Part 7

CHIVES eight, capillary; tips bearded, within the blossom.

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

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from the month of July to November.

REFERENCE.

1. The under side of a Leaf.

2. The Empalement and Blossom.

3. The Empalement magnified.

4. The Chives detached, with one tip magnified.

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

6. The Seed-bud magnified.

ERICA Sebana _spicata_.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris muticis, exertis, longissimis. Corolla clavata, incurvata, sulcata, saturate coccinea. Flores terni, terminales, conferti, formantes spicam longam. Caulis simplex, elongatus.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS erectus, bipedalis. Rami pauci, ramulis brevissimis tecti, conferti.

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

FLORES terni, in apice ramulorum penduli; pedunculis brevissimis.

CALYX. Perianthium duplex; exterius triphyllum, ovatum, membranaceum, adpressum, imbricatum; interius tetraphyllum, foliolis majoribus.

COROLLA clavata, incurvata, saturate coccinea, sulcata; laciniis limbi obtusis, incurvis.

STAMINA. Filamenta octo, linearia; antheræ muticæ, exertæ, penicillatæ, longissimæ, lineares, attenuatæ in filamenta.

PISTILLUM. Germen tiaræforme, sulcatum, basi glandulis melliferis instructum. Stylus filiformis, staminibus paulo brevior. Stigma obsolete tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mense Septembri ad Decembrem.

REFERENTIA.

1. Calyx et Corolla.

2. Calyx lente auctus.

3. Stamina et Pistillum, anthera una lente aucta.

4. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.

5. Germen lente auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with beardless tips, without the blossom, and very long. Blossom club-shaped, and turned inwards, furrowed, and of a deep scarlet-colour. Flowers grow mostly by threes, terminating the branches, crowded together, and forming a long spike. Stem simple, and lengthened out.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM upright, grows two feet high. Branches few, covered with short branches, and crowded together.

LEAVES by threes, linear, curved, and crowded, nearly three-sided, reflexed, sharp-pointed, with very small foot-stalks.

FLOWERS grow by threes, at the ends of the small branches hanging down, with foot-stalks very short.

EMPALEMENT. Cup double; the outer three-leaved, egg-shaped, skinny, pressed to the inner ones, and tiled; the inner four-leaved, with larger leaflets.

BLOSSOM club-shaped, turned inwards, of a deep scarlet, and furrowed; the segments of the mouth are blunt, and turned inwards.

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

POINTAL. Seed-vessel turban-shaped, furrowed, and furnished at the base with honey-bearing glands. Shaft thread-shaped, a little shorter than the chives. Summit slightly four-cornered.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from September till December.

REFERENCE.

1. The Empalement and Blossom.

2. The Empalement magnified.

3. The Chives and Pointal, one tip magnified.

4. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified.

5. The Seed-bud magnified.

ERICA sessiliflora.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA antheris aristatis, inclusis; stylo-exserto; floribus densissimè imbricato-spicatis, horizontalibus, sessilibus; corollis clavatis, sesquipollicaribus, albidis, apicibus viridibus; foliis quaternis; subulatis, glabris.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS strictissimus, rigidus, bipedalis; rami paucii erecti; ramuli verticillati, patentes, plurimi.

FOLIA quaterna, subulata, glabra, patentia, petiolis brevissimis, adpressis.

FLORES sub apice ramorum spicati, imbricati, sessiles, horizontaliter siti.

CALYX. Perianthium duplex, _exterius_, triphyllum, foliolis spathulatis, concavis, carnosis, imbricatis; _interius_ tetraphyllum, foliolis obcordatis, concavis, mucronatis.

COROLLA clavata, albo-virescens, sesquipollicaris; laciniis obtusis, erectis.

STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria, longitudine ferè corollæ. Antheræ aristatæ, inclusæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen turbinatum, sulcatum, ad basin glandulosum. Stylus filiformis, sub-exsertus, apice curvatus. Stigma obsoletè tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret ab Augusto in Octobrem.

REFERENTIA.

1. Calyx, lente auctus.

2. Calyx, et Corolla.

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

4. Pistillum, magnitudine naturali, stigma auctum.

5. Germen, auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH with bearded tips, within the blossom; shaft without, flowers grow in very close, tiled spikes, horizontal and close to the stem; blossom club-shaped, an inch and a half long, white with green ends; leaves grow by fours, awl-shaped, smooth.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM grows very upright, stiff, and two feet high; branches few, upright; small branches grow in whorls, spreading and numerous.

