cum bracteis, lente auctus.
3. Calyx et Corolla.
4. Eadem absque bracteis.
5. Stamina et Pistillum.
6. Stamen lente auctum.
7. Pistillum, stigmate diducto, lente aucto.
8. Germen lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with crested tips within the blossom, blossoms pitcher-shaped
headed terminal and lateral, leaves in threes and ciliated.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM shrubby, branched; the branches obscurely whorled, slender,
flexuose, with a rusty brown bark.
LEAVES in threes, upright, broad-linear, blunt, near three lines long,
minutely ciliated, and furrowed beneath.
FLOWERS small, chiefly in threes, in terminal and lateral bunches.
EMPALEMENT double, coloured, pressed to the blossom, with the leaflets
wedge-egg-shaped, and imbricated on the blossom.
BLOSSOM pitcher-shaped, upwards rose-coloured, with slightly spreading
segments.
CHIVES eight flat threads; tips bearded, without the blossom.
POINTAL. Germen turban-shaped; shaft thread-shaped; summit
four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from the month of September till February.
REFERENCE.
1. A Leaf magnified.
2. The Empalement with its floral leaves magnified.
3. The Empalement and Blossom.
4. The same without the floral leaves.
5. The Chives and Pointal.
6. A Chive magnified.
7. The Pointal, with the stigma detached and
magnified.
8. The Seed-bud magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA lævis.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris aristatis, inclusis: foliis ternis, glabris, linearibus,
obtusis; corollis campanulatis, albis, tenuibus; ramis numerosis,
gracilibus.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS pedalis et ultra; ramis et ramulis filiformibus, numerosis.
FOLIA terna, adscendentia, glabra, linearia, obtusa; petiolis brevibus.
FLORES in ramos umbellis parvis irregularibus; pedunculis incarnatis, ad
basin bracteis tribus parvis instructis.
CALYX tetraphyllus: foliolis lanceolatis, serrulatis, adpressis.
COROLLA campanulata, alba, tenuis; oris laciniis æqualibus, patentibus.
STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria. Antheræ aristatæ, inclusæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen tiaræforme, purpureum, sulcatum, ad basin
nectariferum. Stylus filiformis. Stigma concavum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Martii in Julium.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx lente auctus.
2. Stamina et Pistillum, antherâ unâ lente
auctâ.
3. Germen et Pistillum lente aucta.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with bearded tips, within the blossom; leaves by threes, smooth,
linear, and blunt; blossom bell-shaped, white, and thin; branches
numerous and slender.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM a foot or more high; the large and small branches are thread-shaped
and numerous.
LEAVES by threes, ascending, smooth, linear, and blunt; footstalks
short.
FLOWERS grow on the branches in small irregular umbels; footstalks
flesh-coloured, and furnished at the base with three small floral
leaves.
EMPALEMENT four-leaved; leaflets lance-shaped, finely sawed, and pressed
to the cup.
BLOSSOM bell-shaped, white, and thin; segments of the border equal, and
spreading.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads: tips bearded, and within the blossom.
POINTAL. Seed-bud turban-shaped, purple, and furrowed, with honey-cups
at the base. Shaft thread-shaped. Summit hollow.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from March till July.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalement magnified.
2. The Chives and Pointal, one tip magnified.
3. Seed-bud and Pointal magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA longiflora.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris muticis, sub-exsertis; floribus terminalibus,
longissimis, tubulosis, curvatis, aurantiis; foliis quaternis et quinis;
caulis fruticosus, ramosus.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS erectus, fruticosus, bipedalis; ramulis numerosis,
adscendentibus.
FOLIA quaterna et quina, linearia, obtusa, glabra, subtus sulcata.