Part 8

ERICA, antheris basi bicornibus, inclusis; stylo longissimo, exserto; floribus racemosis, terminalibus, ternis; corollis urceolatis, pallidis, minutis; foliis ternis, hispidis; caulis flexilis, filiformis.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS rami et ramuli filiformes, flexuosi, tenuissime scabri, villosi.

FOLIA terna, linearia, arcuata, obtusa, supra sub-scabrida, margine setacea, revoluta; petioli brevissimi.

FLORES in ultimis ramulis terminates, sub-terni, spicati; pedunculi longitudine florum, bracteis tribus, ad basin instructi.

CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis ovatis, apice pilosis, adpressis.

COROLLA urceolata, glabra, sub-albida, minuta; laciniæ limbi sub-erectæ, obtusæ.

STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria. Antheræ inclusæ, ad basin bicornutæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen sub-globosum, sulcatum. Stylus exsertus, longissimus. Stigma maximum, tetragonum, purpureum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mensi. Februarii, in Aprilem.

REFERENTIA.

1. Folium unum, lente auctum.

2. Calyx, et Corolla.

3. Calyx, auctus.

4. Stamina et Pistillum.

5. Stamina a Pistillo diducta.

6. Stamen unum, auctum.

7. Pistillum, lente auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with tips two-horned at the base, within the blossom, the shaft very long and without; flowers grow in long bunches, terminating the small branches by threes; blossoms pitcher-shaped, pale and small; leaves grow by threes, with harsh hair on them; stem weak and thread-shaped.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM larger and smaller branches are thread-shaped, grow zig-zag, are a little rough and hairy.

LEAVES grow by threes, are linear, bowed, blunt, roughish on the upper side, bristly and rolled back at the edge; the foot-stalks very short.

FLOWERS grow mostly by threes at the extremity of the smaller branches, forming a spike; the foot-stalks the length of the flowers, having three floral leaves at the base.

EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, leaflets egg-shaped, hairy at the end and pressed to the blossoms.

BLOSSOM pitcher-shape, smooth, whitish and small; the segments of the border are almost upright and blunt.

CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads. Tips within the blossom and two-horned at the base.

POINTAL. Seed-bud nearly globular, and furrowed. Shaft without the blossom, and very long. Summit very large, four-cornered, and purple.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from February till April.

REFERENCE.

1. A leaf, magnified.

2. The Empalement, and Blossom.

3. The Empalement, magnified.

4. The Chives, and Pointal.

5. The Chives detached from the Pointal.

6. A Chive, magnified.

7. The Pointal, magnified.

ERICA sordida.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris muticis, exsertis; corollis pilosis, curvis, sordide-luteis; floribus terminalibus, sessilibus; folia quaterna, linearia, pilis longis tecta.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS fruticosus, erectus, apice pilosus; rami sparsi, erecti; ramuli frequentissimi, pilosi.

FOLIA quaterna, linearia, pilosa, obtusa; petiolis brevissimis.

FLORES sessiles in omnibus ramulorum apicibus, solitarii, bini, vel terni; pedunculi brevissimi, bracteis tribus, adpressis, instructi.

CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis foliis similibus, adpressis.

COROLLA tubulosa-clavata, curvata, pollicaria, sordide-lutea, pilosa; oris laciniis recurvatis.

STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria, apice incurvata. Antheræ muticæ, exsertæ.

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

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mensi Augusti, in Decembrem.

REFERENTIA.

1. Folium, auctum.

2. Calyx, et Corolla.

3. Calyx, auctus.

4. Stamen et Pistillum, anthera una, aucta.

5. Stigma, auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with beardless tips, without the blossoms, which are hairy, curved, and of a dirty yellow; flowers terminate the branches, sitting close to the stem; leaves grow by fours, linear, and covered with long hairs.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM shrubby, upright, hairy at the top; branches scattered, upright; smaller branches numerous, and hairy.

LEAVES grow by fours, linear, hairy and blunt; with very short foot-stalks.

FLOWERS sit close upon the ends of the smaller branches, growing solitary, or by twos, or threes; the foot-stalks are very short, having three floral leaves pressed close to the cup.

EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, the leaflets like the other leaves, and pressed to the blossom.

BLOSSOM tubularly club-shaped, curved, an inch long, of a dirty yellow colour and hairy; the segments of the mouth rolled back.

CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads, curved inwards at the points. Tips beardless, and without the blossom.

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

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from the month of August, till December.

REFERENCE.

1. A leaf, magnified.

2. The Empalement, and Blossom.

3. The Empalement, magnified.

4. The Chives and Pointal, a tip magnified.

5. The Summit, magnified.

ERICA spicata.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris aristatis, inclusis; floribus pluribus, dense spicatis, subterminalibus; foliis subsenis.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS fruticosus, pedalis, erectus, ramis pluribus, confertis, adscendentibus.

FOLIA subsena, linearia, mucronata, patentia, glaberrima, subtus sulcata, petiolis brevissimis, cauli adpressis.

FLORES plures, subterminales arcte stipati, in spicam duram; ima parte luteoli, summa virescens.

CALYX. Perianthium persistens, duplex; _exterius_ polyphyllum, foliolis lanceolatis, inæqualibus; _interius_ tetraphyllum, flavescens, foliolis aduncis, spathulatis, summa inflata, callosa, acuminata, connivente.

COROLLA teretiuscula, basi attenuata, ore obtuso, quadrifido, æquali, connivente.

STAMINA. Filamenta octo, capillaria, corollæ subæqualia, receptaculo inserta. Antheræ aristatæ, inclusæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen subrotundum. Stylus filiformis, staminibus longior. Stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a Novembri in Aprilem.

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 numerous, on a close spike, nearly terminating the branches; leaves growing mostly by sixes.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM shrubby, growing a foot high, upright, with numerous, crowded, undivided, and ascending branches.

LEAVES growing mostly by sixes, sharp-pointed, spreading, and smooth, channelled underneath, and pressed to the stem by short foot-stalks.

FLOWERS numerous, growing nearly at the end of branches, in hard close-set spikes; the lower part of a light yellow, the extremity of a light green.

EMPALEMENT. Cup permanent, double; the _outer_ many-leaved, unequal, and spear-shaped; the _inner_ four-leaved, which are yellow, crooked, and spatula-shaped; their upper part hard, inflated, sharp-pointed, and tending to each other.

BLOSSOM somewhat cylindrical, with a tapered base; the mouth blunt, and divided into a four-cleft, equal border, whose segments tend to each other.

CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads, nearly of a length with the blossom, fixed into the receptacle. Tips bearded, and within the blossom.

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

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

In bloom from November till April.

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 spuria.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris muticis, inclusis; stylo exserto; corollis sub-cylindricis, dilute purpureis; laciniis revolutis; floribus terminalibus, sub-quaternis; foliis quaternis, sub-ciliatis.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS fruticosus, pedalis, ramosus; ramuli numerosi, sub-erecti.

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

FLORES in apicibus ramulorum sessiles, sub-quaterni; pedunculi brevissimi, bracteis tribus minutis instructi.

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

COROLLA sub-cylindrica, pollicaris, dilute purpurea; laciniis sub-ovatis, acutis, revolutis; ore parum arctato.

STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria, corollâ breviora; antheræ muticæ, inclusæ.

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

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mense Aprili in Augustum.

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; shaft without; blossoms nearly cylindrical, of a light purple; segments of the border rolled back; flowers terminate the smaller branches, mostly by fours; leaves grow by fours, a little hairy at the edges.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM shrubby, grows a foot high, and branching; the small branches are numerous, and nearly upright.

LEAVES grow by fours, are linear, a little hairy, furrowed beneath; with very short foot-stalks pressed to the branches.

FLOWERS grow at the end of the small branches, generally by fours, and sitting close upon them; footstalks very short, having three very small floral leaves.

EMPALEMENT. Cup of four leaves, which are awl-shaped, keeled, and pressed to the blossom.

BLOSSOM nearly cylindrical, an inch long, and of a light purple; segments of the border nearly egg-shaped, sharp-pointed, and rolled back; the mouth a little narrowed.

CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads, shorter than the blossom; tips beardless, and within the blossom.

