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                               COLOURED

                              ENGRAVINGS

                                  OF

                                HEATHS.




                          Coloured Engravings

                                  OF

                                HEATHS.

                                  THE

                               DRAWINGS

                              TAKEN FROM

                          LIVING PLANTS ONLY.

                                 WITH

  THE APPROPRIATE SPECIFIC CHARACTER, FULL DESCRIPTION, NATIVE PLACE
               OF GROWTH, AND TIME OF FLOWERING OF EACH;

                         In Latin and English.

    EACH FIGURE ACCOMPANIED BY ACCURATE DISSECTIONS OF THE SEVERAL
           PARTS (MAGNIFIED WHERE NECESSARY) UPON WHICH THE
                SPECIFIC DISTINCTION HAS BEEN FOUNDED,

                           ACCORDING TO THE

                            LINNÆAN SYSTEM.


                          THE WHOLE EXECUTED

                          _By H. C. ANDREWS_,

                   BOTANICAL PAINTER, ENGRAVER, &c.

                               VOL. II.


                                LONDON:

            PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR, NO. 5, KNIGHTSBRIDGE.

             _Printed by R. Taylor and Co. 38, Shoe Lane._

                                 1805.




DISSERTATION continued.


The unabating ardour that still prevails in the science of botany, and
rather increases than diminishes, renders it almost impossible (from
the extreme minutiæ annexed to this elegant tribe) for the pencil of
the artist to keep pace with the numerous importations from the Cape
(at present the sole emporium of the genus Erica); the limits of the
genus it is impossible at present to prescribe, but by the termination
of the next volume we have no doubt of being able to ascertain, in some
measure, its extent. The author’s intention is therefore to figure
(first) all the most elegant and desirable of the genus, including many
very beautiful varieties, of recent introduction, that far surpass
those from which they derive their name; reserving, as a dernier
ressort, the most uninteresting and least attractive, to subjoin at
the termination of the genus, as necessary links in the chain of this
extensive family. The great difficulty attending the cultivation of
many of the species, so generally complained of, can only be surmounted
by great care and attention to keep them from the partial damps and
fogs so prevalent in this island. Among the most tender and difficult
to preserve, and which require the most care, are the E. obbata, E.
retorta, E. ampullacea, E. Aitonia, E. Jasminiflora, E. vestita alba,
and E. Massonia; the last of which is perhaps the most tender, owing
most likely to the closeness of the leaves, joined with the soft hairs
that surround them, which is a great encourager of secreted damps:
this, assisted by the great succulence that pervades the upper part of
the plant, and its rather abrupt commencement from the wood, renders
it so difficult to be preserved. They should by no means be intermixed
with other plants, but kept in a house entirely appropriated to them,
and so arranged that the air may have as free an egress and regress as
possible to them all; as undoubtedly the mixing of them with plants
whose foliage is so much larger, although it may produce a pleasing
contrast, must exclude the free approach of the atmosphere, to which
they are so much exposed in their native clime, and to which the
nearest approximation must certainly be most congenial.




ERICA acuta.


CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA antheris cristatis, inclusis; floribus ternis;
foliolis calycis ciliatis, apicibus setaceis;
corollis urceolatis, purpureis; foliis subulatis,
erectis, mucronatis, quaternis.


DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS erectus, pedalis, gracilis; rami pauci,
filiformes, erecti; ramuli plurimi, brevi, erecti.

FOLIA quaterna, subulata, mucronata, glabra,
rigida, erecta; petiolis brevissimis, adpressis.

FLORES in apice omnium ramulorum terni,
cernui; pedunculi longitudine florum, bracteis
tribus, ciliatis instructi.

CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum; foliolis
lanceolatis, ciliatis, apice setaceis.

COROLLA urceolata, purpurea, glabra; laciniis
limbi, acutis, parum reflexis.

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

PISTILLUM. Germen subglobosum, sulcatum.
Stylus filiformis, inclusus. Stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a Maio, in Julium.


REFERENTIA.

1.  Folium, auctum.

2.  Calyx, auctus.

3.  Flos, magnitudine naturali.

4.  Corolla.

5.  Stamina et Pistillum, auctum.

6.  Pistillum et Germen, auctum.


SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH with crested tips, within the blossom;
flowers grow by threes; leaflets of the cup fringed,
with bristles at the ends; blossoms pitcher-shaped
and purple; leaves awl-shaped, upright, sharp-pointed
and growing by fours.


DESCRIPTION.

STEM upright, a foot high, slender; branches
few, thread-shaped, upright; small branches many,
short, upright.

LEAVES grow by fours, awl-shaped, sharp-pointed,
smooth, harsh and upright; foot-stalks
very short and pressed to the stem.

FLOWERS grow by threes at the end of all the
smaller branches, nodding; the foot-stalks the
length of the flowers, having three fringed floral
leaves on them.

EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, leaflets
lance-shaped, fringed, and bristled at the end.

BLOSSOM pitcher-shaped, purple, smooth, segments
of the border pointed, a little reflexed.

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

POINTAL. Seed-bud roundish and furrowed.
Shaft thread-shaped, within the blossom. Summit
four-cornered.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from May, till July.


REFERENCE.

1.  A Leaf, magnified.

2.  The Empalement, magnified.

3.  A Flower of the natural size.

4.  A Blossom.

5.  The Chives and Pointal, magnified.

6.  The Pointal and Seed-bud, magnified.

[Illustration]




ERICA Archeria.


CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA antheris muticis, inclusis, stylo exserto;
floribus subterminalibus, verticillatis; corollis tubuloso-clavatis,
villosis, rubro-purpureis, pollicaribus;
foliolis senis, rigidis, serrato-ciliatis.


DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS fruticosus, erectus, sesquipedalis; rami
erecti, simplices; ramuli pauci, patento-erecti.

FOLIA sena, linearia, rigida, patentia, margine
serrato-ciliata; petiolis brevissimis, adpressis.

FLORES in summitate ramorum subterminales,
verticillati, patenti; pedunculi brevi, bracteis tribus
instructi.

CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis
ovato-lanceolatis, apicibus parum reflexis, hispidis,
viscosis.

COROLLA tubuloso-clavata, pollicaris, villosa,
rubro-purpurea, viscosa; laciniis erectis.

STAMINA. Filamento octo, capillaria, apice
incurvata. Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen subovatum, octo-sulcatum,
ad basin glandulosum. Stylus filiformis,
exsertus. Stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret ab Augusto, in Novembrem.


REFERENTIA.

1. Calyx, lente auctus.

2. Flos, magnitudine naturali.

3. Stamina et Pistillum.

4. Pistillum, Stigma auctum.

5. Germen, lente auctum.


SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH with beardless tips, within the blossom,
shaft without; flowers nearly terminate the
branches in whorls; blossoms tubularly club-shaped,
hairy, of a red-purple colour, and an
inch long; leaves grow by sixes, harsh, and sawed
at the edge as if fringed.


DESCRIPTION.

STEM shrubby, upright, a foot and a half high;
branches upright, simple; small branches few,
grow upright-spreading.

LEAVES grow by sixes, linear, harsh, spreading,
sawed like a fringe at margin; with very
short foot-stalks pressed to the stem.

FLOWERS grow nearly terminal at the top of
the branches in whorls, spreading; foot-stalks
short, with three floral leaves.

EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, leaflets between
egg and lance-shaped, points a little reflexed,
hairy and clammy.

BLOSSOM tubularly club-shaped, an inch long,
hairy, of a red-purple colour, and clammy; segments
upright.

CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads turned inwards
at the top. Tips beardless, within the
blossom.

POINTAL. Seed-bud nearly egg-shaped, eight-furrowed,
glandular at the base. Shaft thread-shaped,
without the blossom. Summit four-cornered.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from August, till November.


REFERENCE.

1. The Empalement, magnified.

2. A Flower, natural size.

3. The Chives and Pointal.

4. The Pointal, the Summit magnified.

5. The Seed-bud, magnified.

[Illustration]




ERICA ardens.


CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris cristatis inclusis, floribus lateralibus
subternis cernuis subglobosis, laciniis erecto-incurvis,
foliis ternis subulatis reflexis.


DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS fruticosus, semipedalis et ultra, flexuosus,
ramulis erectis, patentibusque.

FOLIA ternata, subulata, reflexa, petiolis brevibus,
adpressis.

FLORES laterales, sæpe ternati, cernui, speciosi;
pedunculi floribus sere duplo longiores, bracteis
tribus, distantibus, coloratis, instructi.

CALYX tetraphyllus, foliolis ovato-acuminatis,
concavis, incurvatis.

COROLLA subglobosa, ignea, laciniis erecto-incurvis.

STAMINA octo, capillaria; antheræ cristatæ inclusæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen tiaræforme; stylus inclusus;
stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mense Aprili in Junium.


REFERENTIA.

1.  Folium lente auctum.

2.  Flos.

3.  Calyx cum pedunculo, lente auctus.

4.  Stamina et Pistillum.

5.  Stamen lente auctum.

6.  Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.

7. Germen lente auctum.


SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with crested tips within the blossom,
flowers lateral chiefly in threes bowing nearly globose,
with the segments erect-incurved, leaves in
threes awl-shaped and bent backwards.


