ERICA oppositifolia, _rubra_.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris muticis, inclusis: floribus urceolatis, rubris: foliis
binis, adpressis: caule tenui: ramis virgatis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS sub-pedalis, tenuis: rami virgati, numerosi.
FOLIA binatim opposita, triquetra, nitida, adpressa.
FLORES terminales, plerumque bini: pedunculi breves, bracteis duabus
coloratis.
CALYX. Perianthium magnum: foliolis ovatis, acutis, rubris.
COROLLA urceolata, rubra, limbo quadrilobo, acuto, sub-reflexo.
STAMINA octo capillaria: antheræ muticæ, inclusæ.
PISTILLUM. German tiaræforme, sulcatum, rubrum, ad basin nectariferum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Maio in Augustum.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx et bractæa.
2. Corolla.
3. Stamina a Pistillo diducta antherâ unâ
lente auctâ.
4. Pistillum stigmate diducto lenteque aucto.
5. Germen auctum.
6. Ramulus cum involucro florum.
7. Flos et Folia varietatis parvæ.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with beardless tips within the blossom: flowers pitcher-shaped
and red: leaves by twos, pressed to the branches: stem slender: branches
twiggy.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM near a foot high, and slender: branches twiggy, and numerous.
LEAVES by twos, opposite, three-sided, shining, and pressed to the
branches.
FLOWERS terminal, mostly by twos: footstalks short, with two floral
leaves coloured.
EMPALEMENT. Cup large: leaflets ovate, pointed, and red.
BLOSSOM pitcher-shaped and red, with a slightly reflexed and pointed
four-lobed border.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like tips, beardless, and within the blossom.
POINTAL. Seed-bud turban-shaped, furrowed, and red, with honey-cups at
the base.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from May till August.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalement and floral Leaves.
2. A Blossom.
3. The Chives detached from the Pointal, one
tip magnified.
4. Seed-bud and Pointal, with the summit detached
and magnified.
5. The Seed-bud magnified.
6. A branch with the involucrum of the
flowers.
7. Flower and Leaf of a small variety.
[Illustration]
ERICA pallens.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris muticis, inclusis: floribus tubulosis, umbellatis:
corollis pallidis: foliis ternis, tomentosis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS humilis, fruticosus, semi-pedalis. Rami et ramuli numerosi,
patentes.
FOLIA terna, subulata, tomentosa, supra plana, subtus sulcata,
albo-virescentia.
FLORES terminales, in umbellis ternis vel senis, sub-sessiles, bracteis
tribus lanceolatis instructi.
CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum; foliolis spathulatis, pallidis.
COROLLA tubulosa, luteo-alba, horizontaliter sita; oris laciniis
rotundatis, erecto-patentibus.
STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria; antheris muticis, inclusis.
PISTILLUM. Germen tiaræforme. Stylus exertus, filiformis. Stigma
tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Aprili in Julium.
REFERENTIA.
1. Pagina inferior Folii lente aucta.
2. Calyx lente auctus.
3. Stamina a Pistillo diducta.
4. Stamen unum lente auctum.
5. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.
6. Germen lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with beardless tips, within the blossom. Flowers tubular, and
grow in umbels. Blossoms of a pale colour. Leaves by threes, and downy.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM low, shrubby, half a foot high. The small and large branches are
numerous, and spreading.
LEAVES by threes, awl-shaped and downy, flat on the upper surface,
furrowed beneath, and of a whitish green.
FLOWERS terminate the branches in umbels of from three to six, nearly
sessile, and furnished with three lance-shaped floral leaves.
EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved; leaflets spathula-shaped, and of a pale
colour.
BLOSSOM tubular, of a yellowish white colour, and standing in a
horizontal direction. Segments of the border roundish, and between erect
and spreading.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like filaments; tips beardless, and within the
blossom.
POINTAL. Seed-bud turban-shaped. Shaft without the blossom, and
thread-shaped. 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 magnified.
3. The Chives and Pointal detached from the
blossom.
4. A Chive magnified.
5. The Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified.
6. The Seed-bud magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA Patersonia, _major_.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris aristatis, inclusis: foliis quaternis: floribus luteis,
cylindricis, magnis: ramis pyramidatis: ramulis numerosis, confertis:
caule erecto.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS fruticosus, sesquipedalis, erectus, ad basin ramosus, dein spicam
simplicissimam pyramidatam formans, ramulis brevibus vestitam.
