Part 6

STEM a foot and a half high, thread-shaped, and slender: the branches are crowded, numerous, and flexuose.

LEAVES grow opposite and alternate, are short, blunt-ended, and pressed to the branches, concave on their upper surface, and furrowed beneath, shining, and with short footstalks.

FLOWERS are numerous, terminating the smaller branches mostly by twos: peduncles very short, with two floral leaves.

EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved: the leaflets are pointedly oval, white, and smooth.

BLOSSOM white and pitcher-shaped, narrowed at the mouth, with a four-lobed spreading border.

CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads fixed into the receptacle. Tips beardless, within the blossom, and small.

POINTAL. Seed-bud turban-shaped, furrowed, and green. Shaft thread-shaped. Summit four-cornered.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from August till December.

REFERENCE.

1. The Empalement.

2. A Blossom.

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

4. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified.

5. Seed-bud magnified.

ERICA oppositifolia, _rubra_.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris muticis, inclusis: floribus urceolatis, rubris: foliis binis, adpressis: caule tenui: ramis virgatis.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS sub-pedalis, tenuis: rami virgati, numerosi.

FOLIA binatim opposita, triquetra, nitida, adpressa.

FLORES terminales, plerumque bini: pedunculi breves, bracteis duabus coloratis.

CALYX. Perianthium magnum: foliolis ovatis, acutis, rubris.

COROLLA urceolata, rubra, limbo quadrilobo, acuto, sub-reflexo.

STAMINA octo capillaria: antheræ muticæ, inclusæ.

PISTILLUM. German tiaræforme, sulcatum, rubrum, ad basin nectariferum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mense Maio in Augustum.

REFERENTIA.

1. Calyx et bractæa.

2. Corolla.

3. Stamina a Pistillo diducta antherâ unâ lente auctâ.

4. Pistillum stigmate diducto lenteque aucto.

5. Germen auctum.

6. Ramulus cum involucro florum.

7. Flos et Folia varietatis parvæ.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with beardless tips within the blossom: flowers pitcher-shaped and red: leaves by twos, pressed to the branches: stem slender: branches twiggy.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM near a foot high, and slender: branches twiggy, and numerous.

LEAVES by twos, opposite, three-sided, shining, and pressed to the branches.

FLOWERS terminal, mostly by twos: footstalks short, with two floral leaves coloured.

EMPALEMENT. Cup large: leaflets ovate, pointed, and red.

BLOSSOM pitcher-shaped and red, with a slightly reflexed and pointed four-lobed border.

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

POINTAL. Seed-bud turban-shaped, furrowed, and red, with honey-cups at the base.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from May till August.

REFERENCE.

1. The Empalement and floral Leaves.

2. A Blossom.

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

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

5. The Seed-bud magnified.

6. A branch with the involucrum of the flowers.

7. Flower and Leaf of a small variety.

ERICA pallens.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris muticis, inclusis: floribus tubulosis, umbellatis: corollis pallidis: foliis ternis, tomentosis.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS humilis, fruticosus, semi-pedalis. Rami et ramuli numerosi, patentes.

FOLIA terna, subulata, tomentosa, supra plana, subtus sulcata, albo-virescentia.

FLORES terminales, in umbellis ternis vel senis, sub-sessiles, bracteis tribus lanceolatis instructi.

CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum; foliolis spathulatis, pallidis.

COROLLA tubulosa, luteo-alba, horizontaliter sita; oris laciniis rotundatis, erecto-patentibus.

STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria; antheris muticis, inclusis.

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

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mense Aprili in Julium.

REFERENTIA.

1. Pagina inferior Folii lente aucta.

2. Calyx lente auctus.

3. Stamina a Pistillo diducta.

4. Stamen unum lente auctum.

5. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.

6. Germen lente auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with beardless tips, within the blossom. Flowers tubular, and grow in umbels. Blossoms of a pale colour. Leaves by threes, and downy.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM low, shrubby, half a foot high. The small and large branches are numerous, and spreading.

LEAVES by threes, awl-shaped and downy, flat on the upper surface, furrowed beneath, and of a whitish green.

FLOWERS terminate the branches in umbels of from three to six, nearly sessile, and furnished with three lance-shaped floral leaves.

EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved; leaflets spathula-shaped, and of a pale colour.

BLOSSOM tubular, of a yellowish white colour, and standing in a horizontal direction. Segments of the border roundish, and between erect and spreading.

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

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

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from April till July.

REFERENCE.

1. The under side of a Leaf magnified.

2. The Empalement magnified.

3. The Chives and Pointal detached from the blossom.

4. A Chive magnified.

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

6. The Seed-bud magnified.

ERICA Patersonia, _major_.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris aristatis, inclusis: foliis quaternis: floribus luteis, cylindricis, magnis: ramis pyramidatis: ramulis numerosis, confertis: caule erecto.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS fruticosus, sesquipedalis, erectus, ad basin ramosus, dein spicam simplicissimam pyramidatam formans, ramulis brevibus vestitam.

FOLIA quaterna, linearia, incurvata, glabra, subtus leviter sulcata: petiolis brevissimis, adpressis.

FLORES numerosi, prominentes super ramulos brevissimos cauli adpressos.

CALYX. Perianthium duplex: exterius triphyllum: foliolis ovatis, acuminatis: interioribus tetraphyllis, et longioribus.

COROLLA cylindrica, pollicaris, glabra, lutea: limbo quadrifido, reflexo.

STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria receptaculo inserta: antheræ aristatæ, inclusæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen coronæforme. Stylus filiformis, curvatus, exertus. Stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mense Maio in Septembrem.

REFERENTIA.

1. Calyx.

2. Corolla.

3. Stamina et Pistillum, antherâ unâ lente auctâ.

4. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.

5. Germen lente auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with bearded tips, within the blossom: leaves grow by fours: flowers yellow, of a cylinder shape, and large: the large branches are of a pyramidal form: the small branches are numerous, and crowded together: stem upright.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM shrubby, a foot and a half high, upright, branching at the base, then forming a simple pyramidal spike covered by short branches.

LEAVES by fours, linear, turned inward, smooth, and lightly furrowed beneath: footstalks very short, and pressed to the stem.

FLOWERS numerous, standing out upon very short branches that are close to the stem.

EMPALEMENT. Cup double: the outer one three-leaved: the leaflets are ovate, and pointed: the inner ones four-leaved and longer.

BLOSSOM cylindrical, an inch long, smooth, and yellow: with a four-lobed reflexed border.

CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads inserted into the receptacle: tips bearded, and within the blossom.

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

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from May till September.

REFERENCE.

1. The Empalement.

2. A Blossom.

3. The Chives and Pointal, one tip magnified.

4. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified.

5. Seed-bud magnified.

ERICA Patersonia, _coccinea_.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris aristatis inclusis, corollis cylindraceo-clavatis, coccineis, verticillatis, foliis sub-senis, setaceis, in petioles capillares attenuatis.

DESCRIPTIO.

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

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

FLORES in summitate ramorum verticillati, recti. Pedunculi breves, bracteis tribus lanceolatis instructi.

CALYX tetraphyllus, foliolis lanceolatis, serrulatis, adpressis.

COROLLA cylindraceo-clavata, coccinea, ore arctata, parum curvata, subpollicaris, limbo reflexo.

STAMINA octo capillaria; antheræ aristatæ, inclusæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen tiaræforme, sulcatum, ad basin nectariferum. Stylus filiformis. Stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mense Aprili in Augustum.

REFERENTIA.

1. Folium.

2. Calyx et Corolla.

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 bearded tips within the blossoms, which are cylindrically club-shaped, of a scarlet colour, and in whorls. Leaves nearly by sixes, bristle-shaped, and attenuated into capillary footstalks.

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 footstalks.

FLOWERS grow at the tops of the branches in whorls straight out. Footstalks short, furnished with three lance-shaped floral leaves.

EMPALEMENT four-leaved; leaflets lance-shaped, slightly sawed, and pressed to the blossom.

BLOSSOM cylindrically club-shaped, scarlet colour, and narrowed at the mouth, slightly curved, near an inch long, the border reflexed.

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

POINTAL. Seed-bud turban-shaped, furrowed, with honey-cups at the base. Shaft thread-shaped. Summit four-cornered.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from the month of April till August.

REFERENCE.

