pedunculi breves, bracteis tribus ad basin.
CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum; foliis subulatis, glabris, supra
canaliculatis, adpressis.
COROLLA longissima, curvata, clavata, superne saturate aurantia, subtus
flava; oris laciniis expansis.
STAMINA. Filamenta octo, capillaria, curvata, longitudine tubi. Antheræ
muticæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen clavatum, sulcatum. Stylus filiformis, curvatus,
exsertus. Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Martii in Junium.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx lente auctus.
2. Stamina a Pistillo diducta, antherâ unâ
lente auctâ.
3. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.
4. Germen lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with beardless tips, just without the blossom; flowers terminal,
and very long, tubular, curved, and of a gold colour; leaves by fours
and fives; stem shrubby, and branching.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM upright, shrubby, two feet high, with numerous small ascending
branches.
LEAVES by fours and fives, linear, obtuse, smooth, and furrowed beneath.
FLOWERS terminate the smaller branches, spreading, in umbels of two to
four; footstalks short, with three floral leaves at the base.
EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved; leaflets awl-shaped, smooth, channelled
above, and pressed to the blossom.
BLOSSOM very long, curved, club-shaped, of a deep gold colour above, and
yellow beneath; the segments of the border spreading.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads, which are curved, and the length of the
blossom. Tips beardless.
POINTAL. Seed-bud club-shaped, furrowed. Shaft thread-shaped, curved,
and without the blossom. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from March till June.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalement magnified.
2. The Chives detached from the Pointal, one
tip magnified.
3. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified.
4. Seed-bud magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA mammosa, _minor_.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris aristatis, inclusis; stylus sub-exertus; floribus
verticillatis, pendulis, ventricoso-cylindricis supra basin constrictis;
foliis quaternis, linearibus, glabris.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS fruticosus, erectus, pedalis et ultra; rami verticillati,
curvati.
FOLIA quaterna, linearia, glabra, curvata; seniora patentia, juniora
adscendentia.
FLORES semi-unciales, in summitate ramorum verticillati, penduli;
pedunculi colorati, bracteis duabus minutis remotis instructi.
CALYX tetraphyllum; foliolis lato-ovatis, acutis, apicibus coloratis,
adpressis.
COROLLA purpurea, ventricoso-cylindrica, apice attenuata, ad basin
constricta; laciniis minutis, erectis, ovatis.
STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria. Antheræ aristatæ, inclusæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen tiaræforme. Stylus filiformis, sub-exertus. Stigma
tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Septembris in Decembrem.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx.
2. Calyx lente auctus.
3. Corolla.
4. Stamina a Pistillo diducta, antherâ unâ
lente auctâ.
5. Germen et Stylus, stigmate aucto.
6. Germen lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with bearded tips, within the blossom; the shaft just without;
flowers grow in whorls, hanging down, of a swelled cylinder shape
pinched in at the base; leaves by fours, linear, and smooth.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM shrubby, upright, a foot or more high; branches grow in whorls, and
are curved.
LEAVES by fours, linear, smooth, and curved; the older ones spreading,
and the younger ones ascending.
FLOWERS half an inch long, near the summits of the branches in whorls
hanging down; footstalks coloured, having two small floral leaves at a
distance from the cup.
EMPALEMENT four-leaved; leaflets of a broad egg-shape, pointed, the ends
coloured, and pressed to the blossoms.
BLOSSOM purple, of a swelled cylinder shape, tapered at the end and
pinched in at the mouth; segments of the border are very small, upright,
and oval.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads. Tips bearded, and within the blossom.
POINTAL. Seed-bud turban-shaped. Shaft thread-shaped, just without the
blossom. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from the month of September till December.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalement.
2. The Empalement magnified.
3. A Blossom.
4. The Chives detached from the Pointal, one
tip magnified.
5. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified.
6. Seed-bud magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA metulæflora.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris basi bicornibus, inclusis: floribus terminalibus:
corollis metulæformibus: foliis quaternis vel quinis. Caulis fruticosus.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS pedalis et ultra, erectus, fruticosus: ramis confertis, in
verticillis irregularibus.
FOLIA quaterna et quina, glabra, linearia, obtusa, adscendentia.
FLORES in umbellis terminalibus, confertis: pedunculis brevibus.
CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum: foliolis lanceolatis, in medio
canaliculatis, adpressis.
