Part 7

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

POINTAL. Seed-bud globular. Shaft cylindrical, and within the blossom. Summit four-cornered.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from August, till February.

REFERENCE.

1. A Leaf, magnified.

2. The Blossom, and Empalement.

3. The Empalement, magnified.

4. The Chives detached from the Pointal.

5. A Chive, magnified.

6. The Seed-bud, Shaft, and Summit, magnified.

ERICA purpurea.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris muticis, exsertis; corollis verticillatis, tubulosis, a basi incurvata, sensim ampliatis; foliis subsenis.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS fruticosus, erectus, bipedalis, pubescens, basi simplicissimus, dein verticillatim ramosus, ramis simplicibus, adscendentibus.

FOLIA subsena, linearia, recurvato patentia, supra plana, subtus revoluta, acuta, rigida, brevissimis adpressis petiolis.

FLORES verticillati, subterminales, dilute purpurei, pedunculis brevissimis instructi.

CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis erectis, ovato-oblongis, acuminatis; bracteis binis adpressis.

COROLLA tubulosa, basi incurvata, sensim versus apicem dilatata; ore quadrilobo æquali patente.

STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria, receptaculo inserta. Antheræ muticæ, exsertæ, bipartitæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen turbinatum. Stylus filiformis, filamentis longior. Stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mensi Julii 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 beardless tips, without the blossoms; which grow in whorls, are tubular, gradually widening from an incurved base; leaves growing mostly by sixes.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM shrubby, upright, grows two feet high, downy, quite intire at the base, then throws out a number of whorled, simple, ascending branches.

LEAVES growing generally in sixes, linear, bent backward and spreading, plain on their upper, and rolled back on their under, surface, sharp-pointed, inflexible, with short leaf-stalks pressed closely to the stem.

FLOWERS grow in whorls, nearly at the top of the branches, of a fine light purple, and furnished with very short foot-stalks.

EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, which are of an oblong-oval shape, upright, and pointed; with two floral-leaves close to it.

BLOSSOM tubular, with an incurved base, gradually widening towards the mouth, which is cut into four equal, spreading lobes.

CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads, fixed in the receptacle. Tips beardless, without the blossom, and deeply divided.

POINTAL. Seed-vessel turban-shaped. Shaft thread-shaped, longer than the threads. Summit four-cornered.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

In bloom from July 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 pyramidalis.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris muticis, inclusis; floribus umbellatis, sub-quaternis; corolla pyramidata, carnea, laciniis maximis, erectis; foliis sub-quaternis, linearibus, pilosis, obtusis.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS fruticosus, ramosus, flexilis; ramuli frequentissimi, verticillati, sub-quaterni, brevi, cernui.

FOLIA sub-quaterna, linearia, pilosa, tenuia, subtus sulcata; petiolis brevissimis, adpressis.

FLORES in apicibus ramulorum umbellati, sub-quaterni; pedunculi recti, colorati, bracteis minutis, remotis.

CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis, subulatis, adpressis.

COROLLA campanulato-infundibuliformis, carnea; laciniis limbi acutis, maximis, semiovatis, apicibus parum patulis.

STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria. Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen sub-globosum, apice octo-partitum, compressum. Stylus filiformis, erectus, subexsertus. Stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mensi Septembris, in Decembrem.

REFERENTIA.

1. Calyx, et Corolla.

2. Calyx, lente auctus.

3. Corolla.

4. Stamina a Pistillo diducta.

5. Anthera una lente aucta.

6. Pistillum, lente auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with beardless tips, within the blossom; flowers grow in umbels mostly of four; blossom pyramid-shaped and flesh coloured, the segments very large, and upright; leaves grow generally by fours, linear, hairy and blunt ended.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM shrubby, branching and flexible; small branches are numerous, grow in whorls, mostly by fours, short and hanging down.

LEAVES grow most frequently by fours, are linear, hairy, thin and furrowed beneath; foot-stalks very short and pressed to the stem.

FLOWERS grow at the ends of the small branches in bunches, generally of four; the foot-stalks grow straight, are coloured, having the floral leaves at a distance from the blossom.

EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, leaflets awl-shaped, and pressed to the blossom.