1. A Leaf.

2. The Empalement and Blossom.

3. The Empalement magnified.

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

5. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified.

6. Seed-bud magnified.

ERICA pellucida.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris muticis, inclusis; floribus tubulato-ventricosis, pilosis, costatis, pellucidis, albis; foliis quaternis, aculeatis; caulibus gracilibus, hirsutis, ramosissimis.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS gracilis, sesquipedalis, hirsutus; rami et ramuli numerosi, hirsuti, flexuosi.

FOLIA quaterna, lanceolata, lucida, aculeata, subtus sulco exarata; petiolis adpressis.

FLORES in ramulis terminales, plerumque quaterni, cernui; pedunculi longi, glandulosi, bracteis tribus lanceolatis glandulosis.

CALYX tetraphyllum; foliolis lanceolatis, canaliculatis, glandulosis.

COROLLA tubulato-ventricosa, pilosa, costata, alba, et pellucida; laciniis semi-orbicularibus, sub-erectis.

STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria; antheræ muticæ, inclusæ.

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

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mense Novembris in Junium.

REFERENTIA.

1. Pagina inferior Folii lente aucta.

2. Calyx lente auctus.

3. Stamina diducta, antherâ unicâ lente auctâ.

4. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.

5. Germen lente auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with beardless tips within the blossom; flowers of an inflated tubular form, hairy, ribbed, and of a transparent white; leaves by fours, prickly; stem slender, harshly haired, and much branched.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM slender, a foot and a half high, and harshly haired; the small and larger branches are numerous, hairy, and flexuose.

LEAVES by fours, lance-shaped, shining, prickly, and deeply furrowed beneath; footstalks pressed to the stem.

FLOWERS terminate the small branches, mostly by fours, and nodding; footstalks long, glandular, and furnished with three lance-shaped glandular floral leaves.

EMPALEMENT four-leaved; leaflets lance-shaped, channelled, and glandular.

BLOSSOM of an inflated tubular form, hairy, ribbed, white, and transparent; the segments of the border are half round, and nearly upright.

CHIVES. Eight capillary threads; tips beardless, and within the blossom.

POINTAL. Seed-bud turban-shaped, and furrowed. Shaft thread-shaped. Summit four-cornered.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from November till June.

REFERENCE.

1. The under side of a leaf magnified.

2. The Empalement magnified.

3. The Chives detached, one tip magnified.

4. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified.

5. Seed-bud magnified.

ERICA petiolata.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris muticis, sub-exertis; corollis terminalibus, ternatis, campanulatis, albis; foliis ternis, cuneatis, petiolis longissimis.

DESCRIPTIO.

SUFFRUTEX pygmæus. Caulis ramosus, semi-pedalis. Rami patentes; ramuli numerosi, conferti.

FOLIA terna, patentia, cuneata, latiuscula, crassiuscula, et lucida, subtus sulcata; petiolis longissimis.

FLORES terminales, plerumque ternati, suberecti; pedunculi brevissimi.

CALYX duplex; exterius triphyllum, foliolis spatulatis; interius tetraphyllum, foliolis longioribus, ad basin late ovatis.

COROLLA campanula, alba, laciniis semi-rotundis, patentibusque.

STAMINA octo capillaria; antheræ muticæ, sub-exertæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen tiaræforme, albicans. Stylus filiformis. Stigma tetragonum, concavum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mense Maii in Julium.

REFERENTIA.

1. Folium.

2. Calyx lente auctus.

3. Corolla.

4. Stamina et Pistillum.

5. Anthera unica lente aucta.

6. Germen et pistillum, Stigmate lente aucto.

7. Germen lente auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with beardless tips, just without the blossom; blossoms terminate the branches by threes, are bell-shaped, and white; leaves by threes, wedge-shaped, footstalks very long.

DESCRIPTION.

A DWARFISH little shrub. Stem branching, half a foot high. Branches spreading; the smaller branches are numerous, and crowded together.

LEAVES by threes, spreading, and wedge-shaped, broadish, and rather thick, shining, and furrowed beneath; with very long footstalks.

FLOWERS terminal, chiefly in threes, nearly upright; peduncles very short.