DESCRIPTION.

STEM shrubby, half a foot high and upwards,
flexuose, with branches erect, and spreading.

LEAVES, in threes, awl-shaped, bent backwards,
with short footstalks pressed to the stems.

FLOWERS lateral, chiefly in threes, bowing,
showy; the peduncles almost twice as long as the
flowers, with three distant, coloured, floral leaves.

EMPALEMENT four-leaved, with the leaves egg-acuminated,
concave, and incurved.

BLOSSOM somewhat globular, of a fiery colour,
with segments erect-incurved.

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

POINTAL. Germen turban-shaped; shaft within
the blossom; summit four-cornered.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from April till June.


REFERENCE.

1.  A Leaf magnified.

2.  A Flower.

3.  The Empalement with the peduncle, magnified.

4.  The Chives and Pointal.

5.  A Chive magnified.

6.  The Pointal, with the summit magnified.

7.  The Seed-bud magnified.

[Illustration]




ERICA aurea.


CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA antheris muticis, subinclusis, stylo exserto;
floribus subterminalibus verticillatis; corollis
cylindricis, pollicaribus, aurantiis; foliis senis, linearibus,
glabris, horizontalibus.


DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS erectus, fruticosus, pedalis; rami verticillati,
patentes, rigidi.

FOLIA sena, linearia, glabra, seniora teretiuscula,
juniora plana, apice incurvata, patentia;
petiolis brevissimis.

FLORES horizontaliter verticillati prope ramorum
summitatem; pedunculi brevissimi, bracteis
tribus instructi.

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

COROLLA cylindracea, glabra, aurantia; laciniis
oris parum reflexis.

STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria. Antheræ
subinclusæ, muticæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen turbinatum, sulcatum,
apice concavum, ad basin glandulosum. Stylus
filiformis. Stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mense Julii, in Septembrem.


REFERENTIA.

1. Flos.

2. Calyx, auctus.

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

4.  Pistillum, Stigma diductum et auctum.

5. Germen, auctum.


SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH with beardless tips, just within the blossom,
shaft without; flowers nearly terminate the
branches in whorls; blossoms cylindrical, an inch
long, and of a gold colour; leaves grow by sixes,
linear, smooth, and horizontal.


DESCRIPTION.

STEM upright, shrubby, a foot high; the
branches grow in whorls, spreading, and stiff.

LEAVES grow by sixes, linear, smooth; the older
ones rather cylindrical, the younger smooth, turned
inward at the end, and spreading; very short
foot-stalks.

FLOWERS grow horizontally in whorls near
the summit of the branches; foot-stalks very short,
having three floral leaves on them.

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

BLOSSOM cylinder-shaped, smooth, gold coloured;
segments of the mouth a little reflexed.

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

POINTAL. Seed-bud top-shaped, furrowed,
hollow at the top, glandular at the base. Shaft
thread-shaped. Summit four-cornered.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from the month of July, till September.


REFERENCE.

1.  A Flower.

2.  The Cup, magnified.

3.  The Chives and Pointal, one of the tips detached
and magnified.

4.  The Pointal, the summit detached and magnified.

5.  The Seed-bud, magnified.

[Illustration]




ERICA barbata _major_.


CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA antheris cristatis, inclusis; stylo sub-exserto;
corollis urceolatis, albis, pilosis; pedunculis
longissimis, bracteis distantibus; floribus
umbellatis, terminalibus; foliis quaternis, ovatis,
barbatis, patentibus, subtus concavis.


DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS fruticosus, pedalis, flexuosus; rami
filiformes, laxi, pauci; ramuli villosiusculi, patenti.

FOLIA quaterna, ciliata, ovata, parum curvata,
patentia, subtus concava, supra glandulosa; petiolis
adpressis.

FLORES in ultimis ramulis terminales, umbellati,
cernui, pedunculi pilis obsiti, foliis longiores,
bracteis distantibus.

CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum; foliolis,
spathulatis, barbatis, glanduloso-pilosis adpressis.

COROLLA urceolata, alba, pilosa, viscosa, oris
laciniis erectis.

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

PISTILLUM. Germen ovatum, sulcatum, pilosum.
Stylus filiformis, subexsertus. Stigma
obsoletè tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a Maio; in Augustum.


REFERENTIA.

1.  Folium unum, lente auctum.

2.  Calyx, lente auctus.

3.  Corolla, magnitudine naturali.

4.  Stamina et Pistillum.

5.  Stamina a Pistillo diducta.

6.  Stamen unum, lente auctum.

7.  Pistillum, lente auctum.


SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH with crested tips, within the blossom,
shaft just without; blossoms pitcher-shaped, white,
hairy; foot-stalks very long, floral leaves distant
from the blossom; flowers grow in umbels at the
end of the branches; leaves grow by fours, egg-shaped,
bearded, spreading, concave beneath.


DESCRIPTION.

STEM shrubby, grows a foot high and zigzaged;
branches are thread-shaped, limber and
few; small branches are a little hairy and grow
spreading.

LEAVES grow by fours, fringed, oval, rather
curved, spreading, concave beneath, glandular
above; with foot-stalks pressed to the stem.

FLOWERS terminate the small branches in umbels,
nodding; foot-stalks covered with hairs,
longer than the leaves, leaflets distant from the
blossom.

EMPALMENT. Cup four-leaved; leaflets
spathula shaped, bearded, glandularly-hairy and
pressed to the blossom.

BLOSSOM pitcher-shaped, white, hairy, viscous,
segments of the mouth upright.

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

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

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from May, till August.


REFERENCE.

1.  A Leaf, magnified.

2.  The Cup, magnified.

3.  The Blossom, natural size.

4.  The Chives and Pointal.

5.  The Chives detached from the Pointal.

6.  A Chive, magnified.

7.  The Pointal, magnified.

[Illustration]




ERICA barbata, _minor_.


CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris cristatis, sub-exsertis, stylo exserto;
corollis urceolatis, albis, pilosis; pedunculis
longissimis; bracteis distantibus; floribus
umbellatis, terminalibus; foliis quaternis, ovatis,
barbatis, patentibus, glanduloso-ciliatis.


DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS fruticosus, pedalis, flexuosus; rami
filiformes, laxi, pauci; ramuli, villosiusculi,
patenti.

FOLIA quaterna, ciliata, ovata, parum curvata,
patentia, subtus concava, supra glandulosa; petiolis
adpressis.

FLORES in ultimis ramulis, terminales, umbellati,
cernui, pedunculi pilis obsiti, foliis longiores,
bracteis distantibus.

CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis,
spathulatis, barbatis, glanduloso-pilosis, adpressis.

COROLLA urceolata, alba, pilosa, viscosa, oris
laciniis patentibus.

STAMINA. Filamenta octo, capillaria. Antheræ
cristatæ, sub-exsertæ.

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

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret ab Augusto, in Novembrem.


REFERENTIA.

1.  Folium, lente auctum.

2.  Flos.

3.  Calyx, lente auctus.

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

5.  Pistillum, Stigma auctum.

6.  Germen, auctum.


SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with crested tips, just without the blossom,
shaft without; blossoms pitcher-shaped,
white, hairy; foot-stalks very long, floral leaves
distant from the blossom; flowers grow in umbels
at the end of the branches; leaves grow by
fours, egg-shaped, bearded, spreading, and glandularly
fringed.


DESCRIPTION.

STEM shrubby, grows a foot high, and zig-zagged;
branches are thread-shaped, limber, and
few; small branches are a little hairy, and grow
spreading.

LEAVES grow by fours, fringed, oval, rather
curved, spreading, concave beneath, glandular
above; foot-stalks pressed to the stem.

FLOWERS terminate the small branches in umbels,
nodding; foot-stalks covered with hairs,
longer than the leaves, leaflets distant from the
blossom.

EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, leaflets
spathula-shaped, bearded, glandularly hairy, and
pressed to the blossom.

BLOSSOM pitcher-shaped, white, hairy, viscous,
segments of the mouth spreading.

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

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

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from August, till November.


REFERENCE.

1.  A Leaf, magnified.

2.  A Flower.

3.  The Empalement, magnified.

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

5.  The Pointal, the Summit magnified.

6.  The Seed-bud, magnified.

[Illustration]




ERICA bicolor.


CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris muticis inclusis, floribus tubulosis
terminalibus patulisque in ramulis lateralibus, foliis
pubescentibus ternatis.


DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS bipedalis, flexuoso-erectus, ramis paucioribus,
ramulis numerosis erectis pubescentibus.

FOLIA ternata, obtuse-subulata, paululum incurvata,
villosa, subtus sulcata.

FLORES tubulosi, terminales in ramulis lateralibus,
in fasciculis trifloris, sub-patulis.

CALYX duplex, dense ciliatus, coloratus, exterior
3-phyllus, foliolis subulatis, adpressis, interior
tetraphyllus, longior.

COROLLA uncialis, inferne rubro-purpurea, superne
viridis, laciniis minime recurvatis.

FILAMENTA octo capillaria; antheræ muticæ,
inclusæ, subfuscæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen tiaræforme; stylus filiformis,
apice hamatus, corolla longior; stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mense Februarii ad Aprilem.