FOLIA quaterna, linearia, incurvata, glabra, subtus leviter sulcata:
petiolis brevissimis, adpressis.
FLORES numerosi, prominentes super ramulos brevissimos cauli adpressos.
CALYX. Perianthium duplex: exterius triphyllum: foliolis ovatis,
acuminatis: interioribus tetraphyllis, et longioribus.
COROLLA cylindrica, pollicaris, glabra, lutea: limbo quadrifido,
reflexo.
STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria receptaculo inserta: antheræ
aristatæ, inclusæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen coronæforme. Stylus filiformis, curvatus, exertus.
Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Maio in Septembrem.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx.
2. Corolla.
3. Stamina et Pistillum, antherâ unâ lente
auctâ.
4. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.
5. Germen lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with bearded tips, within the blossom: leaves grow by fours:
flowers yellow, of a cylinder shape, and large: the large branches are
of a pyramidal form: the small branches are numerous, and crowded
together: stem upright.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM shrubby, a foot and a half high, upright, branching at the base,
then forming a simple pyramidal spike covered by short branches.
LEAVES by fours, linear, turned inward, smooth, and lightly furrowed
beneath: footstalks very short, and pressed to the stem.
FLOWERS numerous, standing out upon very short branches that are close
to the stem.
EMPALEMENT. Cup double: the outer one three-leaved: the leaflets are
ovate, and pointed: the inner ones four-leaved and longer.
BLOSSOM cylindrical, an inch long, smooth, and yellow: with a four-lobed
reflexed border.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads inserted into the receptacle: tips
bearded, and within the blossom.
POINTAL. Seed-bud crown-shaped. Shaft thread-shaped, curved, and without
the blossom. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from May till September.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalement.
2. A Blossom.
3. The Chives and Pointal, one tip magnified.
4. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified.
5. Seed-bud magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA Patersonia, _coccinea_.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris aristatis inclusis, corollis cylindraceo-clavatis,
coccineis, verticillatis, foliis sub-senis, setaceis, in petioles
capillares attenuatis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS fruticosus, bipedalis, ramis ramulisque erectis, et sæpe
alternis.
FOLIA plerumque quinata vel sena, erecta, setacea, in petiolos
capillares deorsum attenuata.
FLORES in summitate ramorum verticillati, recti. Pedunculi breves,
bracteis tribus lanceolatis instructi.
CALYX tetraphyllus, foliolis lanceolatis, serrulatis, adpressis.
COROLLA cylindraceo-clavata, coccinea, ore arctata, parum curvata,
subpollicaris, limbo reflexo.
STAMINA octo capillaria; antheræ aristatæ, inclusæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen tiaræforme, sulcatum, ad basin nectariferum. Stylus
filiformis. Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Aprili in Augustum.
REFERENTIA.
1. Folium.
2. Calyx et Corolla.
3. Calyx lente auctus.
4. Stamina a Pistillo diducta, antherâ unâ
lente auctâ.
5. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.
6. Germen lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with bearded tips within the blossoms, which are cylindrically
club-shaped, of a scarlet colour, and in whorls. Leaves nearly by sixes,
bristle-shaped, and attenuated into capillary footstalks.
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 footstalks.
FLOWERS grow at the tops of the branches in whorls straight out.
Footstalks short, furnished with three lance-shaped floral leaves.
EMPALEMENT four-leaved; leaflets lance-shaped, slightly sawed, and
pressed to the blossom.
BLOSSOM cylindrically club-shaped, scarlet colour, and narrowed at the
mouth, slightly curved, near an inch long, the border reflexed.
CHIVES eight hair-like threads; tips bearded, and within the blossom.
POINTAL. Seed-bud turban-shaped, furrowed, with honey-cups at the base.
Shaft thread-shaped. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from the month of April till August.
REFERENCE.
1. A Leaf.
2. The Empalement and Blossom.
3. The Empalement magnified.
4. The Chives and Pointal detached, one tip
magnified.
5. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified.
6. Seed-bud magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA pellucida.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris muticis, inclusis; floribus tubulato-ventricosis,
pilosis, costatis, pellucidis, albis; foliis quaternis, aculeatis;
caulibus gracilibus, hirsutis, ramosissimis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS gracilis, sesquipedalis, hirsutus; rami et ramuli numerosi,
hirsuti, flexuosi.