BLOSSOM between bell and funnel-shaped, and flesh-coloured; the segments of the border are pointed, very large, half egg-shaped, with the ends a little spreading.

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

POINTAL. Seed-bud nearly globular, eight divisions at the top and flattened. Shaft thread-shaped, upright and just without the blossom. Summit four-cornered.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from September, till December.

REFERENCE.

1. The Empalement, and Blossom.

2. The Empalement, magnified.

3. The Blossom.

4. The Chives detached from the Pointal.

5. A Tip, magnified.

6. The Pointal and Seed-bud, magnified.

ERICA radiata.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris muticis, inclusis; stylo exserto; floribus horizontaliter-verticillatis, terminalibus; corollis sub-cylindricis, pollicaribus, laciniis revolutis; foliis quaternis, glabris, patentibus.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS fruticosus, erectus, sub-pedalis, ramosus; rami sub-simplices, patento-erecti, glabri.

FOLIA quaterna, linearia, patentia, subtus sulcata, supra plana, glabra; petiolis adpressis.

FLORES in ramulorum apice verticillati, horizontaliter siti; pedunculi foliorum longitudine, bracteis tribus, subulatis, instructi.

CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis subulatis, adpressis.

COROLLA subcylindrica, calyce triplo longior; oris laciniis revolutis.

STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria. Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ.

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

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mensi Augusti, in Novembrem.

REFERENTIA.

1. Flos.

2. Calyx, lente auctus.

3. Stamina, et Pistillum.

4. Stylus, et Stigma, lente aucta.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with beardless tips, within the blossom; shaft without; flowers terminate the branches in horizontal whorls; blossoms nearly cylindrical, an inch long, with the segments of the border rolled back; leaves grow by fours, smooth and spreading.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM shrubby, upright, grows near a foot high, and branching; the branches nearly simple, spreading upright and smooth.

LEAVES grow by fours, linear, spreading, furrowed on the under part, flat on the upper part and smooth; the foot-stalks pressed to the branches.

FLOWERS grow in whorls at the ends of the smaller branches, standing horizontally; the foot-stalks the length of the leaves, having three awl-shaped floral leaves.

EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, the leaflets are awl-shaped, and pressed to the blossom.

BLOSSOM almost cylinder-shaped, thrice the length of the cup; the segments of the mouth are rolled back.

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

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

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from August, till November.

REFERENCE.

1. The Flower.

2. The Empalement, magnified.

3. The Chives, and Pointal.

4. The Shaft and Summit, magnified.

ERICA ramentacea.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris cristatis, inclusis; corollis globosis, umbellis confertis, rubro-purpureis, pedunculis longissimis, coloratis; foliis quaternis.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS erectus, spithamæus, ramosissimus, rami et ramuli filiformes, divaricato-patentes.

FOLIA quaterna, linearia, subtus sulcata, glabra, acuminata.

FLORES plures, terminales, umbellati, conferti; pedunculi purpurei, longissimi, capillares, bracteis tribus instructi.

CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis subulatis, coloratis.

COROLLA globosa, rubro-purpurea, ore contracto, laciniis minutis, reflexis.

STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria, receptaculo inserta; Antheris cristatis, inclusis.

PISTILLUM. Germen globosum, sulcatum; Stylus filiformis sub-exsertus. Stigma tetragonum, pubescens.

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, anthera una lente aucta.

5. Stylus, et Stigma, lente aucta.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, whose tips are crested, and within the blossoms, which are globe-shaped, growing in close bunches, of a reddish-purple colour, having very long foot-stalks coloured; the leaves grow by fours.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM upright, a span high, very much branched; the larger and smaller branches are thread-shaped, and spread into various directions.

LEAVES grow by fours, are linear, furrowed, underneath, smooth, and pointed.

The FLOWERS are numerous, terminating the branches in close bunches; the foot-stalks are purple, very long, hair-like, and have three floral leaves.

EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, which are awl-shaped, and coloured.

BLOSSOM globe-shaped, of a reddish purple, the mouth contracted, the segments of which are very small, and bent back.

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

POINTAL. Seed-vessel globe-shaped, and furrowed. Shaft thread-shaped, just without the blossom. Summit four-cornered, and downy.