REFERENTIA.

1.   Inferior pars Folii lente aucta.

2.   Calyx cum Corollà.

3.   Calyx lente auctus.

4.  Stamina et Pistillum, antherâ unicâ lente
auctâ.

5.   Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.

6.   Germen lente auctum.


SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with beardless tips within the blossom,
tubular rather spreading flowers terminating the lateral
branches, and downy leaves in threes.


DESCRIPTION.

STEM two feet high, flexuose-erect, with few
large branches, and numerous erect downy small
ones.

LEAVES in threes, obtusely awl-shaped, a little
incurved, villose, and furrowed beneath.

FLOWERS tubular, terminal on the little branches,
in three-flowered bunches, which spread a little.

EMPALEMENT double, densely ciliated, coloured,
outer three-leaved, with the leaflets awl-shaped and
pressed to the inner, which is four-leaved and
longer.

BLOSSOM an inch long, the lower part red-purple,
the upper green, with the segments very slightly
bent back.

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

POINTAL. Seed-bud turban-shaped; shaft thread-shaped,
hooked at the point, longer than the blossom;
summit four-cornered.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from February till April.


REFERENCE.

1.  The under-side of a Leaf magnified.

2.  The Calyx with the Corolla.

3.  The Calyx magnified.

4.  The Stamina and Style, with one tip magnified.

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

6.  The Seed-bud magnified.

[Illustration]




ERICA comosa.


CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA antheris muticis, inclusis; corolla ventricosa,
alba, parva, ore arctata, laciniis patentibus;
foliolis calycis ciliatis; floribus terminalibus, congestis,
comosis; foliis quaternis, linearibus, obtusis,
glabris.


DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS fruticosus, subpedalis, ramosus; rami,
virgati, penduli; ramuli brevi, filiformes, numerosi.

FOLIA quaterna, obtusa, patentia, parva, glabra.

FLORES in ramulis terminales, quasi spicam
comosam densam formantes; pedunculi brevissimi,
bracteis adpressis.

CALYX. Perianthiam tetraphyllum, foliolis
ovatis, acutis, ciliatis.

COROLLA ventricosa, alba, basi inflata, apice
arctata; oris laciniis acutis, patentibus.

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

PISTILLUM. Germen subrotundum, octo-sulcatum.
Stylus filiformis, inclusus. Stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a Junio in Septembrem.


REFERENTIA.

1.  Flos.

2.  Calyx, lente auctus.

3.  Stamina et Pistillum.

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

5.  Pistillum, stigma auctum.

6.  Germen, lente auctum.


SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH with beardless tips within the blossom,
which is bellied, white, small and narrowed at the
mouth, segments spreading; leaflets of the cup
fringed; flowers terminal, crowded together in
tufts; leaves grow by fours, linear, blunt, and
smooth.


DESCRIPTION.

STEM shrubby, almost a foot high, branching;
branches grow twiggy and hang down; small
branches short, thread-shaped, numerous.

LEAVES grow by fours, blunt, spreading, small
and smooth.

FLOWERS terminate the small branches, forming
as it were a thick, tufted spike; foot-stalks
very short, floral leaves pressed to the cup.

EMPALMENT. Cup four-leaved, leaflets egg-shaped,
pointed, fringed.

BLOSSOM bellied, white, swelled at the base,
narrowed at the mouth; segments of the mouth
sharp-pointed, spreading.

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

POINTAL. Seed-bud roundish, eight furrowed.
Shaft thread-shaped, within the blossom. Summit
four-cornered.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from June till September.


REFERENCE.

1.  A Flower.

2.  The Cup, magnified.

3.  The Chives and Pointal.

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

5.  The Pointal, summit magnified.

6.  The Seed-bud, magnified.

[Illustration]




ERICA comosa, _rubra_.


CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris muticis, inclusis; corolla ventricosa,
carnea, parva, ore arctata, laciniis patentibus;
foliis calycis ciliatis; floribus terminalibus,
congestis, sub-comosis; foliis quaternis, linearibus,
obtusis, glabris.


DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS fruticosus, pedalis, ramosus; rami
erecti, virgati; ramuli brevi, filiformes, numerosi.

FOLIA quaterna, obtusa, patentia, parva, glabra.

FLORES in ramulis terminales, quaterni, quasi
spicam densam formantes; pedunculi brevissimi,
bracteis ciliatis, calyci adpressis.

CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis
ovatis, acutis, ciliatis.

COROLLA ventricosa, carnea, basi inflata, apice
arctata; oris laciniis acutis, patentibus.

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

PISTILLUM. Germen subrotundum, octo-sulcatum.
Stylus filiformis, inclusus. Stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret ab Augusto, in Decembrem.


REFERENTIA.

1.  Flos.

2.  Calyx, lente auctus.

3.  Stamina, et Pistillum.

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

5.  Pistillum, Stigma auctum.

6.  Germen, lente auctum.


SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with beardless tips, within the blossom,
which is bellied, flesh-coloured, small and narrowed
at the mouth, segments spreading; leaflets
of the cup fringed; flowers terminal, crowded together,
rather tufted; leaves grow by fours, linear,
blunt, and smooth.


DESCRIPTION.

STEM shrubby, grows a foot high, branching;
branches grow twiggy and upright; small
branches short, thread-shaped, numerous.

LEAVES grow by fours, blunt, spreading, small
and smooth.

FLOWERS terminate the small branches, forming
as it were a thick spike; foot-stalks very short,
floral leaves pressed to the cup, and fringed.

EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, leaflets
egg-shaped, pointed, fringed.

BLOSSOM bellied, flesh-coloured, swelled at
the base, narrowed at the mouth; segments of
the mouth sharp pointed, spreading.

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

POINTAL. Seed-bud roundish, eight-furrowed.
Shaft thread-shaped, within the blossom.
Summit four-cornered.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from August, till December.


REFERENCE.

1.  A Flower.

2.  The Cup, magnified.

3.  The Chives, and Pointal.

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

5.  The Pointal, Summit magnified.

6.  The Seed-bud, magnified.

[Illustration]




ERICA concinna.


CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA antheris muticis, inclusis; floribus in
medio ramorum fasciculatis, suberectis; corollis
subcylindricis, basi attenuatis, carneis, pubescentibus;
foliis subsenis, glabris, patentibus.


DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS erectus, fruticosus, tripedalis, pyramidatus,
glaber; rami pauci, erecti; ramuli verticillati,
subsimplices, erecto-patentes.

FOLIA sub-sena, glabra, linearia, patentia;
petiolis brevissimis.

FLORES in medio ramorum fasciculati, terminales,
umbellati, umbellæ 3-10-floræ; pedunculi
brevissimi; bracteæ subulatæ, calyci adpressæ,
ciliatæ.

CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliola
basi latiora, ciliata, adpressa.

COROLLA subcylindrica, ore parum arctata,
carnea, pubescens; laciniis patentibus.

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

PISTILLUM. Germen turbinatum, supra concavum,
margine crenulato. Stylus filiformis,
rubicundus. Stigma sub-capitatum, atro-rubens.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret ab Octobre, in Decembrem.


REFERENTIA.

1.  Calyx et Corolla.

2.  Calyx auctus.

3.  Stamina et Pistillum, anthera una lente aucta.

4.  Pistillum, Stigma auctum.

5.  Germen, auctum.


SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH with beardless tips within the blossom;
flowers grow in small bundles about the middle
of the branches, rather upright; blossoms nearly
cylindrical, tapered to the base, flesh-coloured,
downy; leaves grow mostly by sixes, smooth
and spreading.


DESCRIPTION.

STEM upright, shrubby, grows three feet high,
pyramidally, smooth; branches few, upright;
small branches whorled, nearly simple, between
upright and spreading.

LEAVES grow mostly by sixes, smooth, linear,
spreading, with very short foot-stalks.

FLOWERS grow bundled about the middle of
the branches, terminal, and in umbels, 3-10
flowers in each umbel; foot-stalks very short;
floral leaves awl-shaped, pressed to the cup,
fringed.

EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, leaflets
broader at the base, fringed, pressed to the stem.

BLOSSOM nearly cylindrical, the mouth a little
narrowed, flesh-coloured, downy; segments spreading.

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

POINTAL. Seed bud top-shaped, concave at
the top, with the margin scolloped. Shaft thread-shaped,
reddish. Summit nearly headed, of a
deep red.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from October, till December.


REFERENCE.

1.  The Empalement and Blossom.

2.  The Empalement, magnified.

3.  The Chives and Pointal; one Tip magnified.

4.  The Pointal, the Summit magnified.

5.  The seed-bud, magnified.

[Illustration]




ERICA conserta.


CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA antheris muticis, subinclusis floribus
consertissime capitatis erectis, terminalibus, globosis;
caule simplicissimo, strictissimo, robusto;
foliis quaternis, subulatis, glabris, rigidis, senioribus
retrofractis.


DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS simplex, erectus, robustus, bipedalis;
ramuli brevi, horizontales, verticillati.

FOLIA quaterna, subulata, rigida, glabra,
mucronata; seniora retrofracta; juniora erecta,
subtus tenuissime sulcata, petiolis brevibus adpressis.

