Part 4

1. Folium, lente auctum.

2. Flos, magnitudine naturali.

3. Calyx, lente auctus.

4. Corolla.

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

6. Pistillum, Stigma auctum.

7. Germen, lente auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH with beardless tips, without the blossom; shaft without; flowers grow from the insertion of the leaves in terminal bunches, blossoms nearly globular, small, smooth and flesh-coloured; leaves grow by fours, blunt, hairy and spreading,

DESCRIPTION.

STEM upright, a foot high; large and small branches are thread-shaped, upright, harsh, numerous, grow in whorls and hairy.

LEAVES grow by fours, linear, blunt, spreading, furrowed beneath, hairy; foot-stalks very short, pressed to the stern.

FLOWERS grow at the end of the branches in bunches a little drooping and flesh-coloured; bunches from an inch to two inches in length; foot-stalks hair-like, hairy, the length of the blossom; floral leaves at a distance from the cup.

EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, leaflets egg-shaped, blunt, hairy, pressed to the blossom and very short.

BLOSSOM nearly globular; segments of the border upright, very small, blunt.

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

POINTAL. Seed-bud top-shaped, furrowed, hairy and glandular at the base. Shaft thread-shaped, without the blossom, longer than the chives. Summit four-cornered,

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from August till November.

REFERENCE.

1. A Leaf, magnified.

2. A Flower, natural size.

3. The Empalement, magnified.

4. The Blossom.

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

6. The Pointal, the Summit magnified.

7. The Seed-bud, magnified.

ERICA hirta.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris aristatis, inclusis; stylo exserto, corolla clavata, pollicaris; floribus terminalibus, ternis bicoloribus; bracteis calyciformibus, hirtis; foliis ternis, linearibus; obtusis, semicylindricis, hirtis.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS erectus, ramosus, bipedalis, villosus; rami et ramuli oppositi, suberecti.

FOLIA terna, linearia, obtusa, hirta, supra rotundata, subtus sulcata, recta, patentia, petiolis, brevibus adpressis.

FLORES terminales, terni, cernui; pedunculi brevissimi; bracteæ 3, lanceolatæ, ciliatæ, longitudine calycis adpressæ.

CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis lanceolatis, ciliatis, dorso sulcatis.

COROLLA clavata, sub apice ventricosa, pollicaris profundè rubro purpureo, apice virescens; ore parum arctato, laciniis obtusis, erectis.

STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria. Antheræ aristatæ, inclusæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen subovatum, apice truncatum, sulcatum. Stylus filiformis, exsertus. Stigma, subpeltatum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a Januario in Aprilem.

REFERENTIA.

1. Flos.

2. Calyx, auctus.

3. Pistillum, Stigma diducta auctum.

4. Stamina et Pistillum, anthera sena diducta et aucta.

5. Germen, auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with bearded tips, within the blossoms, shaft without; blossom club-shaped, an inch long; flowers terminal by threes, two-coloured; floral leaves of the shape of the cups and hairy; leaves grow by threes, linear, blunt, half cylindrical, hairy.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM upright, branching, two feet high, hairy; large and small branches opposite, nearly upright.

LEAVES grow by threes, linear, blunt, hairy, rounded above, furrowed beneath, straight, spreading; short foot-stalks pressed to the branches.

FLOWERS terminate the branches by threes, nodding; very short foot-stalks; three floral leaves, lance-shaped, fringed, the length of the cup and pressed to it.

EMPALMENT. Cup four-leaved; leaflets lance-shaped, fringed, furrowed at the back.

BLOSSOM club-shaped, bellied near the end, an inch long, of a red purple, greenish at the end; a little narrowed at the mouth, segments blunt, upright.

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

POINTAL. Seed-bud nearly egg-shaped, appearing cut off at the end and furrowed. Shaft thread-shaped, without the blossom. Summit nearly shield-shaped.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from January, till April.

REFERENCE.

1. A Flower.

2. The Empalement, magnified.

3. The Pointal, the Summit detached, magnified.

4. The Chives and Pointal, one Tip detached, and magnified.

5. The Seed-bud, magnified.

ERICA horizontalis.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA antheris muticis, exclusis; floribus terminalibus, quaternis; foliolis calycis spathulatis, margine serratis; laciniis corollæ hastatis, erectis, atro-purpureis; foliis quaternis, obtusis, horizontalibus.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS erectus, subpedalis, ramosus; rami horizontals, rigidi; ramuli pauci, rami similes.

