Part 3

ERICA, antheris muticis, inclusis; corollis tubuloso-campanulatis, purpureis; floribus verticillatis, axillaribus, subterminalibus, pendulis; pedunculis flores triplo longioribus capillaribus, coloratis; foliis senis, oblique-verticillatis, linearibus, tenuibus, tremulantibus.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS erectus, sesquipedalis rami verticillati, simplices, erecto-patentes, filiformes, longi.

FOLIA sena, oblique verticillata, tremulantia, linearia; tenuia, glabra, acuta; petiolis capillaribus.

FLORES axillares, sub-apice ramorum verticillati, numerosissimi, spicum sere formantes; pedunculi longissimi, filiformes purpurei, bracteis tribus, distantibus, lanceolatis, instructi.

CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis lineari-subulatis, adpressis; apicibus viridibus, ad basin dilatatis, ciliatis.

COROLLA tubulosa-campanulata, purpurea, semiuncialia apice dilatata; limbo patente; laciniis obtusis, reflexis.

STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria. Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen villosum turbinatum, apice truncatum, plumosum. Stylus filiformis, exsertus. Stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a Novembre in Aprilem.

REFERENTIA.

1. Flos.

2. Calyx, auctus.

3. Stamina et Pistillum.

4. Idem, auctum.

5. Germen, auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with beardless tips, within the blossom; blossoms tubular bell-shaped, purple; flowers grow in whorls, from the insertion of the leaves, nearly terminal and hanging down; foot-stalks thrice the length of the blossom, hair-like and coloured; leaves grow by sixes, obliquely-whorled, linear, slender, tremulous.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM upright, a foot and a half high; branches grow in whorls, simple, upright-spreading, thread-shaped, long.

LEAVES grow by sixes, obliquely whorled, tremulous, linear, slender, smooth and pointed, foot-stalks hair-like.

FLOWERS grow from the insertion of the leaves, near the end of the branches in whorls, very numerous, almost making a spike; foot-stalks very long, thread-shaped, purple, with three floral-leaves, set at a distance and lance-shaped on them.

EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, leaflets linearly-awl-shaped, pressed to the blossom, with the ends green, widened at the base and fringed.

BLOSSOM tubularly-bell-shaped, purple, half an inch long, widened at the top; border spreading; segments blunt and reflexed.

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

POINTAL. Seed-bud hairy, top-shaped, appearing cut off at the top and feathered. Shaft thread-shaped, without the blossom. Summit four-cornered.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from November till April.

REFERENCE.

1. A Flower.

2. The Empalement, magnified.

3. The Chives and Pointal.

4. The same, magnified.

5. The Seed-bud, magnified.

ERICA flammea.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA antheris muticis, inclusis; stylo exserto, corollis tubiformibus, rectis; floribus laxè spicatis, subsecundis, palide luteis, apicibus subalbidis; foliis quaternis, linearibus, erectis, glabris.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS erectus strictissimus, flexilis, parum ramosus, bipedalis, fruticosus; rami tenui, pauci, erecti; ramuli filiformes, virgati.

FOLIA quaterna, in apicibus ramulorum sæpe terna, obtusa, glabra, erecta, linearia, petiolis brevissimis, adpressis.

FLORES in ramulis terminales, racemum formantes prope caulis summitatem; pedunculi brevissimi; bracteis tribus ad basin calycis.

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

COROLLA tubiformis, recta, subpubescens, subpollicaris, pallide lutea, apice subalbida, laciniis brevissimis, obtusis, parum reflexis.

STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria. Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ.

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

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret ab Octobre in Februarium.

REFERENTIA.

1. Flos.

2. Calyx auctus.

3. Stamina et Pistillum, Anthera una lente aucta.

4. Pistillum, Stigma auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH with beardless tips, within the blossom; shaft without; blossoms trumpet-shaped, and straight; flowers grow in loose spikes, all rather turned one way, of a pale yellow with white ends; leaves grow by fours, linear, upright, and smooth.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM upright, very strict, flexile, branching but little, grows two feet high, shrubby; the branches are slender, few and upright; the smaller branches are thread-shaped and twiggy.

LEAVES grow by fours, at the ends of the small branches often by threes, blunt, smooth, upright, linear, with very short foot-stalks pressed to the branches.

FLOWERS are terminal on the small branches, making a long bunch or spike near the summit of the stem; foot-stalks very short; three floral leaves at the base of the cup.