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 retorta.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris muticis, inclusis; foliis quaternis, retortis, apice setaceis, margine ciliatis; floribus umbellatis, viscosis, carneis, ampullaceis.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS fruticosus, pedalis, erectus, ramosus; rami flexuosi, filiformes.

FOLIA quaterna, retorta, seta terminali aristata, margine ciliata, glabra, supra plana, subtus sulcata; petioli brevissimi, adpressi.

FLORES plures, subterminales, sæpe quatuor, verticillati, viscosi; pedunculi longi, bracteis tribus instructi.

CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis aristatis, apice ciliatis, subovatis, viscosis, adpressis.

COROLLA, basi inflata, apice attenuata, ima parte carnea, summa saturate purpurea, ore arctata, laciniis ovatis, reflexis.

STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria, receptaculo inserta. Antheræ inclusæ, villoso-muticæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen clavatum; stylus exsertus, purpureus; stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mense Julii, in Octobrem.

REFERENTIA.

1. Folium unum lente auctum.

2. Calyx, et Corolla.

3. Calyx, lente auctus.

4. Stamina, et Pistillum.

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

6. Stylus, et Stigma lente aucta.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with beardless tips, within the blossom; the leaves grow by fours, are rolled back, having bristles at their points, and fringed at their edges; the flowers grow in bunches, are clammy, flesh coloured, and flask-shaped.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM shrubby, grows about a foot high, and upright; the branches are crooked, and thread-shaped.

The LEAVES grow by fours, are rolled back, terminating with an awn-like bristle, fringed at the edges, smooth, flat on the upper and furrowed on the under part, having short foot-stalks pressed to the branches.

The FLOWERS are numerous, nearly terminal, mostly by fours, in whorls, and clammy; the foot-stalks are long, having three floral leaves.

EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, which are each terminated by a bristle, the ends fringed, nearly oval, clammy, and pressed to the blossom.

The BLOSSOM is swelled out at the base, and tapers to the point, the lower part is of a flesh colour, the upper deep purple, straightened at the mouth, whose segments are egg-shaped, and bent back.

CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads fixed into the receptacle. The tips are within the blossom, beardless, and covered with hairs.

POINTAL. Seed-vessel club-shaped; shaft without the blossom, and purple; summit four-cornered.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from July, till October.

REFERENCE.

1. One leaf magnified.

2. The Empalement, and Blossom.

3. The Empalement magnified.

4. The Chives and Pointal.

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

6. The Shaft and its Summit magnified.

ERICA Sebana _aurantia_.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris muticis, exsertis, longissimis; corolla clavata, incurvata, aurantia; laciniis obtusis, incurvis; floribus ternis, terminalibus; calyx duplex, imbricatus; foliis ternis, arcuatis, reflexis; rami toti tecti ramulis brevissimis.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS robustus, erectus, pedalis; rami pauci, tecti ramulis confertis, brevissimis.

FOLIA terna, linearia, arcuata, conferta, subtrigona, reflexa, apice acuta, brevissime petiolata.

FLORES terni in apice ramulorum dependenti; pedunculi brevissimi, nudi.

CALYX. Perianthium duplex, _exterius_ triphyllum, foliolis, lato-ovatis, membranaceis, adpressis, imbricatis; _interius_ tetraphyllum, foliolis majoribus.

COROLLA clavata, incurvata, aurea, calyce duplo longior; laciniis limbi obtusis, incurvis.

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

PISTILLUM. Germen ovale, apice truncatum, sulcatum. Stylus filiformis, staminibus paulo longior. Stigma obsolete tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mense Julii, in Novembrem.

REFERENTIA.

1. Calyx auctus.

2. Flos.

3. Stamina, et Pistillum.

4. Stamina a Pistillo diducta.

5. Anthera una, lente aucta.

6. Stigma, auctum.

7. Germen, auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with beardless tips, without the blossom, and very long; blossom club-shaped, turned inwards and orange coloured; segments blunt, turned inwards; flowers grow by threes at the ends of the branches; cup double, tiled; leaves grow by threes, are curved, and reflexed; the branches are quite covered with little branches.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM sturdy, upright, grows a foot high; branches few, covered by little branches which are crowded together.