FOLIA quaterna, obtusa, linearia, horizontalia, glabra; petiolis minutis, adpressis.

FLORES in ultimis ramulorum umbellati, cernui, quaterni, sæpe terni; pedunculis brevibus, bracteis tribus, spathulatis, imbricatis.

CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis spathulatis, concavis, viscosis, marginibus serratis, adpressis.

COROLLA ovata, glabra, basi alba, apice purpurea; oris laciniis hastatis, erectis, atro-purpureis.

STAMINA. Filamenta capillaria, longitudine tubi. Antheræ muticæ, exsertæ, lineariæ, longitudine filamentorum.

PISTILLUM. Germen subrotundum compressum, sulcatum. Stylus filiformis, exsertus. Stigma obsoletum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a Julio, in Novembrem.

REFERENTIA.

1. Flos, magnitudine naturali.

2. Calyx, lente auctus.

3. Corolla, magnitudine naturali.

4. Idem, aucta.

5. Stamina, et Pistillum.

6. Stamina a Pistillo diducta, aucta.

7. Pistillum.

8. Idem, lente auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH with beardless tips, without the blossom; flowers terminate the branches by fours; the leaflets of the cup are spathula-shaped and sawed at the margin; segments of the blossom halbert-shaped, upright and dark-purple; leaves grow by fours, obtuse, and horizontal.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM upright, near a foot high, branching; branches grow horizontal and stiff; smaller branches few, like the larger ones.

LEAVES grow by fours, obtuse, linear, horizontal, smooth; foot-stalks very small and pressed to the stem.

FLOWERS grow in umbels at the end of the smaller branches, nodding, and by fours, often by threes; foot-stalks very short, with three spathula-shaped, tiled floral leaves.

EMPALEMENT. Cup double, leaflets spathula-shaped, concave, clammy, sawed at the edges, and pressed to the blossom.

BLOSSOM egg-shaped, smooth, white at the base, purple at the top; the segments of the mouth halbert-shaped, upright and of a deep purple.

CHIVES. Threads hair-like, the length of the tube. Tips beardless, without the blossom, linear, of the length of the threads.

POINTAL. Seed-bud roundish, flattened, and furrowed. Shaft thread-shaped, without the blossom. Summit obsolete.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from July, till November.

REFERENCE.

1. A Flower of the natural size.

2. The Empalement, magnified.

3. The Blossom, of the natural size,

4. The same, magnified.

5. The Chives, and Pointal.

6. The Chives detached from the Pointal; magnified.

7. The Pointal.

8. The same, magnified.

ERICA ignescens.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris muticis, sub-exsertis; stylo longè exserto; apice germinis glandulis coronato; corollis clavatis, subpollicaribus, rubro-coccineis; floribus solitariis, sessilibus, terminalibus; foliis quaternis, linearibus, glabris.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS erectus, sesquipedalis, glaber; rami erecti; ramuli virgati, suberecti, filiformes.

FOLIA quaterna, linearia, glabra, acuta; petiolis brevissimis adpressis.

FLORES terminales, solitarii, spicam formantes prope caulis summitatem; pedunculis sere nullis.

CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis subulatis, ciliatis, apicibus parum reflexis.

COROLLA tubulosa, tomentosa, ad basin gibbosa, oris laciniis spathulatis, reflexis.

STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria. Antheræ subexsertæ, muticæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen ovatum, sulcatum, ad basin apiceque glandulis cinctum. Stylus filiformis, exsertus. Stigma obsoletum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a Martio in Junium.

REFERENTIA.

1. Flos.

2. Calyx, auctus.

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

4. Germen auctum.

5. Pistillum, magnitudine naturali.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with beardless tips, just without the blossom; shaft a long way without; the top of the seed-bud crowned with glands; blossoms club-shaped, near an inch long, and of a red-scarlet colour; flowers solitary, sitting close on the ends of the branches; leaves grow by fours, linear and smooth.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM upright, a foot and a half high, smooth; branches upright; small branches twiggy, rather upright, thread-shaped.

LEAVES grow by fours, linear, smooth, pointed; with very short foot-stalks pressed to the stem.

FLOWERS terminal, solitary, forming a spike near the summit of the stem; scarcely any footstalks.

EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, leaflets awl-shaped, fringed, a little reflexed at the ends.

BLOSSOM tubular, downy, gouty at the base, segments of the mouth, spathula shaped and reflexed.

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

POINTAL. Seed-bud egg-shaped, furrowed, surrounded at the base and top with glands. Shaft thread-shaped, without the blossom. Summit blunt.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from March till June.