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

BLOSSOM trumpet-shaped, straight, rather downy, almost an inch long, of a pale yellow, the end whitish, segments of the border very short, blunt, a little reflexed.

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

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

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from October ’till February.

REFERENCE.

1. A flower.

2. The Empalement, magnified.

3. The Chives and Pointal, with one Tip magnified.

4. The Pointal, Summit magnified.

ERICA flava.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris muticis subinclusis, marginibus foliorum ternatorum asperiusculis, corollâ ovatâ costatâ sub-quadrilineari.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS fruticosus, suberectus, cortice fulvo, ramis distantibus, paucis, simplicibus, suberectis.

FOLIA ternata, suberecta, dein patula, denique expansa et flexuosa, linearia, crassiuscula, lucida, subtus sulcata, marginibus lente minutissime cartilagineo-ciliatis, et inde tactu asperiusculis.

FLORES numerosi, subcongesti, infra apices ramorum, nutantes vel cernui; pedunculi corollâ longiores, bracteis tribus distantibus muniti.

CALYX tetraphyllus, foliolis subulatis, marginibus minutissime ciliatis.

COROLLA ovata, costata, læte lutea, laciniis patentibus obtusissimis.

STAMINA octo, capillaria; antheræ muticæ, subinclusæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen tiaræforme. Stylus filiformis. Stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret Autumno ad Vernum.

REFERENTIA.

1. Calyx.

2. Corolla.

3. Stamina diducta, antherâ unicâ lente auctâ.

4. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.

5. Germen lente auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with beardless tips just within the blossom, the margins of the ternate leaves roughish, and with the blossom egg-shaped ribbed and near four lines long.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM shrubby, erectish, with brown bark, branches distant, few, simple, and nearly erect.

LEAVES in threes, erectish, then patulous, finally expanded and flexuose, linear, thickish, shining, and furrowed beneath, with margins in the magnifier very minutely cartilaginous-ciliated, and thence slightly rough to the touch.

FLOWERS numerous, rather crowded, beneath the tips of the branches, nodding or cernuous; peduncles longer than the blossom, and furnished with three remote floral leaves.

EMPALEMENT four-leaved, with the leaflets awl-shaped, with most minutely ciliated edges.

BLOSSOM egg-shaped, ribbed, and bright yellow, with extremely blunt spreading segments.

CHIVES eight, capillary; tips beardless, and just within the blossom.

POINTAL. Seed-bud turban-shaped. Shaft thread-shaped. Summit four-angled.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from Autumn till the Spring-time.

REFERENCE.

1. The Empalement.

2. A Blossom.

3. The Chives detached, with one tip magnified.

4. The Seed-bud and Pointal, with the summit magnified.

5. The Seed-bud magnified.

ERICA formosa.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA antheris muticis, subexsertis; floribus axillaribus, verticillatis, horizontalibus, coccineis; corolla clavata, pollicaris, subrecurva; foliis subsenis, linearibus, patentibus.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS erectus, fruticosus; rami ramulique pauci, verticillati, erecti.

FOLIA subsena, linearia, glabra, rigida, acuta, patentia, parum curvata; petiolis brevissimis, adpressis.

FLORES in apicibus ramorum verticillati, axillares et horizontales, subspicati; pedunculis bracteatis.

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

COROLLA clavata, pollicaris, parum curvata, glabra, coccinea; oris laciniis expansis, maximis, subrecurvis.

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

PISTILLUM. Germen obovatum, sulcatum, apice concavum. Stylus filiformis, exsertus. Stigma peltato-tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mense Augusti in Decembrem.

REFERENTIA.

1. Flos.

2. Calyx, auctus.

3. Stamina a pistillo diducta, anthera una lente aucta.

4. Germen, Stylus et Stigma, Stigma auctum.

5. Germen auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH with beardless tips, just without the blossom; flowers grow from the base of the leaves close to the stem in whorles, horizontally, and are scarlet; blossom club-shaped, an inch long, rather recurved; leaves grow by sixes in general, linear and spreading.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM shrubby, upright; the larger and smaller branches grow in whorles and upright.

LEAVES grow mostly by sixes, linear, smooth, harsh, sharp pointed, spreading and a little curved; the foot-stalks very short, and pressed to the stem.

FLOWERS grow in whorles at the top of the branches, close to the stem at the insertion of the leaves, horizontally, and rather in a spike; foot-stalks with floral leaves.

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

BLOSSOM club-shaped, an inch long, a little curved, smooth, scarlet; the segments of the mouth are spread out, very large and a little turned back.

CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads, turned inward at the end. Tips beardless, just without the blossom.

POINTAL. Seed-bud inversely egg-shaped, furrowed, concave at the top. Shaft thread-shaped, without the blossom. Summit between shield-shaped and four-cornered.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from the month of August till December.

REFERENCE.

1. A Flower.

2. The Empalement, magnified.

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

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

5. The Seed-bud magnified.

ERICA fragrans,

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris exertis basi bicornibus, foliis ternatis subulatis, corollis campanulatis.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS fruticosus, semipedalis, valde ramosus, ramis patentibus.

FOLIA ternata, subulata, erecta, glauca, supra plana, subtus sulcata, petiolis breviusculis.

FLORES subternati, laterales et terminales, parvi, pedunculis longiusculis.

CALYX tetraphyllus, foliolis ovatis, cuspidatis, et carinatis, tribracteatus.

COROLLA campanulata, fragrans, pallide purpurea, laciniis majusculis, revolutis.

STAMINA octo, capillaria; antheræ basi bicornes exertæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen tiaræforme, sulcatum, apice villosum; stylus exertus; stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret Martio ad Maium.

REFERENTIA.

1. Folium lente auctum.

2. Idem subtus.

3. Flos, cum calyce et pedunculo,

4. Calyx lente auctus.

5. Stamina et Pistillum lente aucta.

6. Germen lente auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with tips two-horned at the base without the blossom, leaves in threes awl-shaped, and bell-shaped flowers.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM shrubby, half a foot high, very much branched, with the branches spreading.

LEAVES in threes, awl-shaped, erect, glaucous green, plane above, furrowed beneath, with shortish foot-stalks.

FLOWERS somewhat in threes, lateral and terminal, small, with longish peduncles.

EMPALEMENT four-leaved, with the leaflets egg-shaped, sharp-pointed, and keeled; furnished with three floral leaves.

BLOSSOM bell-shaped, sweet-scented, pale purple, with largish revolute segments.

Chives. Eight hair-like threads; tips without the blossom, two-horned at the base.

POINTAL. Seed-bud turban-shaped, furrowed, villous at the top; shaft without the blossom; summit four-cornered.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from March to May.

REFERENCE.

1. A Leaf magnified.

2. The under-side of the same.

3. A Flower, with the calyx and peduncle.

4. The Empalement magnified.

5. The Chives and Pointal magnified.

6. The Seed-bud magnified.

ERICA gelida.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA antheris aristatis, inclusis; floribus verticillatis, spicatis, dependentibus; corolla pollicaris, cylindrica, albicanto-virescens, basi quadrifariam sulcata, apice arctata, atro-virens; foliis quaternis senisve, curvatis, patentibus, glabris.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS fruticosus, strictissimus, tripedalis; rami pauci, erecti; ramuli verticillati, simplices.

FOLIA ramulorum subquaterna, ramorum sena, linearia, glabra, curvata, acuta, patentia; petiolis brevissimis, adpressis.

FLORES in ultimis ramis axillares, spicati, imbricati, dependenti; pedunculi curvati, bracteis tribus, membranaceis instructi.

CALYX. Perianthium, tetraphyllum, foliolis ovatis acutis, margine membranaceis, adpressis.

COROLLA cylindrica, apice arctata, basi quadrata, sulcata, pollicaris, albicanto-virescens, apice atro-virens.

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

PISTILLUM. Germen subglobosum, ad basin glandulosum. Stylus filiformis, inclusus. Stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret ab Aprile, in Julium.

REFERENCE.

1. Flos.

2. Calyx, lente auctus.

3. Corolla.

4. Stamina et Pistillum, Anthera una lente aucta.

5. Pistillum, Stigma auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH with bearded tips within the blossom; flowers grow whorled, in spikes, hanging down; blossoms an inch long, cylindrical, of a whitish green, four-furrowed at the base and narrowed at the mouth, which is dark-green; leaves grow by fours or sixes, curved, spreading and smooth.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM shrubby, very upright, grows three feet high; the large branches are few and upright; the small branches grow in whorles and are simple.

LEAVES of the small branches grow mostly by fours, those on the large by sixes, linear, smooth, curved, pointed, spreading; with very short foot-stalks, pressed to the stem.

FLOWERS grow at the top of the branches, close to the stem, in spikes, tiled, hanging down; foot-stalks curved, having three skinny floral leaves on them.

EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, leaflets egg-shaped, pointed, skinny at the edge, and pressed to the blossom.