LEAVES grow by threes, linear, arched, crowded, nearly three-sided, reflexed, sharp-pointed, very small foot-stalks.

FLOWERS grow by threes at the end of the small branches, hanging down; very short, naked, foot-stalks.

EMPALEMENT. Cup double, _the outer_ three-leaved, leaflets broad egg-shaped and skinny, pressed to the stem, tiled; _the inner_ four-leaved, with larger leaflets.

BLOSSOM club-shaped, turned inwards, orange colour, and twice the length of the cup; the segments of the mouth blunt and turned inwards.

CHIVES. Eight linear, flat threads; tips beardless, without the blossom, very long, linear, and tapered into the threads.

POINTAL. Seed-bud oval, appearing cut off at the end and furrowed. Shaft thread-shaped, a little longer than the chives. Summit slightly four-cornered.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from July, till November.

REFERENCE.

1. The Empalement, magnified.

2. A Flower.

3. The Chives, and Pointal.

4. The Chives detached from the Pointal.

5. A Tip, magnified.

6. The Summit, magnified.

7. The Seed-bud, magnified.

ERICA Sebana _lutea_.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris muticis, exsertis, longissimis; corolla conica, lutea; laciniis obtusis, erectis; floribus ternis, terminalibus, dependentibus; calyx duplex, imbricatus; foliis ternis, confertissimis, reflexis, arcuatis; caulis simplex, elongatus.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS erectus, bipedalis, laxus; rami pauci, ramulis brevissimis tecti.

FOLIA terna, linearia, arcuata; conferta, subtrigona, reflexa, apice acuta, brevissime petiolata.

FLORES terni in apice ramulorum penduli; pedunculis brevissimis.

CALYX. Perianthium duplex, _exterius_ triphyllum, foliolis lato-ovatis, membranaceis, adpressis, imbricatis; _interius_ tetraphyllum, foliolis majoribus.

COROLLA conica, calyce duplo longior, lutea; laciniis limbi obtusis, erectis.

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

PISTILLUM. Germen ovale, apice truncatum, sulcatum. Stylus filiformis, exsertus, staminibus paulo longior. Stigma obsoletum, virescens.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mense Augusti, in Januarium.

REFERENTIA.

1. Calyx.

2. Corolla.

3. Stamina, et Pistillum.

4. Stamina a pistillo diducta.

5. Anthera una, lente aucta.

6. Pistillum, magnitudine naturali, Stigma dilatatum.

7. Germen, auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with beardless tips, without the blossom and very long; blossom conical, and yellow; segments of the border upright; flowers grow by threes, terminating the branches, hanging down; empalement double, tiled; leaves grow by threes, very crowded, are bent back and crooked; stem simple, lengthened out.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM upright, grows two feet high, and weak; larger branches few, covered with numerous shorter ones.

LEAVES grow by threes, linear, curved, crowded, nearly three-sided, reflexed, sharp-pointed, foot-stalks very short.

FLOWERS grow by threes hanging down at the end of the smaller branches; foot-stalks very short.

EMPALEMENT. Cup double, _the outer_ three-leaved, leaflets broad, egg-shaped, skinny, pressed to the inner, and tiled; _the inner_ four-leaved, with larger leaflets.

BLOSSOM conical, twice the length of the cup, yellow; the segments of the border blunt and upright.

CHIVES. Eight linear threads, flat. Tips beardless, without the blossom, linear, very long, tapered into the threads.

POINTAL. Seed-bud oval, appearing cut off at the end, furrowed. Shaft thread-shaped, without the blossom, a little longer than the chives. Summit obsolete, and greenish.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from August, till January.

REFERENCE.

1. The Empalement.

2. The Blossom.

3. The Chives, and Pointal.

4. The Chives detached from the pointal.

5. A Tip, magnified.

6. The Pointal of the natural size, the Summit larger.

7. The Seed-bud, magnified.

ERICA Sebana, _viridis_.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris muticis, exertis, longissimis; corolla conica, sub-viridis, laciniis obtusis, rectis; floribus ternis, terminalibus, dependentibus; calyx duplex, imbricatus; foliis ternis, reflexis, confertis, arcuatis.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS robustus, erectus, pedalis; rami tecti ramulis brevissimis, confertis.

