Part 5

BLOSSOM near an inch long, four-sided, ribbed, of a yellowish-orange colour; the segments of the mouth are notched, and bent backward.

CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads, fixed into the receptacle; the tips beardless, and just within the. blossom.

POINTAL. Seed-vessel cylindrical, and furrowed; shaft thread-shaped, and without the blossom; summit four-cornered.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from August till January.

REFERENCE.

1. The Empalement and Blossom.

2. The Empalement magnified.

3. The Chives and Pointal.

4. The Chives detached from the Pointal, one tip magnified.

5. The Shaft and its Summit magnified.

ERICA lutea.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris muticis, inclusis; corollis ovato-acuminatis, luteis; foliis oppositis, triquetris, adpressis.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS laxus, filiformis, gracilis, ad basin ramosus; ramuli conferti.

FOLIA opposita, linearia, adpressa, triquetra, supra concava, subtus carinata, sulcata, nitida; petiolis brevissimis, adpressis.

FLORES plures, conglomerati, subterminales; pedunculi capillares, lutei; bracteis binis.

CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis ovatis, acuminatis, luteis, glabris.

COROLLA lutea, ovato-acuminata, ore arctata; limbo quadrilobo, subreflexo.

STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria, corolla dimidio breviora, apice recurvata, receptaculo inserta. Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ, parvæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen cylindricum, sulcatum. Stylus filiformis, purpureus, filamentis duplo longior. Stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a Septembre, in Maium.

REFERENTIA.

1. Calyx et Corolla.

2. Calyx, lente auctus.

3. Stamina, et Pistillum.

4. Stamina a Pistillo diducta; anthera una lente aucta.

5. Stylus, et Stigma lente aucta.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with beardless tips, within the blossoms; which are of a pointed oval shape, and yellow, the leaves grow opposite in pairs, are three-sided, and pressed to the stem.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM flexible, thread-shaped, and slender, branching to the bottom; the branches crowded together.

The LEAVES grow opposite in pairs, are linear, pressed to the stem, three-sided, concave on the upper, and keel-shaped on the under surface, furrowed, and shining; having very short leaf-stems pressed to the branches.

FLOWERS are numerous, close together, and nearly terminating the branches; the foot-stalks are hair-like, and yellow, having two floral leaves.

EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, leaflets oval, pointed, yellow, and smooth.

The BLOSSOM yellow, of a pointed oval shape, compressed at the mouth; having a slightly reflexed, four-lobed border.

CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads, half the length of the blossom, bent back at the point, and fixed into the receptacle. Tips beardless, within the blossom, and small.

POINTAL. Seed-vessel cylindrical, and furrowed. Shaft thread-shaped, purple, and twice as long as the chives. Summit four-cornered.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from September, till May.

REFERENCE.

1. The Empalement, and Blossom.

2. The Empalement, magnified.

3. The Chives, and Pointal.

4. The Chives detached from the Pointal; one tip magnified.

5. The Shaft, and its Summit magnified.

ERICA mammosa.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris aristatis, inclusis; stylo subincluso; floribus verticillatis, pendulis, ventricoso-cylindricis, supra basin constrictis, profunde violaceo-purpureis; foliis quaternis, linearibus, glabris.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS simplex, fruticosus, erectus, sesquipedalis; rami verticillati, raro ramulosi, erecti.

FOLIA quaterna, linearia, glabra, recta; seniora patentia, juniora erecta, subtus sulcata; petiolis brevissimis, adpressis.

FLORES sub-pollicares, in summitate ramorum verticillati, penduli; pedunculi longissimi, bracteis tribus, minutis, remotis, instructi.

CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis lato-ovatis., acutis, marginibus membranaceis, apicibus coloratis, adpressis.

COROLLA ventricoso-cylindrica, apice attenuata, ad basin constricta, profunde purpurea; laciniis minutis, erectis, obtusis.

STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria. Antheræ aristatæ;, inclusæ,

PISTILLUM. Germen turbinatum. Stylus filiformis, sub-inclusus. Stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mense Julii in Novembrem.

REFERENTIA.

1. Calyx lente auctus.

2. Calyx et Corolla.

3. Stamina a Pistillo diducta, antherâ unâ lente auctâ.

4. Germen, Stylus, et Stigma, stigmate aucto.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with bearded tips, within the blossom; shaft just within the blossom; flowers grow in whorls, hanging down, of a swelled cylinder shape, pinched in at the base, and of a deep blue purple; leaves grow by fours, are linear, and smooth.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM simple, shrubby, upright, a foot and a half high; branches grow in whorls, seldom making smaller branches, and upright.