REFERENCE.

1. A Flower.

2. The Empalement magnified.

3. The Chives and Pointal, one tip magnified.

4. The Seed-bud magnified.

5. The Pointal natural size.

ERICA Lambertia.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris cristatis, inclusis; corollis subglobosis, inflatis, glabris, albis; oris laciniis ad basin utrinque gibbis, parum imbricatis, erectis; foliolis calycinis patentibus; foliis ternis, acuminatis, reflexis.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS fruticosus, subpedalis; rami et ramuli divaricati, suberecti.

FOLIA quaterna, acuminata, glabra, juniora erecto-patentia, seniora reflexa; petiolis brevibus, adpressis.

FLORES in medio ramulorum solitarii vel terni, cernui; pedunculi colorati, longitudine corollarum, bracteis tribus coloratis instructi.

CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis ovato-acuminatis, coloratis, concavis, patentibus.

COROLLA subglobosa, inflata, alba, glabra, magnitudine pisi majoris, laciniis subimbricatis, ovatis, ad basin gibbis, erectis.

STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria. Antheræ cristatæ, inclusæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen subcylindricum, sulcatum. Stylus subinclusus. Stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a Maio in Julium.

REFERENTIA.

1. Folium, lente auctum.

2. Flos.

3. Calyx, auctus.

4. Stamina et Pistillum.

5. Stamina, aucta.

6. Pistillum, Stigma diductum, et auctum.

7. Germen, lente auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with crested tips, within the blossoms, which are nearly globular, swelled out, smooth and white; segments of the border hunched at the base on both fides, slightly lapped and upright; leaflets of the cup spreading; leaves grow by threes, tapered, and bent back.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM shrubby, near a foot high; large and small branches grow straddling, rather upright.

LEAVES grow by fours, tapered, smooth, the younger ones upright-spreading; the older ones reflexed; with short foot-stalks pressed to the stem.

FLOWERS grow in the middle of the small branches, solitary or by threes, and nodding; foot-stalks coloured, the length of the blossoms, with three coloured floral leaves on them.

EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved; leaflets egg-shaped, tapered, coloured, concave, and spreading.

BLOSSOM nearly globular, swelled out, white, smooth, the size of a large pea; segments a little tiled, egg-shaped, hunched at the base, upright.

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

POINTAL. Seed-bud nearly cylindric, furrowed. Shaft just within the blossom. Summit four-cornered.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from May, till July.

REFERENCE.

1. A Leaf, magnified.

2. A Flower.

3. The Empalement, magnified.

4. The Chives and Pointal.

5. The Chives, magnified.

6. The Pointal; the Summit detached and magnified.

7. The Seed-bud, magnified.

ERICA latifolia.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA antheris muticis, exsertis; floribus axillaribus umbellatis, ternis, pendulis, læte rubris; pedunculis corollis triplo longioribus; corollis subglobosis; foliis ternis, latissimis, ovato-acuminatis, pilis supra tectis, marginibus revolutis.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS fruticosus, flexuosus, ramosus, pedalis; rami verticillati; ramuli pauci, suberecti.

FOLIA terna, latissima, ovato-acuminata, supra pilis vestita, convexa, subtus concava, albida, margine revoluta.

FLORES in medio ramulorum spicati, umbellati, sub-terni, ex axillis foliorum, cernui; pedunculi colorati, longitudine corollarum, bracteis tribus minutis instructi.

CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis ovatis, erectis, concavis, adpressis, apicibus viridibus.

COROLLA subglobosa, glabra, læte-rubra; ore arctato, limbo erecto, minuto.

STAMINA. Filamenta octo plana, longitudine corollæ. Antheræ muticæ, exsertæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen subglobosum, sulcatum, pilosum. Stylus filiformis exsersus. Stigma concavum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a Maio, in Augustum.

REFERENTIA.

1. Folium, magnitudine naturali.

2. Idem, auctum.

3. Flos.

4. Calyx, lente auctus.

5. Stamina, et Pistillum.

6. Stamina et Pistillum, lente aucta.

7. Pistillum, Stigma auctum.

8. Germen, auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH with beardless tips, without the blossom; flowers grow from the insertion of the leaves in umbels, by threes, hanging down and bright red; with the foot-stalks thrice the length of the blossom; blossoms nearly globular; leaves grow by threes, very broad, egg-shape-tapered, covered on the upper surface with hairs and rolled back at the edges.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM shrubby, zig-zagged, very much branched, a foot high; branches in whorls; small branches few, nearly upright.

