base. Shaft thread-shaped, and within the blossom. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from April till August.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalement.
2. The Chives and Pointal, one tip magnified.
3. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified.
4. Seed-bud magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA primuloides.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris muticis, inclusis: foliis quinis, confertis; floribus
sessilibus, terminalibus, fastigiatis; frutex pygmæus.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS fruticosus, spithamæus, erectus, dumosus; ramuli numerosi,
adscendentes.
FOLIA quina, subulata, supra plana, subtus sulcata, glabra,
crassiuscula, erecta, conferta.
FLORES sessiles, erecti, fastigiati, quaterni et quini, terminales.
CALYX. Perianthium duplex; exterius triphyllum, foliolis subulatis,
marginibus pilosis; interius tetraphyllum, foliolis longioribus.
COROLLA ventricosa, pellucida, ore arctata, quod ornatum est in modum
primulæ; laciniis cordatis, expansis, albis, subtus læte rubris.
STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria; antheræ muticæ, inclusæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen tiaræforme, sulcatum, ad basin nectariferum. Stylus
sub-inclusus. Stigma sub-exertum, tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Maio in Julium.
REFERENTIA.
1. Folium.
2. Calyx lente auctus.
3. Flores varietatum duarum.
4. Stamina et Pistillum, antherâ unicâ lente
auctâ.
5. Pistillum et Germen, stigmate lente aucto.
6. Germen lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with beardless tips within the blossom; leaves by fives, crowded:
flowers sessile, fastigiate, and terminal: a dwarf shrub.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM shrubby, a span high, upright, and bushy; the smaller branches are
numerous, and ascending.
LEAVES by fives, awl-shaped, flat on their upper surface, and furrowed
on the under side, smooth, thickish, upright, and crowded.
FLOWERS sessile, upright, fastigiate, and terminating the branches by
fours and fives.
EMPALEMENT. Cup double; the outer one is three-leaved, with awl-shaped
leaflets and hairy margins; the inner one is four-leaved, with longer
leaflets.
BLOSSOM bellied, pellucid, narrowed at the mouth, which is ornamented
like a cowslip; the segments of the border are heart-shaped, spreading,
and white, of a bright red on the under side.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads; tips beardless, within the blossom.
POINTAL. Seed-bud turban-shaped, furrowed, with honey-cups at their
base. Shaft just within the blossom. Summit just without, and
four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from May till July.
REFERENCE.
1. A Leaf.
2. The Empalement magnified.
3. Flowers of two varieties.
4. Chives and Pointal, one tip magnified.
5. Pointal and Seed-bud, summit magnified.
6. Seed-bud magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA racemifera.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris aristatis, inclusis; floribus racemosis; corollis
sub-globosis, purpureis; foliis senis, oblique verticillatis, confertis,
tremulis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS fruticosus, sub-pedalis. Rami virgati, sub-simplices.
FOLIA sena, linearia, conferta, oblique verticillata, tremula.
FLORES sub-terminales, racemosi, cernui, plerumque duo, pedunculis
longissimis.
CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum; foliolis lanceolatis, bracteis tribus
adpressis.
COROLLA sub-globosa, purpurea; oris laciniis erecto-patentibus.
STAMINA. Filamenta octo, receptaculo inserta; antheris aristatis,
inclusis.
PISTILLUM. Germen tiaræforme. Stylus filiformis. Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Aprili ad Junium.
REFERENTIA.
1. Umbella Florum.
2. Calyx lente auctus.
3. Stamina et Pistillum.
4. Anthera lente aucta.
5. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.
6. Germen lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with bearded tips, within the blossom; flowers grow in clusters;
blossom nearly globe-shaped, and purple; leaves by sixes, obliquely
whorled, crowded, and tremulous.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM shrubby, near a foot high. Branches twiggy, and nearly simple.
LEAVES by sixes, linear, crowded, irregularly whorled, and tremulous.
FLOWERS nearly terminate the branches in clusters, hanging down, mostly
two together, with very long foot-stalks.
EMPALEMENT four-leaved; leaflets lance-shaped, with three floral leaves
pressed to the foot-stalk.
BLOSSOM nearly globular, purple; the segments of the border between
erect and spreading.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads fixed to the receptacle; tips bearded,
and within the blossom.
POINTAL. Seed-bud turban-shaped. Shaft thread-shaped. Summit
four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from the month of April till June.