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

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from the month of April till August.

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 taxifolia.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA antheris muticis, inclusis; floribus spicato-umbellatis, terminalibus; corolla ventricosa, ore arctata, calyce colorato, fere tecta, limbo patente; foliis rigidis, ternis, trigonis, mucronatis, sexsariam imbricatis.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS fruticosus, erectus, ramosissimus; rami et ramuli patento-erecti, valde cicatrisati.

FOLIA terna, trigona, glabra, linearia, rigida, mucronata, sexsariam imbricata; petiolis brevissimis, adpressis.

FLORES in apicibus ramulorum umbellati, numerosi, erecti; pedunculi colorati, longitudine corollarum; bracteæ duæ supra medium pedunculi, tertia vero ad basin.

CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis ovatis, mucronatis, concavis, membranaceis, coloratis, longitudine sere corollæ.

COROLLA ventricosa, ore arctata, carnea; laciniis patentibus, mucronatis, semi ovatis.

STAMINA. Filamenta octo, capillaria, curvata. Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ, flavæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen subrotundum, sulcatum. Stylus inclusus, filiformis. Stigma peltato-tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mensi Augusti, in Novembrem.

REFERENTIA.

1. Calyx et Corolla.

2. Calyx, lente auctus.

3. Corolla.

4. Stamina, et Pistillum.

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

6. Pistillum, auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH with beardless tips, within the blossom; the flowers terminate the branches in umbels, forming a spike; blossom swelled at the base, pinched in at the top, and almost covered by a coloured cup, with the border spreading; leaves grow by threes, harsh, three-sided, sharp-pointed, and tiled in six divisions round the stem.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM shrubby, upright, very branching; the larger and smaller branches grow spreading, and upright, and are very much notched.

LEAVES grow by threes, three-sided, smooth, linear, harsh, sharp-pointed, and tiled in six divisions; with very short foot-stalks, pressed to the branches.

FLOWERS grow at the ends of the small branches in umbels, numerous and upright; foot-stalks coloured, the length of the blossoms; two floral leaves upon the middle of the foot-stalk, and the third at its base.

EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, leaflets egg-shaped, pointed, concave, skinny, and coloured, nearly the length of the blossom.

BLOSSOM swelled at the base, narrowed at the mouth, and flesh coloured; segments spreading, pointed, and half egg-shaped.

CHIVES. Threads eight, hair-like, and curved. Tips beardless, within the blossom, and yellow.

POINTAL. Seed-bud roundish, and furrowed. Shaft within the blossom, and thread-shaped. Summit between shield and four-cornered.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from August till November.

REFERENCE.

1. The Empalement, and Blossom.

2. The Empalement, magnified.

3. The Blossom.

4. The Chives, and Pointal.

5. The Chives detached from the Pointal, one Tip magnified.

6. The Pointal, magnified.

ERICA tubiflora.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris muticis, sub-exsertis, floribus sub-solitariis, sessilibus, terminalibus; corollis clavato-cylindricis, curvatis, pubescentibus; foliis quaternis, tenuibus, ciliatis.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS flexibilis, erectus, superne tomentosus; rami sparsi, filiformes, frequentes, villosi; ramuli frequentissimi brevissimi.

FOLIA quaterna, tenuia, obtusa, ciliata, subtus sulcata.

FLORES sessiles, in ramulis terminates, sub-solitarii, patenti, racemum quasi formantes longum.

CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis spathulatis, ciliatis, pedunculis fere nullis, bracteis tribus adpressis.

COROLLA clavata, curvata, villosa, carnea oris laciniis acutis, reflexis.

STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria. Antheræ muticæ, sub-exsertæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen pedicillatum, sub-globosum, profunde sulcatum. Stylus filiformis, apice curvatus, exsertus. Stigma obsolete tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mensi Aprili, in Julium.

REFERENTIA.

1. Folium, auctum.

2. Calyx.

3. Calyx, auctus.

4. Corolla.

5. Stamina, et Pistillum, anthera una lente aucta.

6. Pistillum.

7. Pistillum, auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with beardless tips, within the blossom; flowers grow mostly singly at the end of the branches; blossoms between club and cylindar-shaped, curved and downy; leaves grow by fours, thin and fringed with hairs.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM flexible, upright, and downy at the upper part; branches scattered, thread shaped, numerous and hairy, the smaller branches are very numerous and very short.