FLORES terminales, in apice ramulorum consertissimi
capitati, erecti, plurimi, sæpe duodecim;
pedunculi brevissimi, bracteæ tres: duæ ovatæ
adpressæ, infima subulata, triplo longior.

CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis
subulatis, membranaceis, apicibus distantibus.

COROLLA globosa, glabra,  subalbida, laciniis
limbi obtusis, suberectis.

STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria. Antheræ
muticæ, subinclusæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen globosum, sulcatum.
Stylus filiformis exsertus. Stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret ab Octobre in Februarium.


REFERENTIA.

1.  Flos.

2.  Calyx, lente auctus.

3.  Stamina, et Pistillum.

4. Idem, lente aucta.

5.  Germen, et Pistillum, Stigma diducta lente
auctum.

6.  Germen, auctum.


SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH with beardless tips, just within the blossom;
flowers crowded together in heads, upright,
terminal and globular; stem quite simple, very
straight and stout; leaves grow by fours, awl-shaped,
smooth, stiff, the older ones appearing
broke back.


DESCRIPTION.

STEM simple, upright, stout, two feet high;
small branches short, horizontal, and growing in
whorls.

LEAVES grow by fours, awl-shaped, stiff,
smooth, sharp pointed, the old ones appearing
broke-back, the younger upright, furrowed slightly
beneath, with short foot-stalks pressed to the
stem.

FLOWERS terminal, crowded very close together
at the ends of the small branches, in heads, upright,
a good many, often twelve; foot-stalks very
short, three floral leaves, two pressed to the stem
and egg-shaped, the lower awl-shaped, twice as
long.

EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, leaflets awl-shaped,
skinny, away from the blossom at the ends.

BLOSSOM globular, smooth, whitish, the segments
of the border blunt and nearly upright.

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

POINTAL. Seed-bud globular, furrowed. Shaft
thread-shaped, without the blossom. Summit
four-cornered.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from October till February.


REFERENCE.

1.  A flower.

2.  The Empalement, magnified.

3.  The Chives, and Pointal.

4.  The same, magnified.

5.  The Seed-bud and Pointal, the Summit detached,
magnified.

6.  The Seed-bud, magnified.

[Illustration]




ERICA cubica, _minor_.


CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris muticis, sub-inclusis; stylo exserto;
corollis sub-campanulatis, purpureis, oris
laciniis patulis, maximis, ovatis, concavis; floribus
sub-terminalibus, umbellatis; foliis quaternis,
patentibus, obtusis, glabris.


DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS erectus, teres, ramosus, fruticosas, palmaris;
rami et ramuli filiformes, verticillati,
patenti.

FOLIA quaterna, obtusa, reflexa, glabra, nitida;
petiolis brevissimis, adpressis.

FLORES sub-terminales, sub-umbellati, horizontales;
pedunculis longissimis, coloratis, bracteis
binis, minutis, concavis, coloratis.

CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis
spathulatis, concavis, coloratis, apicibus viridibus,
adpressis.

COROLLA sub-campanulata, purpurea; tubo
brevissimo; limbo maximo; laciniis concavis,
ovatis, expansis.

STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria, longitudine
tubi. Antheræ bifidæ, acuminatæ, muticæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen turbinatum, sulcatum.
Stylus filiformis, purpureus, corolla longior.
Stigma obsoletum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret ab Augusto, in Novembrem.


REFERENTIA.

1.  Flos, magnitudine naturali.

2.  Calyx, valde auctus.

3.  Stamina et Pistillum.

4.  Stamina, aucta.

5.  Pistillum, magnitudine naturali.

6.  Idem, valde auctum.


SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with beardless tips, just without the blossom;
shaft without; blossoms nearly bell-shaped,
purple, segments of the border spreading, large,
egg-shaped, concave; flowers nearly terminate
the branches in umbels; leaves grow by fours,
spreading, blunt and smooth.


DESCRIPTION.

STEM upright, cylindrical, branching, shrubby,
grows a span high; the larger and smaller branches
are thread-shaped, grow in whorls and spreading.

LEAVES grow by fours, blunt, reflexed, smooth,
shining; with very short foot-stalks, pressed to
the branches.

FLOWERS grow near the ends of the branches
in umbels and horizontal; foot-stalks very long,
coloured, two floral-leaves, small, concave and
coloured.

EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, leaflets
spathula-shaped, concave, coloured, with green
ends and pressed to the blossom.

BLOSSOM nearly bell-shaped, purple, tube
very short; border very large; segments concave,
egg-shaped, spreading.

CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads, the length
of the tube. Tips two-cleft, tapered, and beardless.

POINTAL. Seed-bud top-shaped, furrowed.
Shaft thread-shaped, purple, longer than the
blossom. Summit obsolete.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from August till November.


REFERENCE.

1. A Flower, natural size.

2. The Cup, very much magnified.

3. The Chives and Pointal.

4. The Chives, magnified.

5. The Pointal, natural size.

6. The same, greatly magnified.

[Illustration]




ERICA cylindrica.


CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris basi bicornibus inclusis, stylo exerto,
corollis subcylindraceis, laciniis revolutis, foliis
quaternis.


DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS fruticosus, erectus, bipedalis, ramosus,
ramulis erectis, subsimplicibus.

FOLIA quaterna,  erecta, linearia, viridia, supra
plana, subtus sulcata, minutissime pubescentia.

FLORES fasciculati, terminales, in ramulis lateralibus
terni et quaterni; pedunculi brevissimi, bracteis
tribus ternatis, setæformibus, basin instructi.

CALYX tetraphyllus, foliolis adpressis, linearibus,
basi dilatatis, dorso sulcatis, lente ciliatis.

COROLLA subcylindrica, aliquo recurvata, uncialis,
læte fusco-aurantia, lente pubescens, laciniis latissime
ovatis, revolutis.

STAMINA octo, capillaria, antheris basi bicornibus,
inclusis, cornibus lente bifurcatis.

PISTILLUM. Germen tiaræforme; stylus filiformis;
stigma tetragonum, antheras superans.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mense Aprili in Julium.


REFERENTIA.

1.  Flos, cum pedunculo brevissimo.

2.  Stamina et Pistillum, a corolla diducta, antherâ
unicâ lente auctâ.

3.  Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.

4.  Germen lente auctum.


SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with tips two-horned at the base within
the blossom, the shaft without, blossom nearly cylindric,
with its segments rolled back; leaves in
fours.


DESCRIPTION.

STEM shrubby, erect, two feet high, branched,
with the little branches erect and nearly simple.

LEAVES in fours, erect, linear, green, plane
above, furrowed beneath, and very slightly pubescent.

FLOWERS bundled, terminal, in the lateral
branches in threes and fours; the very short footstalks
furnished with three ternate, bristle-shaped,
floral leaves at the base.

EMPALEMENT four-leaved, the leaves pressed to
the blossom, linear, dilated at the base, furrowed on
the back, and in the magnifier ciliated.

BLOSSOM nearly cylindrical, a little recurved, an
inch long, of a bright brown orange colour, pubescent
when magnified, with the segments very
broad-ovate and rolled back.

CHIVES eight, hair-like, with the tips two-horned
at the base, within the blossom, with the
horns bifurcated when magnified.

POINTAL. Seed-bud turban-shaped; shaft thread-shaped;
summit four-cornered, higher than the tips.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from April till July.


REFERENCE.

1.  A Flower with its very short foot-stalk.

2.  The  Chives and Pointal, detached from the
blossom, with one of the tips magnified.

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

4.  The Seed-bud magnified.

[Illustration]




ERICA depressa.


CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris aristatis, inclusis, stylo exserto;
floribus terminalibus, subternis, subsessilibus; corollis
grossis, flavescentibus; foliis quaternis, crassiusculis,
obtusis, nitidis; ramis depressis; caule
robusto.


DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS fruticosus, robustus, spithamæus; rami
divaricati, flexuosi, depressi; ramuli frequentissimi,
brevi.

FOLIA quaterna, linearia, crassiuscula, obtusa,
nitida, seniora reflexa; petiolis brevissimis adpressis.

FLORES in ramulis terminales, subterni, subsessili;
bracteis adpressis, imbricatis.

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

COROLLA subcylindrica, grossa, subpollicaris,
flava.

STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria. Antheræ
aristatæ, inclusæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen turbinatum, sulcatum.
Stylus filiformis, exsersus. Stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a Maio in Augustum.


REFERENTIA.

1.  Flos, magnitudine naturali.

2.  Calyx cum bracteis aucta.

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

4.  Pistillum et Germen.


SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with bearded tips, within the blossom,
shaft without; flowers terminal, mostly by threes,
fitting nearly close to the stem; blossoms swelled
and yellow; leaves grow by fours, thickish, blunt,
shining; branches bent downward; sturdy stem.


DESCRIPTION.

STEM shrubby, sturdy, a span in height;
branches straddle, grow zig-zagged, and pressed
downward; small branches numerous and short.

LEAVES grow by fours, linear, thickish, blunt,
shining, the older ones turned back; very short
foot-stalks pressed to the stem.