LEAVES grow by threes, egg-shaped-tapered, clothed on the upper surface with hairs and convex, concave beneath and whitish, rolled back at the edge.

FLOWERS in the middle of the small branches in spikes, grow from the insertion of the leaves in umbels of threes, hanging down; foot-stalks coloured the length of the blossoms, with three small floral leaves on them.

EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, leaflets egg-shaped, upright, concave, pressed to the stem, with green ends.

BLOSSOM nearly globular, smooth and of a bright red; mouth narrowed, border upright, small.

CHIVES. Eight flat threads, the length of the blossom. Tips beardless, without the blossom.

POINTAL. Seed-bud nearly globular, furrowed and hairy. Shaft thread-shaped and without the blossom. Summit concave.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from May, till August.

REFERENCE.

1. A leaf, natural size.

2. The same, magnified.

3. A flower.

4. The Empalement, magnified.

5. The Chives, and Pointal.

6. The Chives and Pointal, magnified.

7. The Pointal, magnified.

8. The Seed-bud, magnified.

ERICA Linnæa.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA antheris muticis, inclusis; corollis clavatis, villosis, albis; floribus sub-sessilibus, terminalibus, racemosis; foliolis calycinis dentatis; foliis ternis, linearibus, ciliatis, consertis.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS fruticosus, erectus; rami pauci, erecti; ramuli frequentissimi, brevissimi, pilosi.

FOLIA terna, linearia, ciliata, recta, subtus sulcata, petiolis brevissimis, adpressis.

FLORES in ramulis terminales, racemum formantes longum, densissimum; pedunculis fere nullis; bracteis adpressis.

CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis ovato-acuminatis, dentatis, adpressis.

COROLLA clavata, alba, diaphana, pilosa; laciniis obtusis, erectis.

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

PISTILLUM. Germen globosum, sulcatum, pilosum. Stylus filiformis, subinclusus. Stigma capitatum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mense Martii in Junium.

REFERENTIA.

1. Flos.

2. Calyx, auctus.

3. Stamina et Pistillum.

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

5. Pistillum, Stigma diductum, auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH with beardless tips, within the blossom; blossoms club-shaped, hairy, and white; flowers almost without foot-stalks, terminate the smaller branches, forming long bunches; the leaflets of the cup are toothed; leaves grow by threes, are linear, fringed, and crowded together.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM shrubby, upright; branches few, upright, smaller branches numerous, very short, hairy.

LEAVES grow by threes, linear, fringed, straight out, furrowed beneath, with very short foot-stalks, pressed to the branches.

FLOWERS terminate the smaller branches, making a long, close bunch; foot-stalks hardly any; floral leaves close to the blossom.

EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, leaflets egg-shaped, tapered, toothed, and pressed to the blossom.

BLOSSOM club-shaped, white, transparent, hairy; segments blunt, upright.

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

POINTAL. Seed-bud globular, furrowed, hairy. Shaft thread-shaped, just within the blossom. Summit headed.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from the month of March till June.

REFERENCE.

1. A Flower.

2. The Empalement, magnified.

3. The Chives and Pointal.

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

5. The Pointal, the Summit detached, magnified.

ERICA Linnæoides.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris muticis, inclusis, corollis sub-cylindricis, grossis, villosis; floribus sub-sessilibus, ramulos terminantibus; foliis quaternis, linearibus, pilosis, consertis.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS fruticosus, erectus, et patens. Ramuli numerosi, pilosi.

FOLIA quaterna, linearia, pilosa, patentia, et subtus sulcata, petiolis brevissimis adpressis.

FLORES in ramulis terminales, sub-quaterni, horizontaliter; pedunculis fere nullis; bracteis adpressis.

CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis lanceolatis, pilosis, adpressis.

COROLLA sub-cylindracea, grossa, et pilosa, ad basin purpurea, et superne alba; laciniis ovatis, patentibus.

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

PISTILLUM. Germen tiaræforme, sulcatum, pilosum. Stylus filiformis, sub-exertus. Stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mense Januarii ad Maium.

REFERENTIA.

1. Folium lente auctum.

2. Flos, magnitudine naturali,

3. Calyx lente auctus.

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

5. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto,

6. Germen lente auctum,

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with beardless tips within the blossom. Blossoms nearly cylindrical, swelled, and hairy. Flowers almost without foot-stalks, terminating the small branches. Leaves grow by fours, are linear, hairy, and crowded together.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM shrubby, upright, and spreading. The smaller branches are numerous and hairy.