LEAVES grow by fours, are thin, blunt, fringed with hair at the edges, and furrowed beneath.

FLOWERS sit close upon the ends of the small branches, mostly solitary, and spreading, appearing like a long bunch.

EMPALEMENT. Cup four leaves, leaflets spatula-shape and fringed, with scarce any foot-stalks; three floral leaves pressed to the blossom.

BLOSSOM club-shaped, curved, hairy and flesh-coloured; the segments of the border pointed, and reflexed.

CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads. Tips beardless, and just without the blossom.

POINTAL. Seed-bud growing on a foot-stalk nearly globular, and deeply furrowed. Shaft thread-shaped, curved at the end, and without the blossom. Summit obscurely four-cornered.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from April till July.

REFERENCE.

1. A Leaf, magnified.

2. The Empalement.

3. The Empalement, magnified.

4. The Blossom.

5. The Chives, and Pointal, one tip magnified.

6. The Pointal.

7. The Pointal, magnified.

ERICA ventricosa.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris basi bicornibus inclusis; corollis oblongo-ovatis, ventricosis, glabris; foliis quaternis ciliatis.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS fruticosus, semipedalis, teres, crassiusculus, ramosissimus, ramis recurvato-adscendentibus.

FOLIA quaterna, linearia, acuta, basi recurvata, apice adscendentia, ciliata, supra plana, subtus revoluta, nitida, petiolis brevissimis adpressis.

FLORES terminales, plures, fastigiati, erecti; pedunculi purpurei, basi instructa bracteis binis, parvis, oppositis.

CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum foliolis erectis, carinatis, ciliatis.

COROLLA oblongo-ovata, apice arctata, limbo æquali, quadrilobo, subreflexo, albo-purpurascens, glabra, nitida.

STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria, corollæ subæqualia, receptaculo inserta. Antheræ inclusæ, parvæ, bifidæ, basi bicornes.

PISTILLUM. Germen, oblongum, sulcatum. Stylus filiformis, filamentis æqualis; stigma sub-tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mensi Aprili ad Septembrem.

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 tips two-horned at their base, included within blossoms of an oblong-ovate form, inflated and smooth; leaves ciliate, growing by fours.

DESCRIPTION.

THE STEM shrubby, about half a foot high, cylindrical, thickish, very much branched, the branches bend downward, then ascend.

LEAVES growing by fours, linear, pointed with a recurved base, and an ascending point, ciliate, flat on their upper, and rolled back on their under, surface, shining, the leaf-stems very short, and pressed to the branches.

FLOWERS terminal, numerous, upright, level, and in bunches; the footstalks purple, having two small opposite floral leaves at their base.

EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, erect, keel-shaped, and ciliate.

BLOSSOM of an oblong-ovate form, narrowed toward the top, with a slightly reflexed border, of a whitish purple, smooth, and shining.

CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads, nearly of a length with the blossomed, fixed into the receptacle. Tips within the blossom small, cleft, and two-horned at their base.

POINTAL. Seed-vessel oblong and furrowed. Shaft thread-shaped, of an equal length with the threads. Summit nearly four-cornered.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

In bloom from April till September.

REFERENCE.

1. The Empalement with the Blossom.

2. The Empalement and Floral-leaf magnified.

3. The Chives and Pointal.

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

5. The Shaft, and its Summit magnified.

ERICA verticillata.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris aristatis, inclusis; corollis pollicaribus, cernuis, ventricoso-cylindracis, saturate rubris, pedunculis longissimis; foliis quaternis.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS erectus, bipedalis, basi simplicissimus, rami verticillati, subsimplices, erecto-patentes.

FOLIA quaterna, glabra, lineari, acuta, subtus sulcata, recta.

FLORES in apicibus ramorum verticillati, nutantes, conferti; pedunculi longissimi, bracteis tribus ad basin instructi.

CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis lato-ovatis, acuminatis, apice dilute rubris, basi viridis.