EMPALEMENT double; the outer one three-leaved, leaflets spatula-shaped; the inner one is four-leaved, longer than the outer, and broadly egg-shaped at the base.

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

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

POINTAL. Seed-bud turban-shaped, and whitish. Shaft thread-shaped. Summit four-angled, and hollow.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from the month of May till July.

REFERENCE.

1. A leaf.

2. The Empalement magnified.

3. A Blossom.

4. The Chives and Pointal.

5. A Chive magnified.

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

7. Seed-bud magnified.

ERICA pinifolia.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris muticis, inclusis: foliis senis vel octonis, linearibus, tremulis: floribus confertis, clavatis, pubescentibus, albis.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS erectus, sesquipedalis, parum ramosus: ramulis simplicibus, foliis tectis.

FOLIA sena vel octona, linearia, tremula, glabra, subtus sulcata, attenuata in petioles capillares.

FLORES sub apices ramorum verticillatim conferti, horizontaliter siti: pedunculi colorati, bracteis tribus linearibus.

CALYX tetraphyllus: foliolis lanceolatis, adpressis.

COROLLA clavata, pollicaris, albis, pilis tomentosis densissime circumsessa: oris laciniis revolutis, obsolete crenulatis.

STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria; antheræ inclusæ, muticæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen tiaræforme, superne lanatum, album; inferne viride, ad basin glandulosum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mense Februarii in Julium.

REFERENTIA.

1. Calyx lente auctus.

2. Corolla lente aucta.

3. Stamina et Pistillum, antherâ unicâ lente auctâ.

4. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.

5. Germen lente auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with beardless tips within the blossom: leaves by sixes or eights, linear, and tremulous: flowers crowded, club-shaped, hairy, and white.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM upright, a foot and a half high, branching but little: the smaller branches simple, and covered with leaves.

LEAVES by sixes or eights, linear, tremulous, and smooth; furrowed beneath, and tapering into hair-like footstalks.

FLOWERS grow near the ends of the branches in crowded whorls, and in a horizontal direction; footstalks coloured, with three linear floral leaves.

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

BLOSSOM club-shaped, an inch long, white, and closely beset with downy hairs: the segments of the border are rolled back, and slightly notched.

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

POINTAL. Seed-bud turban-shaped, downy on the upper part, and white; greenish below, and glandular at the base.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from February till July.

REFERENCE.

1. The Empalement magnified.

2. A Blossom magnified.

3. The Chives and Pointal, one tip magnified.

4. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified.

5. Seed-bud magnified.

ERICA pinifolia, _discolor_.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris muticis, inclusis; floribus verticillatis; corollis tubulosis, costatis, glandulosis; foliis senis, confertis, incurvis; caulibus robustis.

DESCRIPTIO.

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

FOLIA plerumque sena confertissima, linearia, uncialia, subtus sulcata, seniora recurva, sed post medium incurva, adscendentia.

FLORES verticillati sub apicibus ramorum horizontaliter; pedunculi colorati, hirsuti; bracteis tribus hirsutis.

CALYX tetraphyllus; foliolis linearibus, subulatis, hirsutis, adpressis.

COROLLA tubulosa, costata, pollicaris, pilis glandulosis densissime circumsessa, apicem versus albis, ad basin rubris; laciniis revolutis, obsolete crenulatis.

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

PISTILLUM. Germen tiaræforme, lanatum. Stylus filiformis, sub-exsertus. Stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mense Maio in Julium.

REFERENTIA.

1. Calyx lente auctus.

2. Corolla lente aucta.

3. Stamina et Pistillum, antherâ unicâ lente auctâ.

4. Germen lente auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with beardless tips within the blossom; flowers grow in whorls; blossoms tubular, ribbed, and glandular; leaves by sixes, crowded, and turned inwards; stem stout.

DESCRIPTION.

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

LEAVES chiefly in sixes, very crowded, linear, an inch long, furrowed beneath, the older ones recurved, but beyond the middle incurvedly ascending.

FLOWERS whorled near the ends of the branches in an horizontal direction; footstalks coloured, and hispid; with three rough-haired floral leaves.

EMPALEMENT four-leaved; leaflets are linear, awl-shaped, harshly haired, and pressed to the blossom.