FLOWERS terminate the small branches by
threes, in general, fitting close to the stem; floral
leaves tiled and pressed to the cup.

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

BLOSSOM nearly cylindrical, swelled, near an
inch long and yellow.

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

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

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from May till August.


REFERENCE.

1.  A Flower natural size.

2.  The Cup, with the floral leaves magnified.

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

4.  The Pointal and Seed-bud.

[Illustration]




ERICA elata.


CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris muticis, exsertis; stylo exserto,
apice torto; floribus spicatis, maximis, tomentosis,
aurantiis; foliis quaternis, sæpe quinis; caule
sub-arborescente.


DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS erectus, sexpedalis et ultra, parum ramosus;
ramuli plurimi, brevi, tomentosi.

FOLIA quaterna, sæpe quina, patentia, glabra,
teretiuscula, obtusa; petiolis adpressis.

FLORES in apicibus ramorum solitarii, spicam,
formantes; pedunculi brevi, bracteis tribus, spathulatis
instructi.

CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis
ovatis, concavis, obtusis, adpressis.

COROLLA clavata, curvata, tomentosa, maxima,
aurantia; oris laciniis revolutis.

STAMINA. Filamenta octo, capillaria. Antheræ
muticæ, exsertæ, curvatæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen turbinatum, sulcatum,
ad basin glandulosum. Stylus exsersus, apice tortus.
Stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a Julio, in Septembrem.


REFERENTIA.

1.  Calyx, lente auctus.

2.  Stamina, et Pistillum.

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

4.  Pistillum, Stigma lente auctum.

5.  Germen, auctum.


SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with beardless tips, without the blossom;
shaft without, twisted at the end; flowers
grow in spikes, very large, downy, orange coloured;
leaves grow by fours, often by fives; with
the stem approaching in size to a tree.


DESCRIPTION.

STEM upright, grows six feet high or more,
branching but little; small branches many, short
and downy.

LEAVES grow by fours, often by fives, spreading,
smooth, roundish, obtuse; with the foot-stalks
pressed to the stem.

FLOWERS grow at the ends of the branches
solitary, forming a spike; foot-stalks short, having
three spatula-shaped floral leaves.

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

BLOSSOM club-shaped, curved, downy, very
large, orange colour; segments of the mouth
rolled back.

CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads. Tips beardless,
without the blossom, curved.

POINTAL. Seed-bud top-shaped, furrowed,
glandular at the base. Shaft without the blossom,
twisted at the end. Summit four-cornered.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from July, till September.


REFERENCE.

1. The Empalement, magnified.

2. The Chives, and Pointal.

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

4. The Pointal, the Summit magnified.

5. The Seed-bud, magnified.

[Illustration]




ERICA empetroides.


CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris cristatis, inclusis, stylo exserto;
floribus dense spicatis, suaveolentibus, subcarneis;
corollis urceolatis, laciniis maximis, patentibus;
foliis senis, villosis, obtusis, patentibus.


DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS debilis, filiformis, pedalis; rami et
ramuli filiformes, laxi.

FOLIA sena, linearia, conserta, villosa, obtusa,
horizontalia, petiolis adpressis.

FLORES in medio ramorum et ramulorum densissimé
spicati, horizontaliter siti; pedunculi brevissimi
bracteis tribus instructi.

CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliola
linearia, villosa, distantia, folia similia sed minora.

COROLLA urceolata, subalbida, fragrantissima;
laciniis maximis, obtusis, patentibus.

STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria. Antheræ
cristatæ, inclusæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen subglobosum, sulcatum.
Stylus filiformis, exsertus. Stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a Maio in Augustum.


REFERENTIA.

1.  Folium unum, lente auctum.

2.  Flos, magnitudine naturali.

3.  Calyx, lente auctus.

4.  Stamina, et Pistillum.

5.  Stamina valdé aucta.

6.  Pistillum, Stigma auctum.

7.  Germen, auctum.


SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH with crested tips, within the blossom,
shaft without; flowers grow in a close spike,
sweet scented and slightly flesh-coloured; blossoms
pitcher-shaped, with the segments very large
and spreading; leaves grow by sixes, hairy, blunt,
and spreading.


DESCRIPTION.

STEM weak, thread-shaped, a foot high; the
larger and smaller branches are thread-shaped
and loose.

LEAVES grow by sixes, linear, close, hairy,
blunt and horizontal; with the foot-stalks pressed
to the stem.

FLOWERS in very close spikes in the middle of
the large and small branches, standing out horizontally,
with very short foot-stalks, having three
floral leaves on them.

EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved; leaflets linear,
hairy, distant, like the leaves but smaller.

BLOSSOM pitcher-shaped, nearly white, and
very sweet; segments very large, blunt, spreading.

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

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

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from May till August.


REFERENCE.

1.  A Leaf, magnified.

2.  A Flower, natural size.

3.  The Empalement, magnified.

4.  The Chives and Pointal.

5.  The Chives very much magnified.

6.  The Pointal, the summit magnified.

7. The Seed-bud, magnified.

[Illustration]




ERICA Eriocephala.


CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA antheris muticis, exsertis; corolla urceolata,
alba, calyce lanato vestita; floribus capitatis,
lanatis, numerosis; foliis ternis, linearibus,
pilosis, obtusis, erectis.


DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS erectus filiformis, spithamæus; rami
et ramuli divaricati, filiformes, pilosi, numerosissimi.

FOLIA terna, linearia, pilosa, obtusa, erecta,
parum incurvata, petiolis brevissimis adpressis.

FLORES in ramulorum apice umbellati seu
capitati, copiosi; pedunculi capillares, longitudine
corollarum, colorati, bractæis tribus pilosis
instructi.

CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis
lanceolatis, concavis, lanugine albicante densissimè
obsitis.

COROLLA urceolata, alba, tenuissime alba-lanata,
foliolis calycis vestita; laciniis obtusis, erectis.

STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria. Antheræ
muticæ, exsertæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen globosum, sulcatum.
Stylus filiformis, longissimè exsertus. Stigma
capitatum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a Maio in Augustum.


REFERENTIA.

1.  Folium, lente auctum.

2.  Calyx, lente auctus.

3.  Flos, magnitudine naturali.

4.  Stamina, et Pistillum.

5.  Stamen unum, lente auctum.

6.  Pistillum, Stigma auctum.

7.  Germen, lente auctum.


SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH with beardless tips, without the blossom,
which is pitcher-shaped, white and covered by a
woolly cup; flowers grow in heads, woolly and
numerous; leaves grow by threes, linear, hairy,
blunt, and upright.


DESCRIPTION.

STEM upright, thread-shaped, a span high;
the larger and smaller branches grow straddling
and thread-shaped, hairy and very numerous.

LEAVES grow by threes, linear, hairy, blunt,
upright, a little incurved, with very short foot-stalks
pressed to the branches.

FLOWERS grow at the end of the small branches
in umbels or heads, very numerous; fruit-stalks
hair-like, the length of the blossoms, coloured,
having three hairy floral-leaves on them.

EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, leaflets lance-shaped,
concave, being thickly covered with
whitish wool.

BLOSSOM pitcher-shaped, white, slightly covered
with white wool, cloathed with the leaflets
of the cup; segments blunt, upright.

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

POINTAL. Seed-bud globular, furrowed. Shaft
thread-shaped, very far without the blossom.
Summit headed.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from May, till August.


REFERENCE.

1.  A leaf, magnified.

2.  The Empalement, magnified.

3.  A flower, natural size.

4.  The Chives, and Pointal.

5.  One Chive, magnified.

6.  The Pointal, Summit magnified.

7.  The Seed-bud, magnified.

[Illustration]




ERICA fastigiata.


CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris muticis inclusis, foliis quaternis
linearibus glabris; floribus quaternis subsessilibus
fastigiatis.


DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS fruticosus, pedalis, flexuosus, cortice
fusco, ramulis numerosis patentibus.

FOLIA quaterna, erecta, linearia, glabra, nitida,
petiolis longiusculis.

FLORES terminales, quaterni, fastigiati, subsessiles.

CALYX tetraphyllus, duplex, appressus, foliolis
ovatis acutis, marginibus membranaceis, irregulariter
serrulatis, virescentibus.

COROLLA albissima, pellucida, ovato-conica, laciniis
subovatis, recurvis.

STAMINA, filamenta octo, capillaria. Antheræ
muticæ, inclusæ, fuscæ.

PISTILLUM inclusum. Germen tiaræforme.
Stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a Dec. ad Mai.


REFERENTIA.

1.  Pagina inferior folii lente aucta.

2.  Corolla cum Calyce.

3.  Calyx lente auctus.

4.  Stamina et Pistillum expansa, antherâ solitariâ
lente auctâ.

5.  Pistillum cum stigmate lente aucto.

6.  Germen auctum.


SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with beardless tips within the blossom,
leaves in fours linear smooth; flowers in fours
nearly sessile in level-topped bunches.


DESCRIPTION.

STEM shrubby, a foot high, flexuose, with brown
bark, and numerous spreading branches.

LEAVES in fours, erect, linear, smooth, shining,
with longish footstalks.