LEAVES grow by fours, linear, smooth, and straight; the older ones spread out, the younger grow upright, and are furrowed beneath; having very short foot-stalks, which are pressed to the stem.

FLOWERS are near an inch long, grow in whorls at the top of the branches, hanging down; foot-stalks very long, having three small floral leaves at a distance from the cup.

EMPALEMENT. Cup of four leaves, which are of a broad egg-shape, pointed, having the margins skinny, the ends coloured, and are pressed to the blossom.

BLOSSOM of a swelled cylinder-shape, tapered at the end, and pinched in at the base, of a deep purple; the segments of the border are very small, upright, and blunt.

CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads. Tips bearded, and within the blossom.

POINTAL. Seed-bud turban-shaped. Shaft thread-shaped, and just within the blossom. Summit four-cornered.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from July till November.

REFERENCE.

1. The Empalement magnified.

2. The Empalement and Blossom.

3. The Chives detached from the Pointal, one tip magnified.

4. The Seed-bud, Shaft, and Summit, the summit magnified.

ERICA marifolia.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris aristatis, sub-inclusis, corollis urceoli-formibus, albidis; foliis ternis, lato-ovatis, pubescentibus, subtus albidis.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS erectus, fruticosus, pedalis, ramosissimus; ramuli frequentissimi, verticillati.

FOLIA terna, patentia, lato-ovata, margine revoluta, subtus albida, petiolis brevissimis, adpressis.

FLORES terminales, umbellati, cernui; pedunculi longi, bracteis tribus instructi.

CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum; foliolis spathulatis, seu basi attenuatis, apicibus ovatis, concavis, ciliatis.

COROLLA albida, urceoli-formis, oris laciniis sub-reflexis.

STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria; antheræ aristatæ, sub-inclusæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen cylindricum, sulcatum. Stylus filiformis, exsertus. Stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mense Aprili in Julium,

REFERENTIA.

1. Calyx et Corolla.

2. Calyx lente auctus.

3. Stamina et Pistillum.

4. Stamina a Pistillo diducta, antherâ unâ lente auctâ.

5. Stylus et Stigma lente aucta.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with bearded tips, just within the blossoms, which are pitcher-shaped, and white; the leaves grow by threes, of a broad egg-shape, downy, and white underneath.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM upright, shrubby, grows a foot high, and very branching; the smaller branches are numerous, and grow in whorls.

LEAVES grow by threes, spreading outward, of a broad egg-shape, rolled back at the edges., and white beneath, having short foot-stalks pressed to the branches.

FLOWERS terminate the branches in bunches which hang downward; the foot-stalks are long, having three floral leaves.

EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, which are spathula-shaped, or tapering to the base, the tops egg-shaped, concave, and lashed.

BLOSSOM white, pitcher-shaped, having the segments of the mouth slightly bent back.

CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads; tips bearded, just within the blossom.

POINTAL. Seed-vessel cylinder-shaped, and furrowed. Shaft thread-shaped. Summit four-cornered.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from April till July.

REFERENCE.

1. The Empalement and Blossom.

2. The Empalement magnified.

3. The Chives and Pointal.

4 The Chives detached from the Pointal, one tip magnified.

5. The Shaft and its Summit magnified.

ERICA margaritacea.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris cristatis, inclusis; stylo exserto; corollis globoso campanulatis; floribus terminalibus, sub-umbellatis; foliis quaternis, lineari-trigonis, glabris, erectis.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS erectus, ramosus; ramuli frequentissimi, erecti, glabri.

FOLIA quaterna, lineari-trigona, erecta, subtus sulcata, glabra; petiolis brevissimis, adpressis.

FLORES terminales, nutantes, sub-umbellati; pedunculi filiformes, bracteis tribus, linearibus instructi.

CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis subulatis, carinatis, sulcatis, lævibus, adpressis.

COROLLA urceolata, alba, calyce paulo longior; laciniæ limbi obtusæ, erecto-patulæ.

STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria, apice inflexa. Antheræ ovatæ, brunneæ, cristatæ, inclusæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen globosum, sulcatum. Stylus filiformis, exsertus. Stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mensi Junii, in Septembrem.

REFERENTIA.

1. Calyx, et Corolla.

2. Calyx, lente auctus.

3. Stamina, et Pistillum.

4. Stamen unum, lente auctum.

5. Pistillum, lente auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with crested tips, within the blossom; shaft without; blossoms globularly bell-shaped; flowers terminate the branches in small bunches; leaves grow by fours, linearly three-sided, smooth and upright.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM upright, and branching; the small branches are numerous, upright, and smooth.