FOLIA terna, linearia, arcuata, conferta, sub-trigona, reflexa, apice acuta, brevissime petiolata.

FLORES terni, in apice ramulorum brevissimorum cernui.

CALYX. Perianthium duplex; exterius triphyllum, foliolis lato-ovatis, membranaceis, adpressis, imbricatis; interius tetraphyllum, foliolis majoribus.

COROLLA conica, calyce duplo longior, pallide-viridis; laciniis limbi obtusis, rectis.

STAMINA. Filamenta octo, linearia, plana; antheræ muticæ, exsertæ, longissimæ, sub-rubræ.

PISTILLUM. Germen conicum. Stylus filiformis, exsertus, staminibus paulo longior. Stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret in mense Aprilis.

REFERENTIA.

1. Calyx et Corolla.

2. Calyx lente auctus.

3. Corolla.

4. Stamina et Pistillum.

5. Stamen unum auctum.

6. Pistillum lente auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with beardless tips, without the blossom, and very long; blossom conical and greenish, having the segments of the mouth blunt, and straight; the flowers grow by threes, at the end of the branches, hanging down; cup double and tiled; the leaves grow by threes, are bent backward, crowded together, and arched.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM sturdy, upright, and a foot high; the branches are covered with very short lesser branches, crowded together.

LEAVES grow by threes, are linear, arched, crowded together, nearly three-sided, reflexed, sharp-pointed, and on very short footstalks.

FLOWERS grow by threes, at the end of the shorter branches hanging down.

EMPALEMENT. Cup double; the outer three-leaved, the leaflets of a broad egg-shape, skinny, pressed to the inner cup, and tiled; the inner four-leaved, the leaflets larger.

BLOSSOM conical, twice the length of the cup, and pale green; the segments of the border are blunt, and straight.

CHIVES. Eight linear, flat threads; tips beardless, without the blossom, very long, and reddish.

POINTAL. Seed-bud conical. Shaft thread-shaped, without the blossom, and something longer than the chives. Summit four-cornered.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers in the month of April.

REFERENCE.

1. The Empalement and Blossom.

2. The Empalement magnified.

3. The Blossom.

4. The Chives and Pointal.

5. A Chive magnified.

6. The Pointal magnified.

ERICA serratifolia.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris muticis sub-exsertis, corollis sub-cylindricis, luteo-aurantiis, sub-pollicaribus; foliis quaternis, rigidis, acutis, serratis.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS erectus, rigidus, pedalis, ramosus; ramuli frequentissimi, breves.

FOLIA quaterna, rigida, serrata, acuta, nitida, trigona, patentia, apice incurvata; petiolis brevissimis, adpressis.

FLORES terminales, in apicibus ramulorum bini vel terni, sub-cernui; pedunculi breves, bracteis tribus instructi.

CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis lanceolatis, serratis, reflexis.

COROLLA sub-pollicaria, sub-cylindrica, luteo-aurantia, apice paulo contracta; oris laciniis reflexis.

STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria; antheræ sub-exsertæ, muticæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen cylindricum. Stylus filiformis, exsertus. 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 aucti.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with beardless tips just out of the blossoms, which are nearly cylindrical, of an orange yellow, almost an inch long; the leaves grow by fours, are harsh, sharp, and sawed at the edges.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM upright, harsh, grows a foot high, and much branched; the smaller branches are numerous, and short.

LEAVES grow by fours, are harsh, sawed, sharp, shining, three-sided, and spreading, the point bent inwards; with very short floral leaves pressed to the stem.

FLOWERS are terminal, two or three together at the end of the smaller branches, bending a little downward; the footstalks are short, having three floral leaves.

EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved; the leaflets are spear-shaped, sawed, and bent outward.

BLOSSOM near an inch long, almost cylindrical, orange yellow, a little contracted at the top; the segments of the mouth are bent back.

CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads; tips nearly without the blossom, and beardless.

POINTAL. Seed-vessel cylindrical. Shaft thread-shaped, and 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 setacea.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.