Part 6

EMPALEMENT double, bright shining-red, tinctured with yellow, the outer three-, the inner four-leaved, with all the leaflets broad egg-shaped.

BLOSSOM club-shaped, incurved, an inch long, bright-shining-red, swelled and quadrifid at the base, with the segments of the mouth incurved and pressed to the filaments.

CHIVES eight hair-like incurved threads fixed to the receptacle; tips beardless very long, and without the blossom.

POINTAL. Germen turban-shaped. Shaft thread-shaped. Summit four-cornered.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from January till April.

REFERENCE.

1. The under-side of a Leaf magnified.

2. The Empalement magnified.

3. A Blossom detached from the Empalement.

4. The Chives and Pointal.

5. The same spread open, with one tip magnified.

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

ERICA pinifolia coccinea.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris muticis inclusis, floribus dense verticillatis tubulosis, foliis consertis subsenis incurvis.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS fruticosus, brevis, robustus, paululum flexuosus, cicatricibus foliorum asper; rami foliis dense tecti, numerosi, subverticillati, patentes, atque expansi, apicibus adscendentibus.

FOLIA plerumque sena, perconferta, linearia, subuncialia, lente obsolete pubescentia, subtus sulcata, seniora recurva, sed post medium incurvo-adscendentia, et inde sæpe hamata; petiolis adpressis.

FLORES verticillatim spicati, conferti, nutantes, coccinei; pedunculi sesquilineares, pubescentes, irregulariter bracteati.

CALYX tetraphyllus, foliolis lineari-subulatis, valde pubescentibus, adpressis.

COROLLA tubulosa, apicem versus paululum recurvula, laciniis revolutis obtusis, obsoletissime crenulatis.

STAMINA octo, capillaria, antheris sub-inclusis, muticis.

PISTILLUM. Germen tiaræforme, superne dilatatum, lanatum; stylus filiformis, sub-exclusus, antheras paulo superans; stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mense Maii in Aprilem.

REFERENTIA.

1. Calyx cum pedunculo lente auctus.

2. Flos.

3. Stamina, et Pistillum.

4. Idem expansa, antherâ unicâ lente auctâ.

5. Pistillum diductum, stigmate lente aucto.

6. Germen lente auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with beardless tips within the blossom, flowers densely whorled tubular, leaves crowded chiefly in sixes and incurved.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM shrubby, short, stout, a little flexuose, rough with the cicatrices of the leaves; the branches densely covered with leaves, numerous, whorled, spreading, and expanded, with ascending points.

LEAVES chiefly in sixes, very crowded, linear, about an inch long, obscurely pubescent when magnified, furrowed beneath; the older ones, recurved, but beyond the middle incurvedly ascending, and thence often hook-shaped; with footstalks pressed to the branches.

FLOWERS verticillately spiked, crowded, nodding, scarlet; peduncles a line and a half long, pubescent, and irregularly bracteated.

EMPALEMENT four-leaved, the little leaves linear-awl-shaped, very pubescent, and pressed to the blossom.

BLOSSOM tubular, slightly recurved towards the point, with segments rolled back, blunt, and very obsoletely crenulated.

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

POINTAL. Seed-bud turban-shaped, dilated above, woolly; shaft thread-shaped, just without the blossom, a little higher than the tips; summit four-cornered.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from May till April.

REFERENCE.

1. The Calyx with the foot-stalk magnified.

2. A Flower.

3. The Chives, and Pointal.

4. The same expanded, with one tip magnified.

5. The Pointal detached, with the summit magnified.

6. The Seed-bud magnified.

ERICA plumosa.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA antheris aristatis, stylo incluso; corollis urceolatis, purpureis, glabris; calyce colorato, villoso; floribus axillaribus, pendulis, verticillatis; foliis quaternis, linearibus, obtusis, villosis.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS fruticosis, flexuosus; rami et ramuli glabri, filiformes, suberecti.

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

FLORES axillares, verticillati, subsolitarii, cernui; pedunculi longitudine florum, colorati, bracteis tribus, hirsutis, instructi.

CALYX. Perianthium, tetraphyllum, foliolis pilosis, coloratis, apicibus viridibus.

COROLLA urceolata, glabra, purpurea; laciniis erectis.

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

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

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a Martio in Julium.

REFERENCE.