BLOSSOM cylindrical, narrowed at the top, squared and furrowed at the base, an inch long, of a whitish green, and dark green at the end.

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

POINTAL. Seed-bud nearly globular, glandular at the base. Shaft thread-shaped, within the blossom. Summit four-cornered.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from April, ’till July.

REFERENCE.

1. A Flower.

2. The Empalement, magnified.

3. The Blossom.

4. The Chives and Pointal, one Tip magnified,

5. The Pointal, the Summit magnified.

ERICA glandulosa.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris muticis inclusis, foliis quaternis late linearibus pilis glandulosis ciliatis, floribus umbellatis terminalibus.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS fruticosus, subpedalis, fuscus, valde flexuosus; ramis numerosis, senioribus decumbentibus, apicibus adscendentibus.

FOLIA quaterna, expansa, vel recurva, ciliata pilis apice glandulosis; petiolis brevissimis, appressis.

FLORES terminales, umbellati, nutantes, vel cernui, 4-6 in singula umbella.

CALYX tetraphyllus, foliolis inæqualibus purpureis pilis glanduliferis ciliatis.

COROLLA ovata, nitida, purpurea, laciniis subrotundis, erectis.

STAMINA, filamenta octo capillaria. Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen tiaræforme, valde sulcatum. Stylus superans tubum corollæ. Stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret Mai, in Januar.

REFERENTIA.

1. Pagina inferior folii lente aucta.

2. Corolla cum Calyce.

3. Calyx lente auctus.

4. Stamina et Pistillum expansa, 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 in fours broad-linear edged with glandular hairs, flowers umbelled terminal.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM shrubby, nearly a foot high, brown, extremely flexuose; with numerous branches, the oldest bent downwards, with ascending points.

LEAVES in fours, expanded, or recurved, edged with hairs which are glandular at the points; with very short footstalks pressed to the branches.

FLOWERS terminal, umbelled, nodding, or cernuous, from 4 to 6 in each umbel.

EMPALEMENT four-leaved, with unequal purple leaflets edged with gland-bearing hairs.

BLOSSOM egg-shaped, shining, purple, with roundish, erect segments.

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

POINTAL. Germen turban-shaped, very much furrowed. Shaft higher than the tube of the blossom. Summit four-cornered.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from May till January.

REFERENCE.

1. The under side of a leaf magnified.

2. A Blossom with the Empalement.

3. The Empalement magnified.

4. The Chives and Pointal spread open, with one tip magnified.

5. The Pointal and Seed-bud, with the summit magnified.

6. The Seed-bud magnified.

ERICA gracilis.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris inclusis basi bicornibus, corollis subquaternis subglobosis terminalibus, foliis linearibus erectis itidem quaternis.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS fruticosus, sesquipedalis, suberectus, ramulis filiformibus, pergracilibus, numerosis.

FOLIA quaterna, linearia, tenuia, glabra, erecta, petiolis minutis, adpressis.

FLORES plerumque quaterni in capitulis terminalibus, pedunculis capillaribus, corollâ longioribus, bracteis tribus, linearibus, instructis.

CALYX tetraphyllus, foliolis ovato-lanceolatis, coloratis, glabris, adpressis.

COROLLA parva, subglobosa, læte purpurea, ore paululum contracta, laciniis subrotundis, erecto-patulis.

STAMINA octo capillaria, brevia; antheræ bicornes, inclusæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen tiaræforme, purpureum, ad basin nectariferum; stylus filiformis, flexuosus, inclusus, purpurascens; stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mense Februarii in Maium; et iterum ab Augusto ad Octobrem.

REFERENTIA.

1. Inferior pars Folii lente aucta.

2. Calyx et Corolla.

3. Calyx lente auctus.

4. Stamina et Pistillum Corollâ diducta, antherâ unicâ lente auctâ.

5. Pistillum et Germen lente aucta.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with tips two-horned at the base included within the blossom, blossoms nearly in fours somewhat globose and terminal, leaves linear erect and likewise in fours.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM shrubby, a foot and a half high, nearly erect, thread-shaped, very slender, and numerous.

LEAVES in fours, linear, thin, smooth, erect, with minute foot-stalks pressed to the branches.

FLOWERS chiefly in fours in terminal heads, with capillary foot-stalks which are longer than the blossom, and furnished with three linear floral leaves.

EMPALEMENT four-leaved, with the leaflets egg-lance-shaped, coloured, smooth, and pressed to the blossom.