REFERENCE.
1. An Umbel of Flowers.
2. The Empalement magnified.
3. The Chives and Pointal.
4. A Chive magnified.
5. The Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified.
6. The Seed-bud magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA Savileia.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris basi bicornibus, inclusis; floribus solitariis,
axillaribus, urceolatis, purpureis; pedunculis longissimis; foliis
quaternis; ramis numerosis; caulis humilis.
DESCRIPTIO.
FRUTEX pygmæus, elegans, ramosissimus; ramis et ramulis flexuosis,
erecto-patentibus.
FOLIA quaterna, linearia, glabra, supra plana, subtus sulcata.
FLORES numerosi, simplices, axillares, in medio ramulorum, et sæpe
terminales; pedunculis longissimis, coloratis, ad basin bracteis tribus
instructis.
CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum; foliolis ovato-acuminatis, serrulatis.
COROLLA urceolata, læte purpurea, glabra, lucida; laciniis equalibus,
rotundis, patentibus, sub-reflexis.
STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria; antheræ basi bicornes, inclusæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen tiaræforme, longum, sulcatum. Stylus filiformis,
sub-inclusus. Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Aprili in Septembrem.
REFERENTIA.
1. Inferior pars Folii lente aucta.
2. Calyx lente auctus.
3. Corolla.
4. Flos varietatis pallidæ.
5. Stamina et Pistillum, antherâ unicâ lente
auctâ.
6. Pistillum et Germen, stigmate lente aucto.
7. Germen lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with tips two-horned at the base, and within the blossom: flowers
grow singly from the axillæ of the leaves, pitcher-shaped, of a purple
colour, and with very long footstalks; leaves by fours; branches
numerous; stem low.
DESCRIPTION.
AN elegant dwarf shrub very branching; the small and large branches are
flexuose, and between erect and spreading.
LEAVES by fours, linear, smooth, flat on their upper surface, and
furrowed beneath.
FLOWERS are numerous, and grow singly from the axillæ of the leaves
about the middle of the smaller branches, and often terminate them: the
footstalks are very long, coloured, and furnished at the base with three
floral leaves.
EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved; the leaflets are ovately pointed, and
finely sawed.
BLOSSOM pitcher-shaped, of a bright purple colour, smooth, and shining:
the segments of the border are equal, round, spreading, and nearly
reflexed.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads, with tips two-horned at the base, and
within the blossom.
POINTAL. Seed-bud turban-shaped, long, and furrowed. Shaft
thread-shaped, and just within the blossom. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from April till September.
REFERENCE.
1. The under side of a Leaf magnified.
2. The Empalement magnified.
3. A Blossom.
4. Flower of a pale variety.
5. Chives and Pointal, one tip magnified.
6. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified.
7. Seed-bud magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA Sebana, _nana_.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris muticis, exsertis, longissimis; corolla clavata,
incurvata, saturate aurantia; floribus terminalibus; calyx duplex;
foliis ternis, confertis; caulis brevis, fruticosus.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS erectus, robustus, humilis, ramosissimus; ramuli verticillati.
FOLIA terna, linearia, arcuata, conferta, sub-trigona, glabra, apice
acuta.
FLORES duo in apice ramulorum, dependentes; pedunculi breves, nudi.
CALYX. Perianthium duplex; exterius triphyllum; foliolis ovatis,
membranaceis, imbricatis, adpressis; interius tetraphyllum, foliolis
majoribus.
COROLLA clavata, incurvata, rugosa, saturate aurantia; laciniis limbi
erectis, incurvatis.
STAMINA. Filamenta octo linearia, plana; antheræ muticæ, exsertæ,
longissimæ, in filamenta attenuatæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen tiaræforme. Stylus filiformis, staminibus paulo
longior. Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Julii in Januarium.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx lente auctus.
2. Corolla.
3. Stamina et Pistillum.
4. Stamina a Pistillo diducta.
5. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.
6. Germen lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with beardless tips without the blossom, and very long; blossom
club-shaped, turned inwards, and of a deep orange colour; flowers
terminate the branches; cup double; leaves by threes, and crowded; stem
short and shrubby.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM upright, sturdy, low, and very branching; the smaller branches are
whorled.
LEAVES by threes, linear, bowed, and crowded together; nearly
three-sided, smooth, and sharp-pointed.