FLOWERS terminal, in fours, nearly sitting, forming
level-topped bunches.

EMPALEMENT four-leaved, double, pressed to
the blossom, with leaflets ovate-acute, with skinny,
greenish, irregularly serrulated margins.

BLOSSOM very white, pellucid, egg-cone-shaped,
with segments nearly egg-shaped, and recurved.

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

POINTAL included in the blossom. Seed-bud
turban-shaped. Summit four-cornered.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from December to May.


REFERENCE.

1.  The under side of a leaf magnified.

2.  The Blossom with the Empalement.

3.  The Empalement magnified.

4.   The Chives and Pointal expanded, with one tip
magnified.

5.  The Pointal with the summit magnified.

6.  The Seed-bud magnified.

[Illustration]




ERICA filamentosa.


CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

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


DESCRIPTIO.

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

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

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

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

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

STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria. Antheræ
muticæ, inclusæ.

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

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a Novembre in Aprilem.


REFERENTIA.

1.  Flos.

2.  Calyx, auctus.

3.  Stamina et Pistillum.

4.  Idem, auctum.

5.  Germen, auctum.


SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

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


DESCRIPTION.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from November till April.


REFERENCE.

1.  A Flower.

2.  The Empalement, magnified.

3.  The Chives and Pointal.

4.  The same, magnified.

5. The Seed-bud, magnified.

[Illustration]




ERICA flammea.


CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

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


DESCRIPTIO.

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

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

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

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

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

STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria. Antheræ
muticæ, inclusæ.

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

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret ab Octobre in Februarium.


REFERENTIA.

1.  Flos.

2.  Calyx auctus.

3.  Stamina et Pistillum, Anthera una lente
aucta.

4.  Pistillum, Stigma auctum.


SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

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


DESCRIPTION.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from October ’till February.


REFERENCE.

1.  A flower.

2.  The Empalement, magnified.

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

4.  The Pointal, Summit magnified.

[Illustration]




ERICA flava.


CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

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


DESCRIPTIO.

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

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

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

CALYX tetraphyllus, foliolis subulatis, marginibus
minutissime ciliatis.

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

STAMINA octo, capillaria; antheræ muticæ,
subinclusæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen tiaræforme. Stylus filiformis.
Stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret Autumno ad Vernum.


REFERENTIA.

1.  Calyx.

2.  Corolla.

3.  Stamina diducta, antherâ unicâ lente auctâ.

4.  Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.

5.  Germen lente auctum.


SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

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


DESCRIPTION.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from Autumn till the Spring-time.


REFERENCE.

1.  The Empalement.

2.  A Blossom.

3.  The Chives detached, with one tip magnified.

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

5.  The Seed-bud magnified.

[Illustration]




ERICA formosa.


CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

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


DESCRIPTIO.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mense Augusti in Decembrem.


REFERENTIA.

1.  Flos.

2.  Calyx, auctus.

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

4.  Germen, Stylus et Stigma, Stigma auctum.

5.  Germen auctum.


SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

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


DESCRIPTION.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from the month of August till December.


REFERENCE.

1.  A Flower.

2.  The Empalement, magnified.

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

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

5.  The Seed-bud magnified.

[Illustration]




ERICA fragrans,


CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

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


DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS fruticosus, semipedalis, valde ramosus,
ramis patentibus.

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

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

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

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

STAMINA octo, capillaria; antheræ basi bicornes
exertæ.

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

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret Martio ad Maium.


REFERENTIA.

1.  Folium lente auctum.

2.  Idem subtus.

3.  Flos, cum calyce et pedunculo,

4.  Calyx lente auctus.

5.  Stamina et Pistillum lente aucta.

6.  Germen lente auctum.


SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

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


DESCRIPTION.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from March to May.


REFERENCE.

1. A Leaf magnified.

2. The under-side of the same.

3. A Flower, with the calyx and peduncle.

4. The Empalement magnified.

5. The Chives and Pointal magnified.

6. The Seed-bud magnified.

[Illustration]




ERICA gelida.


CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

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


DESCRIPTIO.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret ab Aprile, in Julium.


REFERENCE.

1.  Flos.

2.  Calyx, lente auctus.

3.  Corolla.

4.  Stamina et Pistillum, Anthera una lente aucta.

5.  Pistillum, Stigma auctum.


SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

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


DESCRIPTION.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from April, ’till July.


REFERENCE.

1. A Flower.

2.  The Empalement, magnified.

3.  The Blossom.

4.  The Chives and Pointal, one Tip magnified,

5.  The Pointal, the Summit magnified.

[Illustration]




ERICA glandulosa.


CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

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


DESCRIPTIO.

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

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

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

CALYX tetraphyllus, foliolis inæqualibus purpureis
pilis glanduliferis ciliatis.

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

STAMINA, filamenta octo capillaria. Antheræ
muticæ, inclusæ.

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

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret Mai, in Januar.


REFERENTIA.

1.  Pagina inferior folii lente aucta.

2.  Corolla cum Calyce.

3.  Calyx lente auctus.

4.  Stamina et Pistillum expansa, antherâ unicâ
lente auctâ.

5.  Pistillum et Germen, stigmate lente aucto.

6.   Germen lente auctum.


SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with beardless tips within the blossom,
leaves in fours broad-linear edged with glandular
hairs, flowers umbelled terminal.


DESCRIPTION.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from May till January.


REFERENCE.

1.  The under side of a leaf magnified.

2.  A Blossom with the Empalement.

3.  The Empalement magnified.

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

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

6.  The Seed-bud magnified.

[Illustration]




ERICA gracilis.


CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

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


DESCRIPTIO.

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

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

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

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

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

STAMINA octo capillaria, brevia; antheræ bicornes,
inclusæ.

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

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

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


REFERENTIA.

1.  Inferior pars Folii lente aucta.

2.  Calyx et Corolla.

3.  Calyx lente auctus.

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

5.  Pistillum et Germen lente aucta.


SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

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


DESCRIPTION.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

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


REFERENCE.

1.  The under-side of a Leaf magnified.

2.  The Empalement and Blossom.

3.  The Empalement magnified,

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

5.  The Pointal and Seed-bud magnified.

[Illustration]




ERICA halicacaba.


CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

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


DESCRIPTIO.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a Maio in Julium.


REFERENTIA.

1. Calyx.

2. Stamina, et Pistillum.

3. Eodem, filamenta expansa.

4. Stamen unum, lente auctum dorso monstrato.

5. Germen, Stylus et Stigma, lente aucta.


SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

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


DESCRIPTION.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from May, till July.


REFERENCE.

1.  The Empalement.

2.  Chives and Pointal.

3.  The same, with the threads spread open.

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

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

[Illustration]




ERICA hispida.


CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

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


DESCRIPTIO.

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

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

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

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

COROLLA subglobosa; laciniis limbi erectis,
parvulis, obtusis.

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

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

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret ab Augusto, in Novembrem.


REFERENTIA.

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.

[Illustration]




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.

[Illustration]




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.

[Illustration]




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.

[Illustration]




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.

[Illustration]




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.

[Illustration]




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.

[Illustration]




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.

[Illustration]




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.

[Illustration]




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.

LEAVES in threes, awl-shaped, erect, very shortly
petiolate, smooth, shining, green, but often with a
tincture of brown.

FLOWERS terminal in little three-flowered umbels;
footstalks about the length of the flowers,
furnished above with three coloured, ciliated, floral
leaves.

EMPALEMENT four-leaved, with the little leaves
broad egg-shaped, sharp-pointed and ciliated.

BLOSSOM shortly bell-shaped, with rather spreading
segments, of a pale, shining, flesh colour.

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

POINTAL, seed-bud turban-shaped; shaft columnar,
dilated at the base, higher than the tips.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from April till June.


REFERENCE.

1.  The under-side of a leaf magnified.

2.  A Flower.

3.  The Empalement magnified, with the peduncle.

4.  The Blossom magnified.

5.  The Chives and Pointal magnified.

6.  The Pointal magnified, detached.

[Illustration]




ERICA Monsoniana.


CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA antheris aristatis, inclusis; stylo exserto;
floribus terminalibus ternis; calyce duplici, albo;
corollis oblongo-ovatis, candidissimis, fauce arctatis;
foliis ternis, glabris.


DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS fruticosus, erectus, sexpedalis et ultra;
rami erecti, pauci; ramuli frequentissimi, brevi.

FOLIA terna, glabra, in ramis adultioribus latiora,
obtusa, in ramulis junioribus linearia,
acuta, minora; petiolis brevissimis.

FLORES in ramulorum apice terni, nutantes,
albi, spicam quasi formantes prope caulis summitatem;
pedunculi fere nulli.

CALYX. Perianthium, duplex, _exterium_ tetraphyllum;
foliolæ oblongæ, membranaceæ, obtusæ
apice reflexæ, liberæ, coloratæ; _interium_ foliolis
similibus sed duplo majoribus priori.

COROLLA oblongo-ovata, acuminata, glabra,
fauce arctata, candidissima; laciniis reflexis, obtusis.

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

PISTILLUM. Germen oblongum, glabrum,
ad basin glandulosum. Stylus filiformis, parum
curvatus. Stigma tubulosum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a Maio, in Julium.