COROLLA tubulosa, oblonga, rosacea: limbo equali: laciniis
semi-orbiculatis, patentibus.
STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria, receptaculo inserta. Antheræ basi
bicornes, inclusæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen tiaræforme, pilosum, sulcatum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Septembri in Aprilem.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx lente auctus.
2. Stamina à Pistillo diducta, antherâ unâ
lente auctâ.
3. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.
4. Germen lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with tips two-horned at the base, and within the blossom. Flowers
terminal. Blossom skittle-shaped. Leaves by fours and fives. Stem
shrubby.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM a foot or more high, erect, shrubby. Branches crowded, in irregular
whorls.
LEAVES by fours and fives, smooth, linear, obtuse, and ascending.
FLOWERS terminate the branches in crowded umbels. Footstalks short.
EMPALEMENT. Cup of four leaves; leaflets lance-shaped, channelled in the
centre, and pressed to the blossom.
BLOSSOM tubular, oblong, and rose-coloured: border equal: segments
half-round, and spreading.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads inserted into the receptacle. Tips
two-horned at the base, and within the blossom.
POINTAL. Seed-bud turban-shaped, hairy, and furrowed.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from September till April.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalement magnified.
2. The Chives detached from the Pointal, one
tip magnified.
3. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified.
4. The Seed-bud magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA mucronata.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris muticis, inclusis: stylo exerto. Flores ramulos
terminant. Corolla campanulata, incarnata: foliis ternis, mucronatis.
Caulis fruticosus, ramosus.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS sesquipedalis, fruticosus. Rami et ramuli numerosi, erecti,
patentes vel cernui.
FOLIA terna, trigona, glabra, erecto-patentia, apice mucronato
incurvato.
FLORES ramos terminant, et terni vel seni sunt et cernui. Pedunculi
longi, colorati: bracteis tribus mucronatis.
CALYX tetraphyllus: foliolis ad basin ovatis, apice mucronato,
coloratis, adpressis.
COROLLA campanulata, incarnata: oris laciniis æqualibus,
erecto-patentibus.
STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria. Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen tiaræforme, sulcatum, ad basin nectariferum. Stylus
filiformis, exertus. Stigma concavum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Maio in Augustum.
REFERENTIA.
1. Corolla.
2. Calyx lente auctus.
3. Stamina et Pistillum.
4. Stamen unicum lente auctum.
5. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.
6. Germen lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with beardless tips, within the blossom: shaft without. Flowers
terminate the small branches. Blossom bell-shaped, and flesh-coloured.
Leaves by threes, mucronated at the end. Stem shrubby and branching.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM a foot and a half high, and shrubby. The large and small branches
are numerous, erect, spreading or nodding.
LEAVES by threes, three-sided, smooth, between erect and spreading, with
a mucronated point turned inward.
FLOWERS terminate the branches, and are from 3 to 6, nodding. Footstalks
long, coloured, with three mucronated floral leaves.
EMPALEMENT four-leaved. The leaflets are ovate at the base, with a
mucronated point, coloured, and pressed to the blossom.
BLOSSOM bell-shaped, flesh-coloured: the segments of the border are
equal, and between erect and spreading.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads. Tips beardless, and within the blossom.
POINTAL. Seed-bud turban-shaped, furrowed, with honey-cups at the base.
Shaft thread-shaped, and without the blossom. Summit hollow.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from May till August.
REFERENCE.
1. A Blossom.
2. The Empalement magnified.
3. The Chives and Pointal.
4. A Chive magnified.
5. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified.
6. Seed-bud magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA mutabilis.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris basi bicornibus, sub-exertis: floribus tubulosis,
terminalibus, in umbellis irregularibus, inæqualiter purpureo coloratis:
folia subulata, obtusa, hispida: caulis erectus, pedalis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS fruticosus: rami laxi, divaricati: ramuli numerosi,
erecto-patentes.
FOLIA in ramulis ternata, adscendentia; in ramis quaterna et quina, ad
basin plantæ recurva; supra convexa, subtus sulcata; margine pilis
longissimis obsita: quædam breviora, glandulosa: petiolis glandulosis.
FLORES terminales, in umbellis irregularibus, plerumque horizontaliter
siti: pedunculi longissimi, capillares, colorati, glandulis tecti, cum
bracteis tribus lanceolatis, glandulosis.
CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum; foliolis lanceolatis, sulcatis,
coloratis, glandulosis, adpressis.