FLOWERS grow by twos at the ends of the small branches, hanging down;
the footstalks are short and naked.
EMPALEMENT. Cup double; the outer one is three-leaved; the leaflets
egg-shaped and skinny, tiled, and pressed to the cup; the inner one is
four-leaved, with larger leaflets.
BLOSSOM club-shaped, turned inwards, wrinkled, and of a deep orange
colour; the segments of the border are upright, and turned inwards.
CHIVES. Eight linear, flat threads; tips beardless, without the blossom,
very long, and tapered into threads.
POINTAL. Seed-bud turban-shaped. Shaft thread-shaped, a little longer
than the chives. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from the month of July till January.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalement magnified.
2. A Blossom.
3. The Chives and Pointal.
4. The Chives detached from the Pointal.
5. The Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified.
6. Seed-bud magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA squamosa.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris cristatis, inclusis; corollis globosis, umbellatis,
purpureis; calycibus squamosis, albicantibus; foliis quaternis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS fruticosus, erectus, sesquipedalis, ramosus; rami filiformes,
erecti.
FOLIA quaterna, glabra, obtusa, subtus sulcata, serrulata.
FLORES terminales, umbellati, terni vel seni in singula umbella, cernui;
pedunculi purpurei, bracteis tribus instructi.
CALYX tetraphyllum; foliolis squamosis, ovatis, carinatis, albicantibus.
COROLLA globosa, purpurea; laciniis equalibus, patentibus.
STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria, receptaculo inserta; antheræ
cristatæ, inclusæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen tiaræforme. Stylus filiformis, inclusus. Stigma
tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Aprili in Julium.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx et Corolla.
2. Calyx lente auctus.
3. Corolla.
4. Stamina a Pistillo diducta, antherâ unâ
lente auctâ.
5. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate aucto.
6. Germen lente auctum.
7. Ramulus cum Involucro florum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with crested tips within the blossom; blossoms globular,
umbelled, and purple; the cup is scaly, and of a whitish colour; leaves
by fours.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM shrubby, upright, a foot and a half high, branching; branches
thread-shaped and upright.
LEAVES by fours, smooth, blunt, furrowed beneath, and slightly sawed at
the edges.
FLOWERS terminate the branches in umbels of three to six in each umbel,
nodding; the footstalks are purple, having three floral leaves.
EMPALEMENT four-leaved; leaflets scaly, egg-shaped, keeled, and of a
whitish colour.
BLOSSOM globular, and purple; the segments are equal and spreading.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads, fixed to the receptacle; tips crested,
and within the blossom.
POINTAL. Seed-bud turban-shaped. Shaft thread-shaped, and within the
blossom. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from the month of April till July.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalement and Blossom.
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.
7. A branch with the Involucrum of the flowers.
[Illustration]
ERICA staminea.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris muticis, staminibusque extra flores solitarios
divaricato-cernuis, foliis ternatis, ramis verticillatis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS fruticosus, bipedalis, ramis numerosis, verticillatis patulis.
FOLIA ternata, erecta, parva, carnosa, lucida, subtus sulcata, petiolis
ramulos adpressis.
FLORES solitarii, terminales, in ramulos per-numerosos, laterales,
ternatos, et paulo declinatos; pedunculi bracteis tribus instructi.
CALYX tetraphyllus, foliolis ovatis.
COROLLA parva, tetragona, luteo-albida, laciniis patentibus rotundatis.
STAMINA octo, capillaria, prælonga, extra flores plus minusve pendula;
antheræ muticæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen tiaræforme, lanuginosum; stylus filiformis.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Junio ad Septembrem.
REFERENTIA.
1. Folium lente auctum.
2. Calyx.
3. Corolla.
4. Calyx cum bracteis lente auctus.
5. Corolla varietatis albæ.
6. Stamina et Pistillum, lente aucta.
7. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.
8. Germen lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with beardless tips, and chives divaricately cernuous from the
solitary flowers, leaves in threes, and branches whorled.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM shrubby, two feet high, with numerous whorled branches, very
slightly spreading.
LEAVES in threes, erect, small, fleshy, shining, furrowed beneath, with
petioles pressed to the branchlets.
FLOWERS solitary, terminal, on very numerous, lateral, ternate, and
slightly drooping branches; peduncles furnished with three floral
leaves.