LEAVES grow by fours, linearly three-sided, upright, furrowed on the under part and smooth; with very short foot-stalks, pressed to the branches.

FLOWERS terminate the branches, are a little bent downwards, and grow in small bunches; the foot-stalks are thread-shaped, with three linear floral leaves on them.

EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, the little leaves are awl-shaped, keeled, furrowed, smooth, and pressed to the blossom.

BLOSSOM pitcher-shaped, white, and a little longer than the cup; the segments of the border are blunt, upright and spreading.

CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads, bent inwards at the ends. Tips egg-shaped, brown, crested and within the blossom.

POINTAL. Seed-bud globular, and furrowed. Shaft thread-shaped and without the blossom. Summit four-cornered.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from June, till September.

REFERENCE.

1. The Empalement, and Blossom.

2. The Empalement, magnified.

3. The Chives, and Pointal.

4. A Chive, magnified.

5. The Pointal, magnified.

ERICA Massonia.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris muticis, inclusis; corollis sub-cylindricis, viscosis, speciosissimis, tricoloratis; foliis subquaternis, pilis longis vestitis.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS fruticosus, erectus, bipedalis, basi simplicissimus, dein ramosus, rami suberecti, foliis toti tecti.

FOLIA subquaterna, oblonga, serrata, pilis longis vestita, supra plana, subtus sulcata, petiolis brevissimis adpressis.

FLORES subterminales, plures, simplice verticillati, cernuo-patenti, pedunculi pilosi, foliolis tribus subtus instructi.

CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis lanciolatis, hirsutis, adpressis, apicibus revolutis.

COROLLA subcylindracea, micans, viscosa, rubra, lutea et viridia speciosissime colorata, ore arctato, quadrisido.

STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria, longitudine tubi, receptaculo inserta. Antheræ muticæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen clavatum, sulcatum. Stylus filiformis, subexsertus. Stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mensi Augusti ad Decembrem.

REFERENTIA.

1. Calyx et Corolla.

2. Calyx lente auctus.

3. Stamina et Pistillum.

4. Stamina a Pistillo diducta, anthera una lente aucta.

5. Stylus et Stigma lente aucta.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with beardless tips, within the blossom, which are nearly cylindrical, clammy, most beautiful, and three-coloured; the leaves grow mostly by fours, and are entirely covered with long hairs.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM shrubby, upright, grows two feet high, simple at the base, then branching, the branches nearly upright, and quite covered by the leaves.

LEAVES grow mostly by fours, oblong, sawed, clothed with long hairs, smooth on the upper, and furrowed on the under part, having very short leaf-stems pressed to the branches.

FLOWERS are numerous, in single whorls, near the summit of the branches, bending downward, and spreading, the foot-stalks hairy, with three small leaves fixed on their under part.

EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, which are lance-shaped, hairy, pressed to the blossom, and rolled back at the point.

BLOSSOM nearly cylindrical, shining, clammy, and most beautifully coloured with red, yellow, and green, narrow at the mouth, which is divided into four segments.

CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads, the length of the blossom, fixed into the receptacle. Tips beardless.

POINTAL. Seed-vessel club-shaped, and furrowed. Shaft thread-shaped, rather without the blossom. Summit four-cornered.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from August till December.

REFERENCE.

1. The Empalement and Blossom.

2. The Empalement magnified.

3. The Chives and Pointal.

4. The Chives detached from the Pointal; one tip magnified.

5. The Shaft and its Summit magnified.

ERICA melastoma.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheræ muticæ, exsertæ, attenuata in filamenta plana; corollis sessilibus, solitariis, luteis, terminalibus; oris laciniis nigris; calyx duplicatus, heptaphyllus, imbricatus; foliis subulatis, quaternis.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS laxus, erectus, bipedalis; rami pauci, simplices; ramuli sparsi, brevissimi, frequentissimi, foliosi.

FOLIA quaterna, subulata, apice, recurvata, sub-scabrida, rigida; petiolis brevissimis, adpressis.

FLORES sessiles in apicibus ramulorum, solitarii, dependenti; pedunculi brevissimi.

CALYX. Perianthium duplex; _interius_ tetraphyllum, foliolis concavis, ovatis, glabris, imbricatis, integris, luteis; _exterius_ triphyllum, priori brevioribus, consimilibus.

COROLLA conica, lutea, parum curvata, basi quadrifariam sulcata, apice attenuata; laciniis erectis, obtusis, longissimis, adpressis, nigris.

STAMINA. Filamenta octo, plana, linearia. Antheræ muticæ, lineares, exsertæ, longitudine corollæ, attenuata in filamenta.