COROLLA tubulosa, costata, leviter pilosa; imprimis saturate purpurea,
denique pallidior.
STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria; antheræ bicornes, sub-exertæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen tiaræforme, sulcatum. Stylus filiformis. Stigma
tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a Februario in Octobrem.
REFERENTIA.
1. Folium lente auctum.
2. Calyx lente auctus.
3. Flos.
4. Stamina a Pistillo diducta, antherâ unâ
lente auctâ.
5. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.
6. Germen lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with tips two-horned at their base, and just without the blossom:
flowers tubular, terminating the flowers in irregular umbels of an
unequal purple colour: leaves awl-shaped, obtuse, and harshly haired:
stem upright, a foot high.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM shrubby: branches loose, and straddling; smaller branches numerous,
and between erect and spreading.
LEAVES in the smaller branches grow by threes, and are ascending: in the
large branches they grow by fours and fives, and bend downwards on the
lower part of the plant: they are convex on their upper surface, and
furrowed beneath, with long hairs on their margins: some of them shorter
and glandular: footstalks glandular.
FLOWERS terminate the branches in irregular umbels mostly in a
horizontal direction: footstalks very long, thread-shaped, and coloured,
covered with glands, and furnished with three floral leaves, also
glandular.
EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved; leaflets lance-shaped, furrowed, coloured,
glandular, and pressed to the blossom.
BLOSSOM tubular, ribbed, and slightly haired, of a deep purple at first,
and afterwards paler.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads; tips two-horned, and just without the
blossom.
POINTAL. Seed-bud turban-shaped, and furrowed. Shaft thread-shaped.
Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from February till October.
REFERENCE.
1. A Leaf magnified.
2. The Empalement magnified.
3. A Flower.
4. The Chives detached from the Pointal, one
tip magnified.
5. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified.
6. Seed-bud magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA nitida.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris cristatis, inclusis; corollis crystallinis, albidis,
nitidis; foliis ternis, linearibus, obtusis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS fruticosus, sesquipedalis, erectus; ramulis numerosis.
FOLIA terna, obtusa, linearia, subtus sulcata, erecto-patentia.
FLORES in ramulis terminales, umbellati, terni vel quini, cernui;
pedunculi breves, bracteis tribus calyciformibus, adpressis.
CALYX tetraphyllus; foliolis spathulatis, patentibus, viscosis,
adpressis.
COROLLA ovata, inflata, crystallina, alba, nitida, magnitudine pisi;
laciniis revolutis.
STAMINA. Filamenta octo, capillaria; antheræ cristatæ, inclusæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen tiaræforme, sulcatum, pilosum. Stylus sub-exsertus.
Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Julii in Octobrem.
REFERENTIA.
1. Folium auctum.
2. Calyx lente auctus.
3. Corolla.
4. Stamina et Pistillum, antherâ unicâ lente
auctâ.
5. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.
6. Germen lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with crested tips, within the blossom, of a crystalline white,
and shining; leaves by threes, linear, and obtuse.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM shrubby, a foot and a half high, upright; with numerous small
branches.
LEAVES by threes, obtuse, linear, furrowed beneath, and between erect
and spreading.
FLOWERS terminate the small branches in umbels of from three to five,
and nodding; footstalks short, with three floral leaves of the shape of
the cup, and pressed to it.
EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved; the leaflets are spathula-shaped,
spreading, clammy, and pressed to the blossom.
BLOSSOM egg-shaped, and swelled out, of a crystalline white, shining,
and of the size of a pea; the segments of the border are reflexed.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads; tips crested, and within the blossom.
POINTAL. Seed-bud turban-shaped, furrowed, and hairy. Shaft just without
the blossom. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from the month of July till October.
REFERENCE.
1. A Leaf magnified.
2. The Empalement magnified.
3. A Blossom.
4. The Chives and Pointal, one tip magnified.
5. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified.
6. Seed-bud magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA Nivenia, _longiflora_.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris aristatis, exertis, cohærentibus: floribus terminalibus,
umbellatis: pedunculis longissimis: corollis longis, costatis,
purpureis: foliis ternis: caule humili.
DESCRIPTIO.
SUFFRUTEX pygmæus, ramosissimus: rami et ramuli patentes.
FOLIA patentia, terna, late-linearia, obtusa, subtus sulcata, marginibus
revolutis pilis longis et glandulis obsitis.