EMPALEMENT four-leaved, with the leaflets egg-shaped.
BLOSSOM small, square, of a yellow-white colour, with segments spreading
and rounded.
CHIVES eight, capillary, very long, and hanging more or less out of the
flower; tips beardless.
POINTAL. Seed-bud turban-shaped, woolly; shaft thread-shaped.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from the month of June till September.
REFERENCE.
1. A Leaf magnified.
2. The Empalement.
3. A Blossom.
4. The Empalement and floral leaves magnified.
5. A Blossom of a white variety.
6. The Chives and Pointal magnified.
7. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified.
8. The Seed-bud magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA Swainsonia.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris muticis, sub-inclusis: floribus in umbellis
terminalibus: foliis quinis vel senis, confertis, erectis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS fruticosus, erectus, pedalis et ultra: ramulis verticillatis.
FOLIA quina vel sena, obtusa, erecta, conferta, supra plana, subtus
sulcata.
FLORES ramos terminant in umbellis: pedunculis brevibus, bracteis tribus
adpressis.
CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum: foliolis lanceolatis calyci adpressis.
COROLLA sub-cylindrica, pollicaris, miniata: laciniis ovatis,
patentibus.
STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria: antheræ muticæ, sub-inclusæ.
PISTILLUM. Germen oblongum, sulcatum, ad basin nectariis glanduliferis.
Stylus filiformis. Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret in mensibus autumnalibus.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx.
2. Stamina à Pistillo diducta: antherâ unâ
lente auctâ.
3. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with beardless tips just within the blossoms: flowers grow in
terminal umbels: leaves by fives or sixes, crowded, and upright.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM shrubby, upright, a foot or more high: the small branches grow in
whorls.
LEAVES by fives or sixes, obtuse, erect, and crowded, flat on their
upper surface, and furrowed beneath.
FLOWERS terminate the branches in umbels: footstalks short, with three
floral leaves pressed to them.
EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved: leaflets lance-shaped, and pressed to the
cup.
BLOSSOM nearly cylindrical, an inch long, and of a reddish colour:
segments ovate, and spreading.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads: tips beardless, and just within the
blossom.
POINTAL. Seed-bud oblong, with glandular nectaries at the base. Shaft
thread-shaped. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers in the autumnal months.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalement.
2. The Chives detached from the Pointal, one
tip magnified.
3. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA tenuiflora.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris muticis, inclusis; corollis quaternis, tenuissimis,
luteis. Folia terna et quaterna, linearia.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS fruticosus, pedalis, debilis. Rami et ramuli filiformes, virgati.
FOLIA terna et quaterna, linearia; petiolis longis adpressis.
FLORES in ultimis ramulis quaterni, patentes; pedunculis brevissimis.
CALYX. Perianthium duplex; exterius triphyllum, foliolis lanceolatis;
interius tetraphyllum, foliolis longioribus.
COROLLA tubæformis, tenuissima, lutea; oris laciniis acuminatis,
patentibus.
STAMINA. Filamenta octo; antheris muticis, inclusis.
PISTILLUM. Germen oblongum. Stylus filiformis. Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Aprili ad Junium.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx lente auctus.
2. Corolla.
3. Stamina et Pistillum, antherâ unâ diductâ
lente auctâ.
4. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.
5. Germen auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with beardless tips, within the blossoms; which grow by fours,
are very slender, and yellow. Leaves by threes and fours, and linear.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM shrubby, a foot high, weak. The large and small branches are
thread-shaped, and twiggy.
LEAVES by threes and fours, linear, with long foot-stalks pressed to the
branches.
FLOWERS grow by fours at the ends of the small branches, and spreading;
with very short foot-stalks.
EMPALEMENT. Cup double; the outer three-leaved, and leaflets
lance-shaped; the inner one four-leaved, and longer than the outer.
BLOSSOM trumpet-shaped, very slender, and yellow; segments of the border
sharp-pointed and spreading.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads; tips beardless, and within the blossom.
POINTAL. Seed-bud of an oblong form. Shaft thread-shaped. Summit
four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from the month of April till June.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalement magnified.
2. A Blossom.
3. The Chives and Pointal, one tip detached
and magnified.
4. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified.
5. Seed-bud magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA tenuiflora, _alba_.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris muticis, inclusis: floribus quaternis, tenuissimis,
albis: foliis quaternis, linearibus, glabris: caulis gracilis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS fruticosus, debilis, pedalis et ultra: rami et ramuli filiformes,
virgati.