PISTILLUM. Germen ovatum, glabrum, integrum. Stylus exsertus, filiformis, staminibus paulo longior. Stigma marginatum, virescens.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a Mensi Februarii, in Julium.

REFERENTIA.

1. Calyx.

2. Corolla, et Stamina.

3. Stamina, et Pistillum.

4. Stamina a Pistillo diducta.

5. Stamen unum, lente auctum.

6. Pistillum, lente auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with beardless tips, without the blossom, tapering into the threads which are flat; blossoms sitting close to the branches singly, are yellow, and terminate them; the segments of the mouth are black; the cup is doubled, of seven leaves and tiled; leaves awl-shaped, growing by fours.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM weak, upright, grows two feet high; the branches are few, and simple; the small branches are scattered, very short, numerous, and covered with leaves.

LEAVES grow by fours, awl-shaped, bent back at the point, roughish and stiff; foot-stalks very short, and pressed to the stem.

FLOWERS sitting on the ends of the smaller branches are solitary, and hang down; the foot-stalks are very short.

EMPALEMENT. Cup double; the _inner_ one has four leaves, which are concave, egg-shaped, smooth, tiled, entire, and yellow; the _outer_ three-leaved, shorter than the former, and like them.

BLOSSOM conical, yellow, slightly curved, having four furrows at the base, and tapering at the point; the segments of the border grow upright, are blunt, very long, pressed to the chives, and black.

CHIVES. Eight flat, linear, threads. Tips beardless, linear, without the blossom, and of its length, tapering into the threads.

POINTAL. Seed-bud egg-shaped, smooth and entire. Shaft without the blossom, thread-shaped, a little longer than the chives. Summit bordered, and greenish.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from February, till July.

REFERENCE.

1. The Empalement.

2. The Blossom, and Chives.

3. The Chives, and Pointal.

4. The Chives detached from the Pointal.

5. A Chive magnified.

6. The Pointal magnified.

ERICA monadelphia.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris muticis, exsertis, attenuatis in filamenta plana. Corolla conica, sanguinea, oris laciniis erectis, adpressis. Folia terna.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS erectus, sesquipedalis, scaber, ad basin parum ramosus. Ramuli sparsi.

FOLIA terna, obtusa, sub-tomentosa, subtus sulcata, petiolis brevissimis adpressis.

FLORES in ramulis, bini vel terni, terminales, cernui, in medio ramorum racemum formantes speciosissimum; pedunculis brevibus, bracteis nullis.

CALYX. Perianthium duplex, coloratum; exterius triphyllum, foliolis lato-ovatis, apicibus virescentibus; interius tetraphyllum, foliolis latioribus majoribus.

COROLLA conica, sub-pollicaris, glabra, sanguinea; oris laciniis erectis.

STAMINA. Filamenta octo plana, corolla multoties longiora, receptaculo inserta; antheris muticis, exsertis, attenuatis in filamenta.

PISTILLUM. Germen ovatum, tenuissime sulcatum. Stylus filiformis. Stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mense Augusti in Decembrem.

REFERENTIA.

1. Calyx et Corolla.

2. Calyx lente auctus.

3. Stamina et Pistillum.

4. Stamina a Pistillo diducta; antherâ unâ lente auctâ.

5. Stylus et Stigma lente aucta.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with beardless tips without the blossoms, and tapering into filaments, which are flat. The blossom is conical, of a blood colour, having the segments of the mouth upright, and pressed to the threads. The leaves grow by threes.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM upright, a foot and a half high, rough, branching but little at the base. The smaller branches are scattered.

LEAVES grow by threes, blunt-ended, rather downy, channelled underneath, having very short foot-stalks pressed to the branches.

FLOWERS grow by twos and threes at the end of the smaller branches, hanging down, forming a beautiful spike near the middle of the larger branches. The foot-stalks are short, without floral leaves.

EMPALEMENT. Cup double, and coloured; the outer three-leaved, the leaves of a broad oval-shape, the ends greenish: the inner is four-leaved, broader and larger than the former.

BLOSSOM cone-shaped, near an inch long, smooth, deep red; the segments of the mouth upright.

CHIVES. Eight flat threads, much longer than the blossom, fixed into the receptacle; the tips beardless, without the blossom, and tapering into the filaments.

POINTAL. Seed-vessel egg-shaped, and slightly furrowed. Shaft thread-shaped. Summit four-cornered.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from August till December.

REFERENCE.