COROLLA ventricoso-cylindrica, pollicaris, ad basin-tetragona, profunde costata; ore arctata, tenuissime laciniata; saturate rubentia.

STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria antheræ aristatæ, inclusæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen globosum, sulcatum. Stylus filiformis longitudine corollæ. Stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mensi Julii, in Novembrem.

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 bearded tips, within the blossoms, which are an inch long, hanging downward, of the shape of an inflated cylinder, deep red, and very long foot-stalks; leaves growing by fours.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM upright, grows two feet high, simple at the bottom, the branches growing in whorls, nearly simple, upright, and spreading.

LEAVES grow by fours, smooth, linear, sharp-pointed, furrowed on the under part, and growing straight out from the stem.

FLOWERS grow in whorls, at the upper part of the branches, hanging downward, and close together, with long foot-stalks, that have three floral leaves just at their base.

EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, which are of a broad-oval shape, sharp-pointed, the upper part of a light red, the bottom of a green colour.

BLOSSOM is of a swelled-cylindrical shape, an inch long, four-cornered at the base, and deeply ribbed; the mouth is narrowed, and very slightly cut; of a deep red colour.

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

POINTAL. Seed-vessel round, and furrowed. Shaft thread-shaped, the length of the blossom. Summit four-cornered.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from July, till November.

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 versicolor.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris muticis, subinclusis; stylo exserto; corollis subcylindraceis, costatis, variè coloratis; foliis ternis.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS fruticosus, bipedalis, erectus, attenuatus in apicem; ramis simplicibus.

FOLIA terna, linearia, subulata, supra plana, subtus sulcata, glabra, saturate viridia; petiolis brevissimis, adpressis.

FLORES plures, subcernui, tres quatuorve ramuli terminantes prope caulis summitatem; pedunculi brevissimi.

CALYX. Perianthium duplex, _interius_ tetraphyllum, foliolis aurantiis, apice sulcatis, adpressis; _exterius_ triphyllum, priori brevior, apice virescens.

COROLLA subcylindracea, medio paulula arctata, costata, ima parte aurantia, apice virescens; laciniis reflexis.

STAMINA. Filamenta octo, ima parte spathulata, summa linearia, receptaculo inserta. Antheræ muticæ, subinclusæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen orbiculatum, sulcatum. Stylus filiformis, exsertus. Stigma tetragonum, virescens.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mense Octobris, in Aprilem.

REFERENTIA.

1. Calyx, et Corolla.

2. Calyx lente auctus.

3. Stamina et Pistillum.

4. Stamina a Pistillo diducta; et stamen unum lente auctum.

5. Stylus, et Stigma, lente aucta.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH with beardless tips, just within the blossom, the pointal without; the blossoms are nearly cylindrical, ribbed, and variously coloured; leaves grow by threes.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM shrubby, grows two feet high, erect, tapering to the top; the branches are nearly simple.

LEAVES grow by threes, linear, awl-shaped, flat on the upper, and furrowed on the under surface, smooth, and of a deep green; with very short foot-stalks pressed to the branches.

The FLOWERS are numerous, bending a little downward, terminating the small branches by threes or fours, near the top of the stem; the foot-stalks being very short.

EMPALEMENT. The Cup is double, the _inner_ is four-leaved, which are orange-coloured, furrowed at the point, and pressed to the blossom; the _outer_ is three-leaved, shorter than the inner, and greenish at the point.

The BLOSSOM is nearly cylindrical, a little narrowed at the middle, ribbed, the lower part orange colour, the mouth greenish, whose segments are reflexed.

CHIVES. Eight threads, whose lower parts are spatula-shaped, and upper linear, fixed into the receptacle. Tips beardless, and almost within the blossom.

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

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from October, till April.

REFERENCE.

1. The Empalement, and Blossom.

2. The Empalement magnified.

3. The Chives and Pointal.

4. The Chives detached from the Pointal; one tip with its thread, magnified.

5. The Shaft, and its Summit, magnified.

ERICA vestita alba.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris muticis, sub-inclusis; folia sena, tremulenta, linearia, conferta, attenuata in petiolos capillares; floribus clavatis, albidis.