FLORES ramos terminant in umbellis, patentes: pedunculis longissimis:
bracteis tribus adpressis.
CALYX tetraphyllus: foliolis angustis, apice glandulosis.
COROLLA uncialis, pyramidalis, costata, purpurea, sub apice inflata, ad
basin attenuata: ore arctata, quod nigrum est: laciniis obliquis,
revolutis.
STAMINA octo capillaria: antheræ aristatæ, exertæ, cohærentes.
PISTILLUM. Germen tiaræforme, viride, ad basin nectariferum. Stylus
filiformis, exertus. Stigma concavum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Martii in Junium.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx lente auctus.
2. Flos.
3. Stamina et Pistillum, antherâ unicâ lente
auctâ.
4. Pistillum et Germen, stigmate lente aucto.
5. Germen lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with bearded tips, without the blossom, and adhering together:
flowers terminal, in umbels: footstalks very long: blossom long, ribbed,
and purple: leaves by threes: stem low.
DESCRIPTION.
A DWARF shrub, very branching: the small and large branches are
spreading.
LEAVES spreading, grow by threes, are broadly linear, and obtuse,
furrowed beneath, with revolute edges that are beset with long hairs and
glands.
FLOWERS terminate the branches in umbels, spreading: footstalks very
long, with three floral leaves pressed to them.
EMPALEMENT four-leaved: leaflets narrow, and glandular at the point.
BLOSSOM an inch long, of a pyramidal form, ribbed, and purple, swelled
near the end, and attenuated towards the base; narrowed at the mouth,
which is black; the segments are oblique, and rolled back.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads: tips bearded, without the blossom, and
adhering together.
POINTAL. Seed-bud turban-shaped, and green, with honey-cups at the base.
Shaft thread-shaped, and without the blossom. Summit concave.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from March till June.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalement magnified.
2. A Blossom.
3. The Chives and Pointal, one tip magnified.
4. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified.
5. Seed-bud magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA obbata, _var. umbellata_.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris basi bicornibus, inclusis; floribus umbellatis,
terminalibus, confertis; corollis ventricosis; limbo maximo; laciniis
patentibus, glandulis octo fauci circumpositis; foliis quaternis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS fruticosus, pedalis, ramosus; rami laxi, filiformes.
FOLIA quaterna, reflexa, rigida, ciliata, acuminata, subtus sulcata.
FLORES terminales, umbellati, conferti, pedunculis brevibus, bracteis
tribus lanceolatis ciliatis adpressis.
CALYX tetraphyllum; foliolis lanceolatis, ciliatis, adpressis.
COROLLA ventricosa, nitidissime alba, basi quadrata, ore arctata,
leviter sulcata; limbus maximus, laciniis rotundatis patentibus;
glandulæ octo fauci circumpositæ.
STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria; antheræ inclusæ, bifidæ, basi
bicornes.
PISTILLUM. Germen conicum, basi glandulosum. Stylus filiformis,
subexertus. Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Maio in Augustum.
REFERENTIA.
1. Folium.
2. Calyx.
3. Corolla.
4. Lacinia una Limbi aucta.
5. Stamina et Pistillum, antherâ unâ lente
auctâ.
6. Germen et Stylus, stigmate aucto.
7. Germen lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with tips two-horned at the base, within the blossom; flowers
terminating the branches in crowded umbels; blossom bellied; border
large, the segments spreading, with eight glands surrounding the mouth;
leaves by fours.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM shrubby, a foot high, branching; the branches are loose and
thread-shaped.
LEAVES by fours, reflexed, harsh, fringed, sharp-pointed, and furrowed
beneath.
FLOWERS terminate the branches in umbels crowded together, with short
footstalks, having three lance-shaped fringed floral leaves pressed to
the cup.
EMPALEMENT four-leaved; leaflets lance-shaped, fringed, and pressed to
the blossom.
BLOSSOM bellied, of a very shining white, squared at the base,
straitened at the mouth, and slightly furrowed; border very large, the
segments roundish and spreading; eight glands surrounding the mouth.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads; tips within the blossom, two-cleft, and
two-horned at the base.
POINTAL. Seed-vessel conical, glandular at the base. Shaft
thread-shaped, nearly without the blossom. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from the month of May till August.
REFERENCE.