1. The Empalement and Blossom.

2. The Empalement magnified.

3. The Chives and Pointal.

4. The Chives detached from the Pointal; one tip magnified.

5. The Shaft and Summit magnified.

ERICA mucosa.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris aristatis, inclusis; corollis globosis, mucosis, fasciculatis, cernuo-patentibus, terminalibus; foliis quaternis.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS fruticosus, tripedalis, ad basin fere ramosus, ramis longis, virgatis, flexuosis.

FOLIA quaterna, subtriangularia, linearia, apice recurvata, obtusa, glaberrima, subtus sulcata; brevissimis petiolis instructa.

FLORES plures, terminales, fasciculati, cernuo-patentes, mucosi, purpurei fulgenti; pedunculis longis, purpureis, 2 seu 3 bracteis, instructis.

CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis ovatis, obtusis, erectis, corolla dimidio brevioribus.

COROLLA globosa, limbo quadrilobo, laciniis semiorbiculatis, æqualibus, erectis.

STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria, corolla breviora, receptaculo inserta. Antheræ aristatæ, inclusæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen subrotundum. Stylus filamentis crassior, erectus. Stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mensi Augusti ad Decembrem.

REFERENTIA.

1. Calyx et Corolla.

2. Calyx et Bractea lente aucta.

3. Stamina et Pistillum.

4. Stamina a Pistillo diducta, anthera una lente aucta.

5. Stylus et Stigma lente aucta.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with bearded tips, within the blossoms; which are globe-shaped, clammy, and in bunches, bending downward, spreading, and terminating the branches; leaves growing by fours.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM shrubby, grows three feet high, branched nearly to the bottom, with long, slender, waving branches.

LEAVES growing by fours, nearly triangular, linear, bent back at the point, blunt, smooth, and furrowed underneath; leaf-stems very short.

FLOWERS several, terminating the branches in bunches, bending downward and spreading, of a brilliant purple, and clammy; with very long foot-stalks, which are furnished with 2 or 3 floral-leaves.

EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, which are egg-shaped, blunt, upright, and half the length of the blossom.

BLOSSOM globe-shaped, with a four-lobed border, each division forming a half-round, equal, and upright.

CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads, shorter than the blossom, and fixed in the receptacle. Tips bearded, and within the blossom.

POINTAL. Seed-vessel roundish. Shaft thicker than the threads, and upright. Summit four-cornered.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

In bloom from August till December.

REFERENCE.

1. The Empalement with the Blossom.

2. The Empalement and Floral-leaves magnified.

3. The Chives and Pointal.

4. The Chives detached from the Pointal, one tip magnified.

5. The Shaft and its Summit magnified.

ERICA Muscari.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris muticis, inclusis; corollis oblongo-ovatis, obtuse tetragonis; foliis quaternis.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS fruticosus, sesquipedalis, teres, basi simplicissimus, dein ramosus.

FOLIA quaterna, linearia, acuta, erecto-patentia, glaberrima, nitida, dilute viridia, petiolis brevissimis ramis adpressis.

FLORES luteoli, suaviter olentes, sæpius quaterni, terminales; pedunculis brevissimis.

CALYX. Perianthium duplex; _interius_ tetraphyllum, foliolis erectis, ovatis, carinatis; _exterius_ triphyllum, priori incumbens.

COROLLA oblongo-ovata, obtuse tetragona, summa parte arctata, limbo quadrilobo, laciniis æqualibus revolutis.

STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria, stylo subæqualia, apice torto, receptaculo inserta. Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ, bifidæ, dorsales.

PISTILLUM. Germen obovatum, fulcatum sulcis octo. Stylus linearis, erectus, corollas sub-æqualis. Stigma subtetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a Martio ad Julium.

REFERENTIA.

1. Calyx, et Corolla.

2. Calyx lente auctus.

3. Stamina, et Pistillum.

4. Stamina a Pistillo diducta; anthera una lente aucta.

5. Stylus, et Stigma lente aucta.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with beardless tips within the blossom, which is oblong-egg-shaped, and bluntly four-edged; leaves growing by fours.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM shrubby, grows a foot and a half high, cylindrical, undivided at the base, afterwards branching.

LEAVES growing by fours, linear, pointed, between upright and spreading, smooth and shining, of a light green, with short leaf-stems pressed to the branches.

FLOWERS yellowish, sweet-scented, mostly four together, terminating the branches; having very short footstalks.

EMPALEMENT. Cup double; the _inner_ one has four leaves, which are erect, ovate, and keel-shaped; the _outer_ has three leaves, and rests on the former.

The BLOSSOM oblong-egg-shaped, bluntly four-edged, contracted at the mouth, which is terminated by a four-lobed border, whose segments are equal, and rolled back.