LEAVES grow by fours, awl-shaped, smooth, spreading, foot-stalks very short and pressed to the stem.

FLOWERS grow in spikes near the end of the branches, tiled, without foot-stalks, and horizontal.

EMPALEMENT. Cup double; _the outer_, three-leaved, leaflets spatula-shaped, concave, fleshy and tiled; _the inner_, four-leaved leaflets inversely-heart-shaped, concave, with a small pointed end.

BLOSSOM club-shaped, of a whitish green, an inch and a half long; segments blunt, upright.

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

POINTAL. Seed-bud top-shaped, furrowed and glandular at the base. Shaft thread-shaped, just without the blossom, curved at the end. Summit bluntly four-cornered.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from August, till October.

REFERENCE.

1. The Empalement, magnified.

2. The Empalement, and Blossom.

3. The Chives and Pointal; one tip detached and magnified.

4. The Pointal, natural size, the Summit magnified.

5. The Seed-bud, magnified.

ERICA sexfaria.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris basi bicornibus, longe exsertis atro-purpureis; stylo exserto; corollis ovatis calyce imbricato brevioribus; floribus ternis, sessilibus, terminalibus, albis; soliis ternis, trigonis, glabris, sexfariam imbricatis.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS erectus, subpedalis, glaber; rami pauci, erecti; ramuli simplices, subverticillati, rigidi.

FOLIA terna, trigona, obtusa, glabra, parum incurvata, patentiuscula, sexfariam posita, crassiuscula.

FLORES in ramulorum apice terni, sessili, candidi.

CALYX. Perianthium duplex, _exterium_, triphyllum, foliolis subrotundis, undulatis, coloratis, subpatentibus; _interium_, tetraphyllum, soliolis carinatis, adpressis, concavis, subrotundis, longitudine corollæ.

COROLLA ovata, glabra, membranacea, alba, calyce paulo breviora; limbi laciniis erectis.

STAMINA. Filamenta octo plana. Antheræ basi bicornutæ, exsertæ, atropurpureæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen sub-globosum, sulcatum, glabrum. Stylus filiformis, staminibus longior. Stigma obsolete-tetragonum, atropurpureum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a Martio in Julium.

REFERENTIA.

1. Flos, magnitudine naturali.

2. Calyx.

3. Calyx, lente auctus.

4. Corolla, Stamina et Pistillum.

5. Stamina, valdè aucta.

6. Pistillum, auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH with tips two-horned at the base, far without the blossom and dark purple; shaft without; blossoms egg-shaped, shorter than the tiled cup; flowers grow by threes, sitting close upon the ends of the branches and white; leaves grow by threes, smooth, three-sided, and tiled in six divisions.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM upright, near a foot high, smooth; branches few, upright; small branches simple, grow nearly in whorls and stiff.

LEAVES grow by threes, three-sided, blunt, smooth, a little turned inwards, rather spreading, forming six angles, thickish.

FLOWERS grow in threes at the end of the small branches, sitting close, and of a shining white.

EMPALEMENT. Cup double, _the outer_ three-leaved, leaflets roundish, waved, coloured, and rather spreading; _the inner_ four-leaved, leaflets keeled, pressed to the blossom, concave, roundish, the length of the blossom.

BLOSSOM egg-shaped, smooth, skinny, white, a little shorter than the cup; the segments of the border upright.

CHIVES. Eight flat threads. Tips two-horned at the base, without the blossom, and dark purple.

POINTAL. Seed-bud roundish, furrowed, smooth. Shaft thread-shaped, longer than the chives. Summit bluntly four-cornered, dark purple.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from March till July.

REFERENCE.

1. A Flower, natural size.

2. The Empalement.

3. The Empalement, magnified.

4. The Blossom, Chives, and Pointal.

5. The Chives, very much magnified.

6. The Pointal magnified.

ERICA Solandra.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris cristatis subinclusis, floribus capitatis cernuis subcampanulatis, foliis quaternis linearibus, ramulisque hispidis.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS suffrutescens, semipedalis, flexuosus, valde ramosus, ramulis filiformibus, patentibus, hispidis, itidemque flexuosis.

FOLIA quaterna, brevia, linearia, obtusa, valde hispida; seniora patentia, vel recurva.

FLORES capitatim aggregati, terminales, parvuli.

CALYX tetraphyllus, foliolis erectis, subulatis, hispidis, corollâ brevioribus.

COROLLA parva, nuda, obsolete campanulata, incarnata, laciniis subovatis, patulis.

STAMINA octo capillaria, antheris cristatis, inclusis.