FOLIA quaterna, lanceolata, lucida, aculeata, subtus sulco exarata;
petiolis adpressis.
FLORES in ramulis terminales, plerumque quaterni, cernui; pedunculi
longi, glandulosi, bracteis tribus lanceolatis glandulosis.
CALYX tetraphyllum; foliolis lanceolatis, canaliculatis, glandulosis.
COROLLA tubulato-ventricosa, pilosa, costata, alba, et pellucida;
laciniis semi-orbicularibus, sub-erectis.
STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria; antheræ muticæ, inclusæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen tiaræforme, sulcatum. Stylus filiformis. Stigma
tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Novembris in Junium.
REFERENTIA.
1. Pagina inferior Folii lente aucta.
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 of an inflated
tubular form, hairy, ribbed, and of a transparent white; leaves by
fours, prickly; stem slender, harshly haired, and much branched.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM slender, a foot and a half high, and harshly haired; the small and
larger branches are numerous, hairy, and flexuose.
LEAVES by fours, lance-shaped, shining, prickly, and deeply furrowed
beneath; footstalks pressed to the stem.
FLOWERS terminate the small branches, mostly by fours, and nodding;
footstalks long, glandular, and furnished with three lance-shaped
glandular floral leaves.
EMPALEMENT four-leaved; leaflets lance-shaped, channelled, and
glandular.
BLOSSOM of an inflated tubular form, hairy, ribbed, white, and
transparent; the segments of the border are half round, and nearly
upright.
CHIVES. Eight capillary threads; tips beardless, and within the blossom.
POINTAL. Seed-bud turban-shaped, and furrowed. Shaft thread-shaped.
Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from November till June.
REFERENCE.
1. The under side of a leaf magnified.
2. The Empalement magnified.
3. The Chives detached, one tip magnified.
4. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified.
5. Seed-bud magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA petiolata.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris muticis, sub-exertis; corollis terminalibus, ternatis,
campanulatis, albis; foliis ternis, cuneatis, petiolis longissimis.
DESCRIPTIO.
SUFFRUTEX pygmæus. Caulis ramosus, semi-pedalis. Rami patentes; ramuli
numerosi, conferti.
FOLIA terna, patentia, cuneata, latiuscula, crassiuscula, et lucida,
subtus sulcata; petiolis longissimis.
FLORES terminales, plerumque ternati, suberecti; pedunculi brevissimi.
CALYX duplex; exterius triphyllum, foliolis spatulatis; interius
tetraphyllum, foliolis longioribus, ad basin late ovatis.
COROLLA campanula, alba, laciniis semi-rotundis, patentibusque.
STAMINA octo capillaria; antheræ muticæ, sub-exertæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen tiaræforme, albicans. Stylus filiformis. Stigma
tetragonum, concavum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Maii in Julium.
REFERENTIA.
1. Folium.
2. Calyx lente auctus.
3. Corolla.
4. Stamina et Pistillum.
5. Anthera unica lente aucta.
6. Germen et pistillum, Stigmate lente aucto.
7. Germen lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with beardless tips, just without the blossom; blossoms terminate
the branches by threes, are bell-shaped, and white; leaves by threes,
wedge-shaped, footstalks very long.
DESCRIPTION.
A DWARFISH little shrub. Stem branching, half a foot high. Branches
spreading; the smaller branches are numerous, and crowded together.
LEAVES by threes, spreading, and wedge-shaped, broadish, and rather
thick, shining, and furrowed beneath; with very long footstalks.
FLOWERS terminal, chiefly in threes, nearly upright; peduncles very
short.
EMPALEMENT double; the outer one three-leaved, leaflets spatula-shaped;
the inner one is four-leaved, longer than the outer, and broadly
egg-shaped at the base.
BLOSSOM bell-shaped, and white; with the segments half round, and
spreading.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads; tips beardless, just without the
blossom.
POINTAL. Seed-bud turban-shaped, and whitish. Shaft thread-shaped.
Summit four-angled, and hollow.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from the month of May till July.
REFERENCE.
1. A leaf.
2. The Empalement magnified.
3. A Blossom.
4. The Chives and Pointal.
5. A Chive magnified.
6. The Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified.
7. Seed-bud magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA pinifolia.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris muticis, inclusis: foliis senis vel octonis, linearibus,
tremulis: floribus confertis, clavatis, pubescentibus, albis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS erectus, sesquipedalis, parum ramosus: ramulis simplicibus,
foliis tectis.