1. Folium, lente auctum.

2. Flos.

3. Calyx, lente auctus.

4. Corolla.

5. Stamina et Pistillum.

6. Stamina a Pistillo diducta.

7. Stamen unum, lente auctum.

8. Pistillum, Stigma auctum.

9. Germen, lente auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH with bearded tips; shaft within the blossoms, which are pitcher-shaped, purple, and smooth; cup coloured, and hairy; flowers grow from the insertion of the leaves, hanging down, in whorles; leaves grow by fours, linear, blunt, and hairy.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM shrubby, taking different directions; the small and large branches are smooth, thread-shaped, and rather upright.

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

FLOWERS grow from the insertion of the leaves, whorled, mostly solitary, nodding; foot-stalks the length of the flowers, coloured, having three hairy floral leaves on them.

EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, leaflets hairy, coloured, and green ends.

BLOSSOM pitcher-shaped, smooth, purple, segments upright.

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

POINTAL. Seed-bud nearly round, glandular at the base. Shaft thread-shaped, within the blossom. Summit headed.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from March till July.

REFERENCE.

1. A Leaf, magnified.

2. A Flower.

3. The Empalement, magnified.

4. The Blossom.

5. The Chives and Pointal.

6. The Chives detached from the Pointal.

7. A Chive, magnified.

8. The Pointal, the Summit magnified.

9. The Seed-bud, magnified.

ERICA princeps.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris muticis inclusis, foliis quaternis ciliatis et aristatis, floribus terminalibus umbellatis.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS fruticosus subpedalis, ramosus, ramis erectis.

FOLIA quaterna, recurva, late linearia, ciliata et aristata, subtus sulcata.

FLORES speciosi, terminales, in umbellis nutantibus 6-10-floris; pedunculi colorati, bracteis tribus instructi.

CALYX tetraphyllus, foliolis lineari-lanceolatis, carinatis, ciliatisque.

COROLLA ovato-clavata, inflata, lævigata, læte rubicunda, ore arctata, laciniis subrotundis revolutis.

STAMINA octo, capillaria; antheræ muticæ, inclusæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen tiaræforme, sulcatum; stylus paulo inclusus, filiformis; stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a Maio ad Octobrem.

REFERENTIA.

1. Folium lente auctum.

2. Calyx lente auctus.

3. Stamina et Pistillum, antherâ unicâ diductâ et lente auctâ.

4. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.

5. Germen lente auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with beardless tips within the blossom, leaves in fours, ciliated and aristated, and terminal umbelled flowers.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM near a foot high, branched, with the branches erect.

LEAVES in fours, recurved, broad-linear, ciliated and aristated, and furrowed beneath.

FLOWERS showy, terminal, in nodding umbels of 6 to 10 flowers; peduncles coloured, with three floral leaves.

EMPALEMENT four-leaved, with the leaflets linear-lanced, keeled and ciliated.

BLOSSOM ovate-club-shaped, inflated, polished, and of a glowing red colour, narrowed at the mouth, with roundish segments rolled back.

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

POINTAL. Seed-bud turban-shaped, furrowed; shaft just within the blossom, thread-shaped; summit four-cornered.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from May to October.

REFERENCE.

1. A Leaf magnified.

2. The Empalement magnified.

3. The Chives and Pointal, with one tip detached and magnified.

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

5. The Seed-bud magnified.

ERICA propendens.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris muticis inclusis, floribus subgeminatis pendulis campanulatis pubescentibus, foliis linearibus quaternis itidem pubescentibus.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS fruticosus, subpedalis, flexuosus, ramis flexuoso-patentibus, ramulis floriferis pendulis.

FOLIA quaterna, linearia, pubescentia, subtus sulcata, petiolis brevibus, adpressis; seniora reflexa.

FLORES terminales in ramulis lateralibus, pendulis; plerumque binati; pedunculi colorati, bracteis tribus ad calycem instructi.

CALYX tetraphyllus, foliolis ovatis acuminatis, concavis, pubescentibus, coloratis, adpressis.

COROLLA campanulata, rubro-purpurea, laciniis late ovatis, patentibus.

STAMINA octo capillaria; antheræ muticæ, inclusæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen breve tiaræforme; stylus filiformis inclusus; stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mense Julii in Octobrem.

REFERENTIA.

1. Pagina inferior folii, lente aucta.

2. Flos.

3. Calyx lente auctus.

4. Stamina, et Pistillum.

5. Eadem expansa.

6. Stamen lente auctum.

7. Pistillum, stigmate lente auctum.

8. Germen lente auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with beardless tips within the blossom, flowers chiefly twinned pendulous bell-shaped pubescent, and leaves linear in fours also pubescent.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM shrubby, near a foot high, flexuose, with flexuose, spreading branches, and with the little flower-bearing branches pendulous.