BLOSSOM small, rather globose, bright purple, with the mouth a little contracted, with its segments roundish, and between erect and spreading.

CHIVES eight hair-like threads; tips two-horned, within the blossom.

POINTAL. Seed-bud turban-shaped, purple, having honey-cups at the base; shaft thread-shaped, flexuose, within the blossom, purplish; summit four-cornered.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from the month of February to May; and again from August to October.

REFERENCE.

1. The under-side of a Leaf magnified.

2. The Empalement and Blossom.

3. The Empalement magnified,

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

5. The Pointal and Seed-bud magnified.

ERICA halicacaba.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris muticis, inclusis; floribus subternis, terminalibus; corollis inflatis, amplissimis, palide-luteis; oris laciniis acuminatis, obtusis, conniventibus; foliis ternis, lævibus, trigonis.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS robustus, pedalis, valde ramosus; rami divaricati, rigidi; ramuli breves, divaricati, plurimi, tomentosi, oppositi.

FOLIA terna, subulata, recurvata, trigona, glabra, breviter petiolata.

FLORES subterni, nutantes, terminales; pedunculi foliis breviores, nudi.

CALYX. Perianthium duplex, interius tetraphyllum, foliolis, lato-ovatis, concavis, acutis, adpressis, coloratis; exterius tetraphyllum, foliolis minoribus.

COROLLA ovata, inflata, maxima, palide-lutea; laciniis erectis, acuminatis, conniventibus, obtusis.

STAMINA. Filamenta octo, plana, linearia, curvata. Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ, bifidæ, apice acutæ, dorso concavæ, leviter cohærentiæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen subglobosum, sulcatum. Stylus filiformis, erectus. Stigma obsolete tetragonum, viride.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a Maio in Julium.

REFERENTIA.

1. Calyx.

2. Stamina, et Pistillum.

3. Eodem, filamenta expansa.

4. Stamen unum, lente auctum dorso monstrato.

5. Germen, Stylus et Stigma, lente aucta.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with beardless tips, within the blossom; flowers mostly by threes terminate the branches; blossoms inflated, and very large, of a pale yellow; the segments of the mouth are tapered, blunt ended, and approaching together; leaves grow by threes, smooth and three-sided.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM sturdy, a foot high, very branching; the branches straddle, and are stiff; the smaller branches straddle, are numerous, downy, and opposite.

LEAVES grow by threes, awl-shaped, recurved, three-sided, smooth, foot-stalks short.

FLOWERS grow mostly by threes, nodding, and terminating the branches; the foot-stalks shorter than the leaves, naked.

EMPALEMENT. Cup double, the inner four-leaved, leaflets broad egg-shaped, concave, pointed, pressed to the blossom and coloured; the outer three-leaved, the leaflets smaller.

BLOSSOM egg-shaped, inflated, very large, of a pale yellow; segments erect, tapered, approaching, and blunt-ended.

CHIVES. Eight flat threads, linear, curved. Tips beardless, within the blossom, two-cleft, pointed at the top, concave at the back, slightly adhering together.

POINTAL. Seed-bud nearly globular, and furrowed. Shaft thread-shaped, upright. Summit slightly four-cornered, green.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from May, till July.

REFERENCE.

1. The Empalement.

2. Chives and Pointal.

3. The same, with the threads spread open.

4. A Chive magnified, shewn from the hind part.

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

ERICA hispida.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA antheris muticis, subexsertis; stylo exserto; floribus axillaribus, racemosis, terminalibus; corollis subglobosis, parvulis, glabris, incarnatis; foliis quaternis, obtusis, hispidis, patentibus.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS erectus, pedalis; rami et ramuli filiformes, erecti, rigidi, numerosi, verticillati, hispidi.

FOLIA quaterna, linearia, obtusa, patentia, subtus sulcata, hispida; petiolis brevissimis, adpressis.

FLORES in ramulis terminales, racemosi, sub-nutantes, incarnati; racemi pollicares usque digitales; pedunculi capillares, villosi longitudine corollæ, bracteis distantibus.

CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis ovatis, obtusis, villosis, adpressis, brevissimis.

COROLLA subglobosa; laciniis limbi erectis, parvulis, obtusis.

STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria. Antheræ muticæ, subexserta, brunneæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen turbinatum, sulcatum, pilosum ad basin glandulosum. Stylus filiformis, exsertus, staminibus longior. Stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret ab Augusto, in Novembrem.

REFERENTIA.