1. A Leaf.
2. The Empalement.
3. A Blossom.
4. One segment of the Border magnified.
5. The Chives and Pointal, one tip magnified.
6. The Seed-bud and Shaft, the summit magnified.
7. The Seed-bud magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA odorata.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris muticis, inclusis: foliis oblique sparsis, obtusis:
floribus umbellatis, albis, odoratis, campanulatis: pedunculis
longissimis: ramis paucis, simplicibus.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS fruticosus, pedalis: ramis paucis, suberectis, simplicibus,
filiformibus.
FOLIA sparsa, sæpe quaterna, arcuata, margine glanduloso-denticulata,
obtusa, supra planiuscula, subtus sulco exarata: petiolis longis.
FLORES numerosi, sub apice ramorum umbellati, penduli: pedunculi flore
triple longiores, flavescentes, viscidi: bracteis tribus minutis
instructi.
CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum: foliolis ovatis, viscosis, adpressis.
COROLLA campanulata, magna, alba, viscosa, lucida, melliodora: laciniis
rotundatis, reflexis.
STAMINA. Filamenta octo linearia: antheris muticis, inclusis.
PISTILLUM. Germen tiaræforme, sulcatum, glandulis octo ad basin
germinis. Stylus filiformis, sub-exertus. Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Aprili in Julium.
REFERENTIA.
1. Pagina inferior folii lente aucta.
2. Calyx.
3. Stamina et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.
4. Germen lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with beardless tips within the blossom: leaves grow scattered,
and are blunt-ended: flowers grow in umbels, are white, sweet-scented,
and bell-shaped: footstalks very long: branches few, and simple.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM shrubby, a foot high: branches few, nearly upright, simple, and
thread-shaped.
LEAVES grow scattered, sometimes by fours, bowed, appearing toothed by
small glands at the edges, blunt-ended, flattish on their upper surface,
and deeply furrowed beneath: footstalks long.
FLOWERS numerous, growing in umbels at the ends of the branches, and
hanging down: footstalks thrice the length of the blossom, yellowish,
clammy, and furnished with three minute floral leaves.
EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved: leaflets ovate, viscous, and pressed to the
blossom.
BLOSSOM bell-shaped, large, white, viscous, shining, and honey-scented:
segments rounded, and reflexed.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads: tips beardless, and within the blossom.
POINTAL. Seed-bud turban-shaped, furrowed, with eight glands at the base
of the seed-bud. Shaft thread-shaped, and just without the blossom.
Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from April till July.
REFERENCE.
1. The under side of a leaf magnified.
2. The Empalement.
3. Chives and Pointal, summit magnified.
4. Seed-bud magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA oppositifolia.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris muticis, inclusis: floribus urceolatis, albis: foliis
oppositis, adpressis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS sesquipedalis, filiformis, gracilis: ramuli conferti, numerosi,
flexuosi.
FOLIA opposita, alternata, brevia, obtusa, adpressa, supra concava,
subtus sulcata, nitida: petiolis brevibus.
FLORES numerosi, in ramulis terminales, plerumque bini: pedunculi
brevissimi, bracteis duabus.
CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum: foliolis ovato-acuminatis, albis,
glabris.
COROLLA alba, urceolata, ore arctata: limbo quadrilobo patente.
STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria receptaculo inserta. Antheræ muticæ,
inclusæ, parvæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen tiaræforme, sulcatum, viride. Stylus filiformis.
Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Augusti in Decembrem.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx.
2. Corolla.
3. Stamina a Pistillo diducta, antherâ unâ
lente auctâ.
4. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.
5. Germen lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with beardless tips within the blossom: flowers pitcher-shaped
and white: leaves opposite, and pressed to the stem.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM a foot and a half high, thread-shaped, and slender: the branches
are crowded, numerous, and flexuose.
LEAVES grow opposite and alternate, are short, blunt-ended, and pressed
to the branches, concave on their upper surface, and furrowed beneath,
shining, and with short footstalks.
FLOWERS are numerous, terminating the smaller branches mostly by twos:
peduncles very short, with two floral leaves.
EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved: the leaflets are pointedly oval, white, and
smooth.
BLOSSOM white and pitcher-shaped, narrowed at the mouth, with a
four-lobed spreading border.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads fixed into the receptacle. Tips
beardless, within the blossom, and small.
POINTAL. Seed-bud turban-shaped, furrowed, and green. Shaft
thread-shaped. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from August till December.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalement.
2. A Blossom.
3. The Chives detached from the Pointal, one
tip magnified.
4. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified.
5. Seed-bud magnified.