LEAVES in fours, linear, pubescent, furrowed beneath, with short footstalks, pressed to the branches; the old leaves bent downwards.

FLOWERS terminal in small, lateral, pendulous, branches; chiefly in pairs; the peduncles coloured, and furnished with three floral leaves near the empalement.

EMPALEMENT of four leaves, with the little leaves egg-shaped, acuminated, concave, pubescent, coloured, and pressed to the blossom.

BLOSSOM, bell-shaped, red-purple, with the segments broad egg-shaped, and spreading.

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

POINTAL. Seed-bud short, turban-shaped; shaft thread-shaped within the blossom; summit four-cornered.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from the month of July till October.

REFERENCE.

1. The under-side of a Leaf magnified.

2. A Flower.

3. The Empalement magnified.

4. The Chives, and Pointal.

5. The same expanded.

6. A Chive magnified.

7. The Pointal, with the summit magnified.

8. The Seed-bud magnified.

ERICA pubescens _minor_.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA antheris aristatis, inclusis; stylo subexserto; floribus terminalibus, umbellatis; corollis ovatis, pubescentibus, purpureis; foliis quaternis, erectis, obtusis, hirtis.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS sesquipedalis fruticosus, ramosus, pilosus; rami et ramuli pilosi, filiformes, virgati, erecti.

FOLIA quaterna, sæpe terna, obtusa, hirta, erecta, subtus sulcata; petiolis brevissimis, adpressis.

FLORES in ramulis terminales, umbellati, numerosi, purpurei; pedunculi capillares, bracteis tribus, hirtusis instructi.

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

COROLLA ovata, obtusa, villosa; laciniis minutis, erectis.

STAMINA. Filamenta capillaria. Antheræ aristatæ, inclusæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen obovatum, quadratum, ad basin glandulosum. Stylus filiformis, arcuatus, purpureus. Stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret ab Octobre, in Martium.

REFERENTIA.

1. Folium, lente auctum.

2. Corolla et Calyx.

3. Calyx, auctus.

4. Stamina, et Pistillum, lente auctum.

5. Pistillum, auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH with bearded tips, within the blossom; shaft just without; flowers terminate the branches in umbels; blossoms egg-shaped, downy and purple; leaves grow by fours, upright, blunt, and hairy.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM grows a foot and a half high, shrubby, branching and hairy; the larger and smaller branches are hairy, thread-shaped, twiggy, and upright.

LEAVES grow by fours, often by threes, are blunt, hairy, upright, and furrowed beneath; with very short foot-stalks, pressed to the stem.

FLOWERS terminate the small branches in umbels, are numerous and purple; the foot-stalks are hair-like, with three hairy floral leaves on them.

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

BLOSSOM egg-shaped obtuse, covered with soft hairs; segments of the border small and upright.

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

POINTAL. Seed-bud inversely egg-shaped, squared and glandular at the base. Shaft thread-shaped, bowed and purple. Summit four-cornered.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from October, till March.

REFERENCE.

1. A leaf, magnified.

2. The Blossom and Empalement.

3. The Empalement, magnified.

4. The Chives and Pointal, magnified.

5. The Pointal, magnified.

ERICA pubescens, _minima_.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris aristatis inclusis, corollis minutis, urceolata, læte purpurea, villosa, foliis quaternis.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS fruticosus, pedalis, ramosus, pilosus; ramuli pilosi, virgati, filiformes.

FOLIA quaterna, obtusa, villosa, incurva, arcuata.

FLORES in ultimis ramulis, terminales, umbellati, cernui; pedunculi breves, bracteis tribus.

CALYX tetraphyllus, foliolis lanceolatis, villosis.

CORDULA minuta, urceolata, læte purpurea, villosa.

STAMINA octo, capillaria; antheræ aristatæ inclusæ.

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

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mense Novembri ad Aprilem.

REFERENTIA.

1. Folium lente auctum.

2. Calyx cum Bracteis lente auctus.

3. Stamina et Pistillum.

4. Idem lente auctus.

5. Pistillum et Germen lente aucta.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with bearded tips within the blossom, blossoms very small, pitcher-shaped, bright purple and hairy, leaves by fours.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM shrubby, a foot high, branching and hairy; the branches are hairy, twiggy, and thread-shaped.

LEAVES by fours, blunt, covered with soft hairs, turned inwards, and bowed.

FLOWERS terminate the small branches in umbels, nodding; peduncles short, furnished with three floral leaves.