BLOSSOM tubular, ribbed, an inch long, and closely beset with glandular hairs, white towards the end and red at the base; the segments of the border are rolled back, and slightly notched.

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

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

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from May till July.

REFERENCE.

1. The Empalement magnified.

2. A Blossom magnified.

3. The Chives and Pointal, one tip magnified.

4. Seed-bud magnified.

ERICA planifolia.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris basi bicornibus, sub-exertis: floribus axillaribus, urceolatis, purpureis: pedunculis longis: foliis ternis, spathulatis, glandulosis: ramis numerosis, flexuosis.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS fruticosus, sesquipedalis: rami et ramuli numerosi, flexuosi, erecto-patentes.

FOLIA terna, spathulata, supra plana, subtus carinata, albida: marginibus glandulosis, revolutis.

FLORES sub apices ramorum, simplices, axillares: pedunculis longis, coloratis, glandulosis.

CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum: foliolis ovato-acuminatis, marginibus revolutis glandulosis.

COROLLA urceolata, glabra, purpurea: oris laciniis obtusis, erectis.

STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria: antheræ basi bicornes, sub-exertæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen tiaræforme, leviter sulcatum, supra pilosum, ad basin nectariferum. Stylus filiformis. Stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mense Augusti in Septembrem.

REFERENTIA.

1. Folium lente auctum.

2. Idem subtus, lente auctum.

3. Calyx lente auctus.

4. Stamina et Pistillum.

5. Stamina a Pistillo liberata.

6. Anthera unica lente aucta.

7. Pistillum et Germen, stigmate lente aucto.

8. Germen lente auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with tips two-horned at the base, and just without the blossom: flowers grow from the axillæ of the leaves, are pitcher-shaped, and purple: footstalks long: leaves by threes, spathula-shaped, and glandular: branches numerous, and flexuose.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM shrubby, a foot and a half high: the smaller and larger branches are numerous, flexuose, and between erect and spreading.

LEAVES by threes, spathula-shaped, flat on their upper surface, keeled beneath, and whitish: with glandular margins rolled back.

FLOWERS grow near the ends of the branches, singly, from the axillæ of the leaves: footstalks long, coloured, and glandular.

EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved: leaflets ovately-pointed, with revolute glandular margins.

BLOSSOM pitcher-shaped, smooth, and purple: the segments of the border are obtuse, and upright.

CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads: tips two-horned at the base, and just within the blossom.

POINTAL. Seed-bud turban-shaped, slightly furrowed, hairy on the upper part, with honey-cups at the base. Shaft thread-shaped. Summit four-cornered.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from August till September.

REFERENCE.

1. A Leaf magnified.

2. The same shown from the under side, magnified.

3. The Empalement magnified.

4. The Chives and Pointal.

5. The Chives liberated from the Pointal.

6. A Chive magnified.

7. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified.

8. Seed-bud magnified.

ERICA prægnans.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris inclusis, basi bicornibus: floribus terminalibus, fasciculatis: corollis urceolatis, inflatis: foliis quaternis, linearibus: caulis dumosus.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS fruticosus, pedalis et ultra, teres et dumosus.

FOLIA quaterna, linearia, acuta, basi recurvata, apice adscendentia, ciliata, nitida.

FLORES in ramulis terminales, fasciculati: pedunculi purpurei, basi bracteis binis parvis oppositis instructi.

CALYX tetraphyllus, foliolis lanceolatis, acutis, adpressis.

COROLLA magna, inflata, ovata, glabra, nitida, ore arctata, quod pallide carneum est: limbi laciniis æqualibus, patentibus, carneis, in centro saturate rubris.

STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria. Antheræ basi bicornes, inclusæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen tiaræforme, sulcatum, ad basin nectariferum. Stylus filiformis, inclusus. Stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mense Aprili in Augustum.

REFERENTIA.

1. Calyx.

2. Stamina et Pistillum, antherâ unicâ lente auctâ.

3. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.

4. Germen lente auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with tips within the blossom, and two-horned at their base: flowers terminal in bunches: blossoms pitcher-shaped, and swelled: leaves by fours, and linear: stem bushy.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM shrubby, a foot or more high, round and bushy.

LEAVES by fours, linear, pointed, with a recurved base and an ascending point, ciliated, and shining.