PISTILLUM. Germen tiaræforme. Stylus filiformis, subinclusus. Stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mense Martii ad Maium, iterumque ab Augusto in Septembrem.

REFERENTIA.

1. Folium lente auctum.

2. Pagina inferior folii lente aucta.

3. Calyx lente auctus.

4. Calyx cum Corollâ.

5. Corolla, calyce diducto.

6. Stamina et Pistillum.

7. Eadem lente aucta.

8. Germen lente auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with crested tips just within the blossom, flowers headed nodding and bell-shaped, branches and leaves hispid, the latter in fours and linear.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM shrubbyish, half a foot high, flexuose, very much branched, with the branches thread-shaped, spreading, hispid, and likewise flexuose.

LEAVES in fours, short, linear, obtuse, very hispid; the older ones spreading, or recurved.

FLOWERS terminal in crowned heads, and small.

EMPALEMENT four-leaved, with the leaflets erect, awl-shaped, hispid, and shorter than the blossom.

BLOSSOM small, naked, obscurely bell-shaped, flesh-coloured, with the segments rather egg-shaped and patulous.

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

POINTAL. Germen turban-shaped. Shaft thread-shaped, just within the blossom. Summit four-cornered.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from the month of March till May, and again from August to September.

REFERENCE.

1. A Leaf magnified.

2. The under side of a Leaf magnified,

3. The Empalement magnified.

4. The Empalement and Blossom.

5. A Blossom divested of the empalement.

6. The Chives and Pointal.

7. The same magnified.

8. The Seed-bud magnified.

ERICA speciosa.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris aristatis inclusis, foliis ternatis linearibus villosis, floribus lateralibus ternatis tubulosis et viscosis.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS fruticosus bipedalis, erectus, ramosus, ramulis plerumque oppositis, erectis, et plus minus pubescentibus.

FOLIA ternata, linearia, obtusa, subtus sulcata; juniora erecta, pubescentia; senioria expansa, vel recurva, et villosa; omnia petiolis brevibus adpressisque instructa.

FLORES 2-4-nati, sed plerumque ternati; cernui, terminales in ramulis lateralibus, pedunculis coloratis calyce longioribus.

CALYX tetraphyllus, foliolis subulatis, ciliatis, bracteis tribus adpressis ad basin.

COROLLA cylindrica, uncialis, curvata, viscosa, lucida, saturate et læte rubra, sed apicem versus viridis, et quadrifida, laciniis superne patentibus.

STAMINA octo, capillaria; antheræ cristatæ, inclusæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen tiaræforme, sulcatum, deorsum paulo attenuatum, viride; stylus filiformis, uncinatus, inferne roseus, superne viridis; stigma itidem viride, atque obtuse tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mense Junio ad Septembrem.

REFERENTIA.

1. Calyx cum pedunculo.

2. Stamina diducta, antherâ unicâ lente auctâ.

3. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.

4. Germen lente auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with bearded tips within the blossom, leaves in threes linear and villose, and lateral flowers in threes tubular and viscous.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM shrubby, two feet in height, erect, branched, with the branchlets chiefly opposite, erect, and more or less downy.

LEAVES in threes, linear, obtuse, furrowed beneath; the younger ones erect, pubescent; the older expanded, or recurved, and villose; all of them furnished with short footstalks pressed to the branches.

FLOWERS in twos to fours, but chiefly in threes; bowing, terminating the lateral branches, with coloured peduncles longer than the empalement.

EMPALEMENT 4-leaved, with the leaflets awl-shaped, ciliated, and furnished at the base with three close-pressed floral leaves.

BLOSSOM cylindrical, an inch long, curved, viscous, shining, deep bright red, but towards the apex green, and quadrifid, with the upper parts of the segments spreading.

CHIVES eight, capillary; tips crested, within the blossom.

POINTAL. Germen turban-shaped, furrowed, rather attenuated downwards, green; shaft thread-shaped, hooked, its lower part rosy, but towards the apex green; summit likewise green, and bluntly four-cornered.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from June until September.

REFERENCE.

1. The Empalement with its peduncle.

2. The Chives detached, with one tip magnified.

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

4. The Seed-bud magnified.

ERICA stricta.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA antheris cristatis, inclusis, stylo exserto; corollis subovatis, ore arctatis, purpureis; floribus umbellatis, terminalibus; foliis quaternis, horizontalibus, obtusis, glabris.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS erectus, fruticosus, sesquipedalis; rami erecti, rigidi; ramuli verticillati, erecti.