EMPALEMENT four-leaved, with lanceolate, hairy leaflets,

BLOSSOM very small, pitcher-shaped, bright purple, and covered with soft hairs.

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

POINTAL. Seed-bud turban-shaped, with honey-cups at the base; shaft thread-shaped, and within the blossom; summit four-cornered.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from the month of November till April.

REFERENCE.

1. A Leaf magnified.

2. The Empalement and floral Leaves magnified.

3. The Chives and Pointal.

4. The same magnified.

5. Seed-bud and Pointal magnified.

ERICA quadriflora.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA antheris cristatis, inclusis; stylo incluso; floribus terminalibus, quaternis; corollis globosis purpureis; calyce reflexo; foliis quaternis, ciliatis, flaccidis.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS debilis, sesquipedalis; rami plurimi, virgati; ramuli frequentissimi, erecto-patentes.

FOLIA quaterna, linearia, ciliata, flaccida, subtus lævissime sulcata, petiolis brevissimis.

FLORES in apice ramulorum quaterni, cornui, purpurei; pedunculi filiformes, florum longitudine, bracteis tribus instructi.

CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis subulatis, reflexis, ad basin coloratis.

COROLLA globosa, purpurea, glabra; laciniis limbi minutis, obtusis, erectis.

STAMINA. Filamenta capillaria. Antheræ cristatæ, inclusæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen turbinatum, sulcatum, atropurpureum. Stylus filiformis, inclusus, staminibus parum longior. Stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mense Junii in Augustum.

REFERENTIA.

1. Folium, lente auctum.

2. Flos.

3. Calyx, auctus.

4. Stamina et Pistillum.

5. Stamina et Pistillum, antheræ liberæ.

6. Stamen, auctum.

7. Pistillum, auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH with crested tips, within the blossom; shaft within; flowers terminate the branches by fours; blossoms globular, and purple; cup reflexed; leaves grow by fours, fringed and flaccid.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM weak, a foot and a half high; branches many, twiggy; smaller branches very numerous, upright-spreading.

LEAVES grow by fours, linear, fringed and flaccid, slightly furrowed beneath, with very short foot-stalks.

FLOWERS grow by fours at the end of the smaller branches, nodding and purple; the foot-stalks thread-shaped the length of the flowers, having three floral leaves.

EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, leaflets awl-shaped, reflexed and coloured at the base.

BLOSSOM globular, purple, smooth; segments of the border very small, obtuse, upright.

CHIVES. Threads hair-like. Tips crested, within the blossom.

POINTAL. Seed-bud top-shaped, furrowed, dark purple. Shaft thread-shaped, within the blossom, a little longer than the chives. Summit four-cornered.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from the month of June till August.

REFERENCE.

1. A Leaf, magnified.

2. A Flower.

3. The Empalement, magnified.

4. The Chives and Pointal.

5. The Chives and Pointal, the chives free.

6. A Chive, magnified.

7. The Pointal, magnified.

ERICA rosea.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris muticis plerumque inclusis, foliis subsenis setaceis longiusculis, in petioles capillares attenuatis, floribus sublateralibus clavatis roseis.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS fruticosus, bipedalis, ramis ramulisque erectis, et sæpe alternis.

FOLIA plerumque quinata vel sena, erecta, setacea, in petiolos capillares deorsum attenuata.

FLORES 2-3-nati, fere laterales, nutantes; pedunculi breves, bracteis tribus instructis.

CALYX tetraphyllus, foliolis subulatis, adpressis.

COROLLA cylindrica, paululum curvata, uncialis, læte rosea, laciniis subrectis.

STAMINA filamenta octo capillaria, mutica, plerumque inclusa.

PISTILLUM. Germen tiaræforme, basi poris melliferis instructum. Stylus filiformis, sæpe subexclusus. Stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

REFERENTIA.

1. Calyx et Corolla.

2. Calyx lente auctus.

3. Stamina diducta, antherâ unicâ lente auctâ.

4. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate tente aucto.

5. Germen lente auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with beardless tips chiefly within the blossom, leaves nearly in sixes bristle-shaped longish, and attenuated into capillary foot-stalks, flowers somewhat lateral club-shaped and rosy.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM shrubby, two feet high, with the branches and branchlets erect, and often alternate.

LEAVES chiefly in fives or sixes, erect, bristle-shaped, attenuated downwards into capillary foot-stalks.

FLOWERS growing in twos and threes, nearly lateral, nodding; foot-stalks short, furnished with three floral leaves,

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

BLOSSOM cylindrical, very slightly curved, an inch long, bright rose-colour, with the segments nearly erect.