FOLIA quaterna, linearia, obtusa, glabra, erecto-patentia.
FLORES ad apices ramulorum quaterni: pedunculis brevibus, bracteis
tribus subulatis instructis.
CALYX tetraphyllus: foliolis luteolo-virentibus, lanceolatis, adpressis.
COROLLA tubæformis, tenuissima: oris laciniis acuminatis, patentibus,
albicantibus: tubo pellucido.
STAMINA. Filamenta octo; antheris muticis, inclusis.
PISTILLUM. Germen tiaræforme, sulcatum. Stylus filiformis. Stigma
tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Julii in Decembrem.
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: flowers grow by fours,
slender, and white: leaves by fours, linear, and smooth: stem slender.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM shrubby, weak, a foot or more high: the small and large branches
are thread-shaped, and twiggy.
LEAVES by fours, linear, blunt, smooth, erect, and spreading.
FLOWERS grow by fours at the ends of the small branches: footstalks
short, and furnished with three awl-shaped floral leaves.
EMPALEMENT four-leaved: leaflets of a yellowish green, lance-shaped, and
pressed to the blossom.
BLOSSOM trumpet-shaped, and very slender; the segments of the border are
sharp-pointed, spreading, and very white; the tube is of a transparent
white.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like 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 July till December.
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 tetragona.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris muticis, inclusis; corollis urceolatis, axillaribus,
ternis, confertis, tetragonis; concavis, luteis; foliis ternis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS fruticosus, virgatus, sub-pedalis, erectus, ramosus, gracilis;
rami filiformes et patentes.
FOLIA terna, trigona, linearia, acuta, glabra, subtus tenuissime
sulcata, erecto-patentia.
FLORES in axillis foliorum, plerumque terni, erecti, conferti, cum odore
cucumis.
CALYX tetraphyllus, foliolis lanceolatis, ciliatis; bracteis tribus
linearibus.
COROLLA urceolata, lutea, tetragona, concava, ore arctata; laciniis
æqualibus, acuminatis, patentibus, et reflexis.
STAMINA octo, capillaria; antheris muticis inclusis.
PISTILLUM. Germen conicum, glabrum. Stylus linearis, sub-exertus. Stigma
tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Julii ad Septembrem.
REFERENTIA.
1. Umbella Florum.
2. Calyx auctus.
3. Corolla lente aucta.
4. Stamina et Pistillum.
5. Anthera una aucta.
6. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.
7. Germen lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with beardless tips within the blossoms, which are
pitcher-shaped, and grow from the axillæ of the leaves in threes, are
crowded together, four-sided, concave, and yellow; leaves by threes.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM shrubby, twiggy, near a foot high, upright; branches slender, the
large ones thread-shaped and spreading.
LEAVES by threes, three-sided, linear, sharp and smooth, slightly
furrowed beneath, and between erect and spreading.
FLOWERS grow from the axillæ of the leaves, mostly by threes, upright,
crowded together, and smell like a cucumber.
EMPALEMENT four-leaved; the leaflets are lance-shaped and fringed, with
three linear floral leaves.
BLOSSOM pitcher-shaped, yellow, four-sided and concave, narrowed towards
the mouth, the segments of which are equal, sharp-pointed, spreading,
and reflexed.
CHIVES eight, capillary; tips beardless, and within the blossom.
POINTAL. Seed-bud conical and smooth. Shaft linear, just without the
blossom. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from the month of July till September.
REFERENCE.
1. An Umbel of Flowers.
2. The Empalement magnified.
3. A Blossom magnified.
4. The Chives and Pointal.
5. A Chive magnified.
6. The Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified.
7. Seed-bud magnified.
[Illustration]
ERICA tiaræflora.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris muticis, exsertis; floribus cernuis, tiaræformibus, a
calyce fere contectis; foliis ternis, obtusis, linearibus, rigidis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS fruticosus, erectus, sub-sesquipedalis, ramosus; rami terni,
patentes, erecti.
FOLIA terna, obtusa, linearia, rigida, erecto-patentia.
FLORES in ramulis terminales, sub-terni, cernui; pedunculi longi,
bracteis tribus spathulatis instructi.
CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum; foliolis lato-ovatis, apice coloratis,
incurvatis.