FOLIA quaterna, glabra, obtusa, supra, plana, subtus sulcata, horizontaliter-patentia; petiolis brevissimis, adpressis.

FLORES terminales, umbellati, cernui, umbellæ 6 ad 10 floræ; pedunculi colorati, longitudine florum, bracteis tribus, subulatis instructi.

CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis ovato-lanceolatis, concavis, viridibus, glabris, obtusis.

COROLLA subovata, glabra, cærulea-purpurea, ore arctata, laciniis minutis, reflexis.

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

PISTILLUM. Germen subrotundum, costatum, ad basin glandulosum. Stylus filiformis, exsertus. Stigma tetragonum.

Habitat in Lusitania.

Floret ab Augusto in Novembrem.

REFERENTIA.

1. Folium, lente auctum.

2. Flos.

3. Calyx, lente auctus.

4. Stamina et Pistillum.

5. Stamina a Pistillo diducta.

6. Stamen unum, auctum.

7. Pistillum, stigma auctum.

8. Germen, lente auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH with crested tips within the blossom, shaft without; blossom nearly egg-shaped, narrowed at the mouth, purple; flowers grow in umbels at the end of the branches; leaves grow by fours, horizontal, blunt, and smooth.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM upright, shrubby, grows a foot and a half high; branches upright, stiff; small branches grow in whorles, upright.

LEAVES grow by fours, smooth, blunt ended, smooth above, furrowed beneath, horizontally spreading; very short foot-stalks pressed to the branches.

FLOWERS terminate the branches, in umbels hanging down, umbels from 6 to 10 flowers; foot-stalks coloured, the length of the flowers having three floral leaves on them.

EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, leaflets between lance and egg-shaped, concave, green, smooth and blunt.

BLOSSOM nearly egg-shaped, smooth, of a blue purple, narrowed at the mouth, segments small, reflexed.

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

POINTAL. Seed-bud roundish, ribbed, glandular at the base. Shaft thread-shaped, without the blossom. Summit four-cornered.

Native of Portugal.

Flowers from August ’till November.

REFERENCE.

1. A Leaf, magnified.

2. A Flower.

3. The Empalement, magnified.

4. The Chives and Pointal.

5. The Chives detached from the Pointal.

6. A Chive, magnified.

7. The Pointal, the Summit magnified.

8. The Seed-bud, magnified.

ERICA tenella.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA antheris basi bicornibus, inclusis; corollis ventricosis, laciniis suberectis; floribus erectis, capitatis, terminalibus, dilute-purpureis; foliis quaternis, linearibus, minutis.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS spithamæus, erectus, fruticosus; rami, filiformes, virgati, divaricati; ramuli superiores verticillati, frequentissimi.

FOLIA quaterna, tenuia, linearia, glabra, parum recurvata; petiolis minutis, adpressis.

FLORES in ramulis terminales, congesti, capitati, numerosi, suberecti; pedunculi capillares, longitudine florum, bracteis tribus, linearibus instructi.

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

COROLLA ventricosa, parva, pallide purpurea, ore parum arctata, laciniis ovatis, erecto-patentibus.

STAMINA. Filamenta octo, capillaria, brevia. Antheræ bicornutæ, inclusæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen sub-globosum, sulcatum, ad basin nectariferum. Stylus filiformis, erectus, inclusus. Stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mense Octobris, in Martium.

REFERENTIA.

1. Calyx, et Corolla.

2. Calyx, lente auctus.

3. Stamina, et Pistillum.

4. Stamen unum, lente auctum.

5. Pistillum, lente auctum.

Obs. Afinis E. comosæ.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with tips two-horned at the base and within the blossom; blossoms bellied, segments nearly upright, flowers upright, grow in small heads, terminating the branches, and light purple coloured; leaves grow by fours, are linear and small.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM about a span high, upright and shrubby, branches twiggy and straddling; the upper small branches grow in whorles, and are very numerous.

LEAVES grow by fours, are thin, linear, smooth, a little turned back, with small foot-stalks, pressed to the branches.

FLOWERS terminate the branches in clustered small heads, are very numerous, and grow nearly upright; foot-stalks hair-like, the length of the flowers, having three floral leaves on them.

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

BLOSSOM bellied, small, of a pale purple, the mouth a little narrowed, segments egg-shaped, between upright and spreading.

CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads, short. Tips two horned and within the blossom.

POINTAL. Seed-bud nearly globular and furrowed, having honey-cups at the base. Shaft thread-shaped, upright, within the blossom. Summit four-cornered.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from the month of October, till March.

REFERENCE.