FOLIA sena vel octona, linearia, tremula, glabra, subtus sulcata,
attenuata in petioles capillares.
FLORES sub apices ramorum verticillatim conferti, horizontaliter siti:
pedunculi colorati, bracteis tribus linearibus.
CALYX tetraphyllus: foliolis lanceolatis, adpressis.
COROLLA clavata, pollicaris, albis, pilis tomentosis densissime
circumsessa: oris laciniis revolutis, obsolete crenulatis.
STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria; antheræ inclusæ, muticæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen tiaræforme, superne lanatum, album; inferne viride, ad
basin glandulosum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Februarii in Julium.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx lente auctus.
2. Corolla lente aucta.
3. Stamina et Pistillum, antherâ unicâ lente
auctâ.
4. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.
5. Germen lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with beardless tips within the blossom: leaves by sixes or
eights, linear, and tremulous: flowers crowded, club-shaped, hairy, and
white.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM upright, a foot and a half high, branching but little: the smaller
branches simple, and covered with leaves.
LEAVES by sixes or eights, linear, tremulous, and smooth; furrowed
beneath, and tapering into hair-like footstalks.
FLOWERS grow near the ends of the branches in crowded whorls, and in a
horizontal direction; footstalks coloured, with three linear floral
leaves.
EMPALEMENT four-leaved: leaflets lance-shaped, and pressed to the
blossom.
BLOSSOM club-shaped, an inch long, white, and closely beset with downy
hairs: the segments of the border are rolled back, and slightly notched.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads; tips within the blossom, and beardless.
POINTAL. Seed-bud turban-shaped, downy on the upper part, and white;
greenish below, and glandular at the base.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from February till July.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalement magnified.
2. A Blossom magnified.
3. The Chives and Pointal, one tip magnified.
4. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified.
5. Seed-bud magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA pinifolia, _discolor_.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris muticis, inclusis; floribus verticillatis; corollis
tubulosis, costatis, glandulosis; foliis senis, confertis, incurvis;
caulibus robustis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS fruticosus, brevis, robustus, paululum flexuosus, cicatricibus
foliorum asper; rami foliis dense tecti, numerosi, sub-verticillati,
patentes, atque expansi; apicibus adscendentibus.
FOLIA plerumque sena confertissima, linearia, uncialia, subtus sulcata,
seniora recurva, sed post medium incurva, adscendentia.
FLORES verticillati sub apicibus ramorum horizontaliter; pedunculi
colorati, hirsuti; bracteis tribus hirsutis.
CALYX tetraphyllus; foliolis linearibus, subulatis, hirsutis, adpressis.
COROLLA tubulosa, costata, pollicaris, pilis glandulosis densissime
circumsessa, apicem versus albis, ad basin rubris; laciniis revolutis,
obsolete crenulatis.
STAMINA. Filamenta octo, capillaria; antheræ sub-inclusæ, muticæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen tiaræforme, lanatum. Stylus filiformis, sub-exsertus.
Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Maio in Julium.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx lente auctus.
2. Corolla lente aucta.
3. Stamina et Pistillum, antherâ unicâ lente
auctâ.
4. Germen lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with beardless tips within the blossom; flowers grow in whorls;
blossoms tubular, ribbed, and glandular; leaves by sixes, crowded, and
turned inwards; stem stout.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM shrubby, short, stout, and a little flexuose, rough from the
cicatrices of the leaves; the branches thickly covered with leaves,
numerous, rather whorled, spreading, and expanded, with ascending
points.
LEAVES chiefly in sixes, very crowded, linear, an inch long, furrowed
beneath, the older ones recurved, but beyond the middle incurvedly
ascending.
FLOWERS whorled near the ends of the branches in an horizontal
direction; footstalks coloured, and hispid; with three rough-haired
floral leaves.
EMPALEMENT four-leaved; leaflets are linear, awl-shaped, harshly haired,
and pressed to the blossom.
BLOSSOM tubular, ribbed, an inch long, and closely beset with glandular
hairs, white towards the end and red at the base; the segments of the
border are rolled back, and slightly notched.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads; tips just within the blossom, and
beardless.
POINTAL. Seed-bud turban-shaped and woolly. Shaft thread-shaped, just
without the blossom. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from May till July.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalement magnified.