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

POINTAL. Seed-bud turban-shaped, furnished with honey-bearing pores at the base. Shaft thread-shaped, often just without the blossom. Summit four-cornered.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

REFERENCE.

1. The Empalement and Blossom.

2. The Empalement magnified.

3. The Chives detached, with one tip magnified.

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

5. The Seed-bud magnified.

ERICA rubens.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris cristatis inclusis, foliis quaternis, corollis late ovatis terminalibus.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS fruticosus, suberectus, ramis patentibus, vel subinde pendulis.

FOLIA quaterna, erecta, linearia, glabra, subtus sulcata, petiolis adpressis, brevibus.

FLORES terminales, in umbellis nutantibus, vel cernuis, 3-8-floris; pedunculi longiusculi, tri-bracteati.

CALYX tetraphyllus, foliolis late ovatis, et longe acuminatis.

COROLLA late ovata, glabra, rubro-purpurea, laciniis obtusis.

STAMINA filamenta octo, capillaria; antheræ cristatæ, inclusæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen tiaræforme, sulcatum; stylus paulo inclusus.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mense Junii ad Septembrem.

REFERENTIA.

1. Folium lente auctum.

2. Calyx lente auctus,

3. Stamina et Pistillum, antherâ unicâ diductâ lente auctâ.

4. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.

5. Germen lente auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with crested tips within the blossom, leaves in fours, and broad-egg-shaped terminal blossoms.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM shrubby, nearly upright, with branches spreading, or sometimes drooping.

LEAVES in fours, erect, linear, smooth, furrowed beneath, with short foot-stalks pressed to the branches.

FLOWERS terminal in nodding or cernuous umbels, of from three to eight flowers; the peduncles longish, and furnished with three floral leaves.

EMPALEMENT four-leaved, with the little leaves broad-egg-shaped, and much acuminated.

BLOSSOM broad-egg-shaped, smooth, red-purple, with obtuse segments.

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

POINTAL. Seed-bud turban-shaped, furrowed; shaft just within the blossom.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from June to September.

REFERENCE.

1. A Leaf magnified.

2. The Empalement magnified.

3. The Chives and Pointal, with one tip detached and magnified.

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

5. The Seed-bud magnified.

ERICA rupestris.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris aristatis inclusis, foliis quaternis obtusissimis margine cartilagineis, corollis terminalibus ternatis campanulatis trilinearibusque.

DESCRIPTIO.

SUFFRUTEX pygmæus, humifusus, inter rupes.

CAULIS sub-trientalis, ramosus, ramulis divaricatis et decumbentibus.

FOLIA quaterna, conferta, patula, linearia, at latiuscula et crassiuscula, obtusissima, lucida, marginibus, præcipue ad lentem, cartilagineis, subtus sulcata.

FLORES terminales, plerumque ternati, nutantes, vel cernui, vel subinde erectiores; pedunculi longitudine corollæ, rubri, bracteis tribus alternis muniti.

CALYX tetraphyllus, foliolis adpressis, sublanceolatis, obtusissimis, obtuseque carinatis, marginem versus membranaceis.

COROLLA campanulata, alba, laciniis semirotundis, patentibusque.

STAMINA octo, capillaria; antheræ barbatæ, inclusæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen coronæforme. Stylus filiformis. Stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mense Julii ad Novembrem.

REFERENTIA.

1. Pagina inferior Folii.

2. Calyx et Corolla.

3. Calyx lente auctus.

4. Stamina diducta, antherâ unicâ lente auctâ.

5. Germen et Pistillum stigmate lente aucto.

6. Germen lente auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with bearded tips within the blossom, leaves in fours very obtuse and cartilaginous on the margin, blossoms terminal in threes bell-shaped and three lines long.

DESCRIPTION.

A dwarfish little shrub, spread about upon the ground amongst rocks.

STEM three inches high, branched, with the little branches divaricating and decumbent.

LEAVES in fours, crowded, spreading a little, linear, but broadish and rather thick, very obtuse, shining, and on the margin, especially in the magnifier, cartilaginous, and furrowed beneath.

FLOWERS terminal, and chiefly in threes, nodding, or cernuous, or sometimes more erect; peduncles the length of the blossom, red, and furnished with three alternate floral leaves.

EMPALEMENT four-leaved, with the leaflets close pressed to the blossom, somewhat spear-shaped, very blunt, and bluntly keeled, and membranaceous towards the margin.

BLOSSOM bell-shaped, white, with the segments half round and spreading.