1. The Empalement, and Blossom.

2. The Empalement, magnified.

3. The Chives, and Pointal.

4. A Chive, magnified.

5. The Pointal, magnified.

Obs. It is allied to the E. comosa.

ERICA thymifolia.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris bicornibus inclusis, corollis axillaribus solitariis urceolatis, foliis ternatis cordato-ovatis ciliatis.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS suffruticosus, spithameus, dumosus, perflexus, ramulis filiformibus, expansis decumbentibusque, superne numerosioribus.

FOLIA ternata, cordato-ovata, ciliata, subtus glauca.

FLORES axillares, solitarii, pedunculis basi bracteis duabus instructis.

CALYX tetraphyllus, foliolis subulatis ciliatisque.

COROLLA parva, urceolata, saturate rosea, laciniis expansis, subtus concavis.

STAMINA octo, capillaria, antheris bicornibus subinclusis.

PISTILLUM. Germen tiaræforme, basi glandulis melliferis instructum; stylus filiformis, exertus; stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mense Martii ad Julium.

REFERENTIA.

1. Pagina inferior Folii lente aucta.

2. Calyx et Corolla.

3. Calyx lente auctus.

4. Stamina et Pistillum.

5. Stamen diductum et lente auctum.

6. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.

7. Germen auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with tips two-horned and within the blossom, blossoms axillary solitary and pitcher-shaped, and leaves in threes, heart-egg-shaped and ciliated.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM shrubbyish, a span high, bushy, very much bent, with the branchlets thread-shaped, expanded and decumbent; more numerous upwards.

LEAVES in threes, heart-egg-shaped, ciliated, glaucous beneath.

FLOWERS axillary, and solitary, with the peduncles furnished with two floral leaves at the base.

EMPALEMENT four-leaved, with the leaflets awl-shaped and ciliated.

BLOSSOM small, pitcher-shaped, deep rose colour, with the segments expanded, and concave beneath.

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

POINTAL. Germen turban-shaped, furnished with honey-bearing-glands at the base; shaft thread-shaped, without the blossom; summit four-cornered.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from the month of March till July.

REFERENCE.

1. The under side of a Leaf magnified.

2. The Empalement and Blossom.

3. The Empalement magnified.

4. The Chives and Pointal.

5. A Chive detached and magnified.

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

7. The Seed-bud magnified.

ERICA vestita _fulgida_.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris muticis subexertis, corollis clavatis pollicaribus saturate et læte rubris, foliis senis setaceis, in petiolos capillares deorsum attenuatis.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS fruticosus, tripedalis, ramosus, ramis plerumque erectis, subsimplicibus.

FOLIA plerumque sena, setacea, deorsum in petiolos capillares attenuata, et inde tremulentia, subtus sulcata.

FLORES supra medium ramorum, conferti, numerosi, patuli, pedunculis brevibus, bracteis tribus instructis.

COROLLA uncialis et ultra, clavata, læte et saturate rubra.

CALYX tetraphyllus, foliolis ovatis, et longissime acuminatis.

STAMINA octo, capillaria, receptaculo affixa, antheris muticis, paulo exertis.

PISTILLUM. Germen tiaræforme; stylus filiformis, exertus; stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mense Junio ad Septembrem.

REFERENTIA.

1. Folium.

2. Calyx lente auctus.

3. Calyx et Corolla.

4. Stamina diducta, antherâ unicâ lente auctâ.

5. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.

6. Germen lente auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with beardless tips just without the blossom; blossoms club-shaped, an inch long, deep bright red; leaves in sixes, bristle-shaped, and attenuated downwards into capillary foot-stalks.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM shrubby, three feet high, with the branches mostly erect and simple.

LEAVES chiefly in sixes, bristle-shaped, attenuated downwards into capillary foot-stalks, and thence tremulous, and furrowed beneath.

FLOWERS above the middle of the branches, crowded, numerous, patulous, with short peduncles, furnished with three floral leaves.

BLOSSOM above an inch long, club-shaped, of a deep bright red colour.

EMPALEMENT four-leaved, with the leaflets ovate, and very much acuminated.

CHIVES eight hair-like threads, affixed to the receptacle, with the tips beardless, and just without the blossom.

POINTAL. Seed-bud turban-shaped; shaft thread-shaped, without the blossom; summit four-cornered.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from the month of June till September.

REFERENCE.

1. A Leaf.

2. The Empalement magnified.

3. The Empalement and Blossom.

4. The Chives detached, with one tip magnified.

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

6. The Seed-bud magnified.

ERICA vestita incarnata.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.