LEAVES by fours, linear, hairy, spreading, and furrowed beneath, with very short foot-stalks pressed to the branches.

FLOWERS terminate the smaller branches mostly by fours in a horizontal direction. Scarcely any foot-stalks. Floral leaves pressed to the cup.

EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved; leaflets lance-shaped, hairy, and pressed to the blossom.

BLOSSOM nearly cylindrical, swelled, and hairy, purple at the base, and white at the upper part; the segments are ovate, and spreading.

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

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

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from the month of January till May,

REFERENCE.

1. A Leaf magnified.

2. A Flower, natural size.

3. The Empalement magnified.

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

5. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified,

6. The Seed-bud magnified.

ERICA leucanthera.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA antheris cristatis, inclusis; floribus capitatis, congestis, terminalibus; corollis urceoli-formibus, albicantibus; foliis ternis, erectis, adpressis, longitudine internodiorum; rami filiformes.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS fruticosus, pedalis; rami et ramuli filiformes et capillares.

FOLIA terna, linearia, adpressa, trigona, glabra, obtusa, longitudine internodiorum.

FLORES in ramulis terminales, conferti, racemosi; pedunculi brevi, capillares, bracteis tribus, linearibus instructi.

CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis concavis, sub-ovatis, apicibus tenuissime serratis.

COROLLA urceolata, alba, subcylindrica; laciniis obtusis, suberectis.

STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria. Antheræ cristatæ, inclusæ, bifidæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen subrotundum, sulcatum, apice concavum, basi glandulosum. Stylus filiformis, erectus, inclusus. Stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a Januario in Martium.

REFERENTIA.

1. Calyx et Corolla.

2. Calyx, lente auctus.

3. Stamina et Pistillum, lente auctum.

4. Germen, auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH with crested tips, within the blossom; flowers grow in small heads, crowded together, terminating the branches; blossoms pitcher-shaped and whitish; leaves grow by threes, upright, pressed to the stem, the length of the intervals; branches thread-shaped.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM shrubby, a foot high, the larger and smaller branches are thread-shaped and hair-like.

LEAVES grow by threes, linear, pressed to the stem, three-sided, smooth, blunt, the length of the intervals.

FLOWERS terminate the small branches, clustered together, forming long bunches; foot-stalks short, hair-like, having three, linear floral leaves.

EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, leaflets concave, nearly egg-shaped, with the ends slightly sawed.

BLOSSOM pitcher-shaped, white, rather cylindrical; segments blunt and nearly upright.

CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads. Tips crested, within the blossom, and two-cleft.

POINTAL. Seed-bud roundish, and furrowed, concave at top, glandular at the base. Shaft thread-shaped, upright, within the blossom. Summit four-cornered.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from January ’till March.

REFERENCE.

1. The Empalement, and Blossom.

2. The Empalement, magnified.

3. The Chives and Pointal, magnified.

4. The Seed-bud, magnified.

ERICA lucida.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris cristatis subinclusis, floribus terminalibus ternatis campanulatis, foliis itidem ternatis lucidisque.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS fruticosus, strictus, gracilis, bipedalis; rami plerumque ternati, patentes, itidem graciles, ramulis sæpe oppositis.

FOLIA ternata, subulata, erecta, brevissime petiolata, lævia, lucida, viridia, sed sæpe tincturâ fuscedinis.

FLORES terminales in umbellulis trifloris; pedunculi circiter longitudinem florum, superne bracteis tribus, coloratis, ciliatisque, instructi.

CALYX tetraphyllus, foliolis late ovatis, acutis, ciliatisque.

COROLLA breviter campanulata, laciniis patulis, pallide carneis, et lucidis.

STAMINA filamenta octo, capillaria; antheræ cristatæ, subinclusæ.

PISTILLUM, germen tiaræforme; stylus columnaris, basi dilatatus, antheras superans.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mense Aprili in Junium.

REFERENTIA.

1. Pagina inferior folii lente aucta.

2. Flos.

3. Calyx lente auctus, cum pedunculo.

4. Corolla lente aucta.

5. Stamina et Pistillum lente aucta.

6. Pistillum lente auctum, diductum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with crested tips just within the blossom, flowers terminal in threes bell-shaped, leaves likewise in threes and shining.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM shrubby, streight, slender, two feet high; branches chiefly in threes, spreading, also slender, with the lesser branches often opposite.