2. A Blossom magnified.
3. The Chives and Pointal, one tip magnified.
4. Seed-bud magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA planifolia.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris basi bicornibus, sub-exertis: floribus axillaribus,
urceolatis, purpureis: pedunculis longis: foliis ternis, spathulatis,
glandulosis: ramis numerosis, flexuosis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS fruticosus, sesquipedalis: rami et ramuli numerosi, flexuosi,
erecto-patentes.
FOLIA terna, spathulata, supra plana, subtus carinata, albida:
marginibus glandulosis, revolutis.
FLORES sub apices ramorum, simplices, axillares: pedunculis longis,
coloratis, glandulosis.
CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum: foliolis ovato-acuminatis, marginibus
revolutis glandulosis.
COROLLA urceolata, glabra, purpurea: oris laciniis obtusis, erectis.
STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria: antheræ basi bicornes, sub-exertæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen tiaræforme, leviter sulcatum, supra pilosum, ad basin
nectariferum. Stylus filiformis. Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Augusti in Septembrem.
REFERENTIA.
1. Folium lente auctum.
2. Idem subtus, lente auctum.
3. Calyx lente auctus.
4. Stamina et Pistillum.
5. Stamina a Pistillo liberata.
6. Anthera unica lente aucta.
7. Pistillum et Germen, stigmate lente aucto.
8. Germen lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with tips two-horned at the base, and just without the blossom:
flowers grow from the axillæ of the leaves, are pitcher-shaped, and
purple: footstalks long: leaves by threes, spathula-shaped, and
glandular: branches numerous, and flexuose.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM shrubby, a foot and a half high: the smaller and larger branches
are numerous, flexuose, and between erect and spreading.
LEAVES by threes, spathula-shaped, flat on their upper surface, keeled
beneath, and whitish: with glandular margins rolled back.
FLOWERS grow near the ends of the branches, singly, from the axillæ of
the leaves: footstalks long, coloured, and glandular.
EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved: leaflets ovately-pointed, with revolute
glandular margins.
BLOSSOM pitcher-shaped, smooth, and purple: the segments of the border
are obtuse, and upright.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads: tips two-horned at the base, and just
within the blossom.
POINTAL. Seed-bud turban-shaped, slightly furrowed, hairy on the upper
part, with honey-cups at the base. Shaft thread-shaped. Summit
four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from August till September.
REFERENCE.
1. A Leaf magnified.
2. The same shown from the under side,
magnified.
3. The Empalement magnified.
4. The Chives and Pointal.
5. The Chives liberated from the Pointal.
6. A Chive magnified.
7. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified.
8. Seed-bud magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA prægnans.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris inclusis, basi bicornibus: floribus terminalibus,
fasciculatis: corollis urceolatis, inflatis: foliis quaternis,
linearibus: caulis dumosus.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS fruticosus, pedalis et ultra, teres et dumosus.
FOLIA quaterna, linearia, acuta, basi recurvata, apice adscendentia,
ciliata, nitida.
FLORES in ramulis terminales, fasciculati: pedunculi purpurei, basi
bracteis binis parvis oppositis instructi.
CALYX tetraphyllus, foliolis lanceolatis, acutis, adpressis.
COROLLA magna, inflata, ovata, glabra, nitida, ore arctata, quod pallide
carneum est: limbi laciniis æqualibus, patentibus, carneis, in centro
saturate rubris.
STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria. Antheræ basi bicornes, inclusæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen tiaræforme, sulcatum, ad basin nectariferum. Stylus
filiformis, inclusus. Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Aprili in Augustum.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx.
2. Stamina et Pistillum, antherâ unicâ lente
auctâ.
3. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.
4. Germen lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with tips within the blossom, and two-horned at their base:
flowers terminal in bunches: blossoms pitcher-shaped, and swelled:
leaves by fours, and linear: stem bushy.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM shrubby, a foot or more high, round and bushy.
LEAVES by fours, linear, pointed, with a recurved base and an ascending
point, ciliated, and shining.
FLOWERS terminate the branches in bunches: footstalks purple, and
furnished with two small opposite floral leaves at their base.
EMPALEMENT four-leaved: leaflets lance-shaped, pointed, and pressed to
the blossom.
BLOSSOM large, swelled, of an ovate form, smooth, and shining; narrowed
at the mouth, which is of a pale flesh-colour: the segments of the
border are equal, spreading, flesh-coloured, and of a deep red in the
centre.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads. Tips two-horned at the base, and within
the blossom.