REFERENTIA.

1. Folia terminalia ramulorum ad basin florum.

2. Calyx

3. Corolla.

4. Stamina et Pistillum, anthera una diducta,
lente aucta.

5. Germen auctum.

6. Pistillum, magnitudine naturali, Stigma
auctum.


SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH with bearded tips, within the blossom;
shaft without; flowers terminate the branches by
threes; cup double, white; blossoms oblong-egg-shaped,
of a very clear white, and narrowed at the
mouth; leaves grow by threes, and smooth.


DESCRIPTION.

STEM shrubby, upright, grows six feet high,
and more; branches upright, and few; smaller
branches numerous, short.

LEAVES grow by threes, smooth, on the older
branches broader and blunt, on the younger linear,
pointed and smaller; very short foot-stalks.

FLOWERS grow by threes at the end of the
smaller branches, hanging down, and white, forming
as it were a spike near the top of the stem;
hardly any foot-stalks.

EMPALEMENT. Cup double, _the outer_ four-leaved;
the leaflets oblong, skinny, obtuse, turned
back at the top, loose and coloured; _the inner_ with
leaflets like the other but twice the size.

BLOSSOM oblong egg-shaped, tapered, smooth,
narrowed at the mouth, of a very clear white;
segments reflexed, blunt.

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

POINTAL. Seed-bud oblong, smooth, glandular
at the base. Shaft thread-shaped, a little
curved. Summit tubular.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from May, till July.


REFERENCE.

1. The terminating leaves of the smaller branches
at the base of the flowers.

2. The Empalement.

3. The Blossom.

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

5. The Seed-bud, magnified.

6. The Pointal, natural size. Summit magnified.

[Illustration]




ERICA multiflora.


CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA antheris muticis, exsertis; corollis cylindraceo-urceolatis,
costatis; floribus axillaribus,
subterminalibus; pedunculis flore triple fere longioribus,
ternatis; foliis quaternis seu quinis, linearibus,
patentibus, obtusis, glabris.


DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS fruticosus, erectus, ramosus; rami et
ramuli rigidi, erecti.

FOLIA quaterna seu quina, patentia, obtusa,
glabra, linearia, recta.

FLORES axillares, sub-terminales, sub-spicati,
ternati; pedunculi capillares, longissimi, corollæ
triplo longiores, bracteis tribus, minutis, instructi.

CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis,
ovatis, concavis, coloratis.

COROLLA cylindraceo-urceolata, costata, sub-carnea;
laciniis minutis, reflexis.

STAMINA. Filamenta octo, capillaria, longitudine
corollæ. Antheræ muticæ, exsertæ, nigræ.

PISTILLUM. Germen turbinatum, quadri-sulcatum,
apice arctatum. Stylus filiformis, exsertus.
Stigma tetragonum.

Habitat in Lusitania.

Floret ab Octobre in Decembrem.


REFERENTIA.

1.  Umbella florum.

2.  Calyx, auctus.

3.  Stamina et Pistillum, anthera una aucta.

4.  Pistillum, auctum.


SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH with beardless tips, without the blossom,
which is of a cylindrical pitcher shape and ribbed;
flowers grow from the base of the leaves
nearly terminal, with flower stems nearly thrice
the length of the blossom, growing by threes;
leaves grow by fours or fives, linear, spreading,
obtuse and smooth.


DESCRIPTION.

STEM shrubby, upright, branching; large and
small branches harsh, upright.

LEAVES grow by fours or fives, spreading, blunt,
smooth, linear, and straight.

FLOWERS grow from the insertion of the leaves,
nearly terminal, almost spiked, ternate; foot-stalks
hair-like, very long, thrice the length of the blossom,
with three floral leaves on them.

EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, leaflets egg-shaped,
concave, coloured.

BLOSSOM cylindrically pitcher-shaped, ribbed,
slightly flesh-coloured, segments small, reflexed.

CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads, the length of
the blossom. Tips beardless, without the blossom
and black.

POINTAL. Seed-bud top-shaped, four-furrowed,
narrowed at the top. Shaft thread-shaped, without
the blossom. Summit four-cornered.

Native of Portugal.

Flowers from October till December.


REFERENCE.

1.  An umbel of flowers.

2.  The Cup, magnified.

3.  The Chives and Pointal, one tip magnified.

4.  The Pointal, magnified.

[Illustration]




ERICA Nivenia.


CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA antheris basi bicornibus, exsertis; corollis
subturbinatis, costatis, purpureis, laciniis revolutis;
foliolis calycinis apice barbatis; floribus terminalibus,
umbellatis; foliis ternis, lato-linearibus,
obtusis, marginibus hispidis.


DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS fruticosus, palmaris, ramosus; rami et
ramuli divaricati, patentes.

FOLIA terna, lato-linearia, obtusa, margine
pilis longissimis obsita, subtus sulcata, patentia.

FLORES terminales, umbellati; pedunculi longissimi,
capillares, bracteis tribus foliolis calycis
similibus instructi.

CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis
spathulatis, denticulatis, viscosis, apice barbatis.

COROLLA subturbinata, costata, fauce parum
arctata, purpurea; laciniis revolutis.

STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria, torta.
Antheræ bicornutæ, exsertæ, nigræ, lineariæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen ovale, sulcatum. Stylus
filiformis, parum curvatus, exsersus. Stigma obsoletum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a Februario in Junium.


REFERENTIA.

1.  Folium.

2.  Flos.

3.  Calyx, auctus.

4.  Stamina et Pistillum, auctum.

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

6.  Pistillum, auctum.


SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH with tips two-horned at the base, without
the blossom; blossoms nearly top-shaped,
ribbed, purple, segments rolled back; leaflets of
the cup bearded at the tip; flowers terminate the
branches in umbels; leaves grow by threes, broadly
linear, blunt, margins with strong hairs.


DESCRIPTION.

STEM shrubby, a hand high, very branching;
the large and small branches grow straddling, and
spreading.

LEAVES grow by threes, broadly linear, blunt,
beset with long hairs at the edge, furrowed beneath,
and spreading.

FLOWERS terminate the branches in umbels;
foot-stalks very long, hair-like, with three floral
leaves like the leaflets of the cup on them.

EMPALEMENT. Cup three-leaved, leaflets
spathula-shaped, slightly toothed, clammy, and
bearded at the point.

BLOSSOM nearly top-shaped, ribbed, a little
drawn in at the mouth, and purple; segments
rolled back.

CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads, twisted. Tips
two-horned, without the blossom, black, linear.

POINTAL. Seed-bud oval, furrowed. Shaft
thread-shaped, a little curved, and without the
blossom. Summit obsolete.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from February till June.


REFERENCE.

1.  A Leaf.

2.  A Flower.

3.  The Empalement, magnified.

4.  The Chives and Pointal, magnified.

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

6. The Pointal, magnified.

[Illustration]




ERICA obbata.


CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris basi bicornibus, inclusis; flores
quaterni, terminales, erecti, ventricosi; limbus
maximus, laciniis patentibus, rotundatis, crenulatis;
glandulæ octo fauci circumpositæ; foliis
quaternis, reflexis, rigidis, ciliatis.


DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS fruticosus, pedalis ramosus; rami
laxi, filiformes, sub-erecti.

FOLIA quaterna, reflexa, rigida, ciliata, subtus
sulcata; petioli brevissimi.

FLORES terminales, quaterni, erecti, glaberrimi,
sessili; pedunculi brevissimi, bracteis tribus
ovatis, ciliatis, adpressis, instructi.

CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis
ovatis, concavis, ciliatis, adpressis.

COROLLA ventricosa, basi quadrata, ore arctata,
leviter striata, glaberrima; limbus maximus, laciniis
crenulatis, rotundatis, patentibus; glandulæ
octo, fauci circumpositæ.

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

PISTILLUM. Germen acuminatum, basi glandulosum.
Stylus filiformis, subexsertus. Stigma
subtetragonum, purpureum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mense Aprilis, in Junium.


REFERENTIA.

1.  Calyx et Corolla.

2.  Calyx, lente auctus.

3.  Corolla.

4.  Lacinia una limbi, aucta.

5.  Stamina, anthera una lente aucta.

6.  Pistillum, lente auctum.


SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with tips two horned at the base, within
the blossom; flowers grow by fours terminating
the branches, upright and bellied; border very
large, segments spreading, rounded, slightly
scolloped; eight glands placed round the mouth;
leaves grow by fours, reflexed, harsh, and
fringed.


DESCRIPTION.

STEM shrubby, a foot high, branching; branches
loose, thread-shaped, rather upright.

LEAVES grow by fours, reflexed, harsh, fringed,
furrowed beneath; very short foot-stalks.

FLOWERS terminate the branches by fours, are
upright, smooth, and sit close on to the branch;
foot-stalks very short, having three egg-shaped,
fringed floral leaves, which are pressed to the cup.

EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, leaflets egg-shaped,
concave, fringed, and pressed to the
blossom.

BLOSSOM bellied, squared at the base, straitened
at the mouth, slightly striped, and very
smooth; border very large, segments a little scolloped,
rounded and spreading; eight glands surrounding
the mouth.

CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads. Tips within
the blossom, two-cleft, and two horns at the
base.

POINTAL. Seed-bud tapered, glandular at
the base. Shaft thread-shaped, nearly without
the blossom. Summit a little four-cornered, and
purple.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from the month of April, till June.


REFERENCE.

1.  The Empalement and Blossom.

2.  The Empalement, magnified.

3.  The Blossom.

4.  One segment of the border, magnified.

5.  The Chives, one tip, magnified.

6.  The Pointal, magnified.

[Illustration]




ERICA palustris.


CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris muticis inclusis, corollâ subtrilineari
pubescente, foliisque quaternis pubescentibus,
tubo anguste campanulato, laciniis brevibus.


DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS tenuis, et flexuosus, ramis divaricatis
itidemque tenuibus, ramulis numerosis brevibusque.

FOLIA quaterna, expansa, vel recurvata, linearia,
obtusa, et pubescentia.

FLORES terminales in ramulis lateralibus et numerosi,
subverticillati, et sæpius ternati; pedunculi
corollis duplo breviores, basi bracteis tribus minutis
vestiti.

CALYX tetraphyllus, foliolis subulatis, minutimque
ciliatis.

COROLLA sub-cylindrica, vel potius angustissime
campanulata, pubescens, incarnata, sive pallide
coccinea, laciniis patulis, ovatis, obtusis, albidis,
vel melius eleganter cerinis.

STAMINA octo, capillaria; antheræ muticæ,
inclusæ.

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

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mense Maii ad Octobrem.


REFERENTIA.

1. Folium lente auctum.

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 included tips, blossom
near three lines long pubescent, leaves in fours and
also pubescent, and a narrowly bell-shaped tube,
with short segments.


DESCRIPTION.

STEM slender, and flexuose, with divaricating
slender branches, and numerous short lesser
branches.

LEAVES in fours, expanded, or recurved, linear,
blunt-ended, and downy.

FLOWERS terminal on the small lateral branches
and numerous, somewhat whorled, and frequently in
threes; peduncles only half the length of the blossom,
and furnished at the base with three minute
floral leaves.

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

BLOSSOM somewhat cylindrical, or rather very
narrowly bell-shaped, downy, flesh-coloured, or
pale coccineous, with the segments spreading, egg-shaped,
blunt-ended, and whitish, or rather of a
fine waxen colour.

CHIVES eight, capillary; tips beardless, 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 the month of May till October.


REFERENCE.

1.  A Leaf magnified.

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.

[Illustration]




ERICA patens.


CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA antheris muticis, sub-inclusis, clavatis;
floribus terminalibus, ternis; corollis campanulatis,
purpureis, tubo brevissimo, laciniis maximis,
expansis; foliis ternis, ovalibus, concavis,
ciliatis, flaccidis.


DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS futicosus, erectus, bipedalis; rami
filiformes, verticillati; ramuli frequentissimi, virgati,
patentes.

FOLIA terna, ovalia, concava, ciliata, obtusa,
patentia; petiolis brevissimis, adpressis.

FLORES in apice ramulorum terni, copiosi;
pedunculi brevissimi, bracteis tribus adpressis instructi.

CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis
elipticis, concavis, ciliatis, adpressis.

COROLLA campanulata, purpurea; tubo brevissimo;
laciniis ovatis, concavis, maximis, expansis.

STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria, curvata.
Antheræ muticæ, clavatæ, subinclusæ longitudine
staminum.

PISTILLUM. Germen sub-globosum, sulcatum,
tomentosum, ad basin glandulosum. Stylus filiformis,
exsertus. Stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a Februario in Junium.


REFERENTIA.

1.  Folium, auctum.

2.  Flos, magnitudine naturali.

3.  Calyx auctus.

4.  Stamina et Pistillum, aucta.

5.  Stamina a Pistillo diducta, aucta.

6.  Pistillum, auctum.


SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH with beardless tips, just within the blossom
and club-shaped; flowers terminate the
branches by threes; blossoms bell-shaped, purple,
tube very short, with very large spreading segments;
leaves grow by threes oval, concave,
fringed and flaccid.


DESCRIPTION.

STEM shrubby, upright, grows two feet high;
large branches thread-shaped, whorled; small
branches numerous, twiggy and spreading.

LEAVES grow by threes, oval, concave, fringed,
blunt, spreading; with very short foot-stalks
pressed to the stem.

FLOWERS terminate the small branches by
threes and very numerous; foot-stalks very short,
having three floral leaves pressed to the cup.

EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved; leaflets eliptic,
concave, fringed and pressed to the blossom.

BLOSSOM bell-shaped, purple; tube very short;
segments egg-shaped, concave, very large and
spreading.

CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads, curved. Tips
beardless, club-shaped, just within the blossom,
the length of the threads.

POINTAL. Seed-bud nearly globular, furrowed,
downy and glandular at the base. Shaft thread-shaped,
without the blossom. Summit four-cornered.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from February till June.


REFERENCE.

1.  A leaf, magnified.

2.  A Flower, natural size.

3.  The Empalement, magnified.

4.  The Chives and Pointal, magnified.

5.  The Chives detached from the Pointal, magnified.

6.  The Pointal, magnified.

[Illustration]




ERICA penicillata.


CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA antheris muticis, exsertis, penicillatis;
corolla conica, purpurea, laciniis luteis, minutis,
erectis; floribus spicatis, solitariis, pendulis; foliolis
calycinis dorso canaliculatis, basi, auriculatis,
coloratis; bracteis minutis, remotis; foliis
ternis, fasciculatis, linearibus, glabris.


DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS erectus, fruticosus; rami subsimplices,
longi; ramuli brevissimi conserti.

FOLIA terna, linearia, glabra, acuta, patentia,
fasciculata; petiolis brevissimis, adpressis.

FLORES solitarii, penduli, medio ramorum spicati;
pedunculi colorati, longi, bracteis tribus,
minutis, remotis, instructi.

CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum; foliolis,
dorso canaliculatis, auriculatis, coloratis, acutis,
adpressis.

COROLLA conica, purpurea; laciniis, minutis,
erectis, luteo-virentibus.

STAMINA. Filamenta octo, plana. Antheræ
muticæ, penicillatæ, exsertæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen conicum, striatum.
Stylus filiformis, exsertus, staminibus longior.
Stigma subpeltatum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a Maio, in Augustum.


REFERENTIA.

1.  Flos.

2.  Calyx, auctus.

3.  Stamina et Pistillum.

4.  Stamina a Pistillo diducta anthera una lente
aucta.

5.  Pistillum, Stigma auctum.

6.  Germen, auctum.


SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH with beardless tips, without the blossom
and formed like a pencil; blossom conical, purple,
segments yellow, small, and upright; flowers grow
in spikes, solitary, hanging down; the leaflets of
the cup are channelled at the back, eared at the
base and coloured; floral leaves very small, distant;
leaves grow by threes, bundled, linear, and
smooth.


DESCRIPTION.

STEM upright, shrubby; branches nearly simple,
long; small branches close together.

LEAVES grow by threes, linear, smooth, pointed,
spreading, and bundled; with very short footstalks
pressed to the stem.

FLOWERS grow solitary, hanging down making
a spike from the middle of the branches; footstalks
coloured, long, having the small floral
leaves on their lower part.

EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved; leaflets
channelled at the back, eared, coloured, pointed
and pressed to the blossom.

BLOSSOM conical and purple; segments small,
upright, greenish-yellow.

CHIVES. Eight chives, flat. Tips beardless,
pencil-like and without the blossom.

POINTAL. Seed-bud conical, streaked. Shaft
thread-shaped, without the blossom, longer than
the chives. Summit nearly shield-shaped.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from May, till August.


REFERENCE.

1.  A Flower.

2.  The Cup, magnified.

3.  The Chives and Pointal.

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

5.  The Pointal, the Summit magnified.

6.  The Seed-bud, magnified.

[Illustration]




ERICA petiveriana _aurantia_.


CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris muticis, exsertis; corolla conica,
aurantia, incurvata, pollicaris, limbo inflato clauso;
calycinis foliolis imbricatis, subovatis, mucronatis,
rigidis; floribus subternis, terminalibus;
foliis ternis, linearibus, rigidis, obtusis, patentibus.


DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS erectus sesquipedalis, fuscus; rami
tecti ramulis ternis, consertis, patentibus.

FOLIA terna, linearia, rigida, sub-scabra, subtus
sulcata, obtusa, patentia.

FLORES sub-terni, ramulorum terminales incurvati,
penduli; pedunculi brevissimi.

CALYX. Perianthium duplex, _exterium_, tetraphyllum,
foliolis lato ovatis, rigidis, luteis, adpressis,
imbricatis; _interium_, tetraphyllum, foliolis
priori similibus sed duplo longioribus.

COROLLA conica, calyce triplo longior, aurantia;
laciniis limbi ovatis, erectis, inflatis, incurvis.

STAMINA. Filamenta octo, linearia, plana.
Antheræ muticæ, exsertæ, lineares, corollæ longitudine,
planæ, rubro-fuscæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen ovatum, sulcatum. Stylus,
filiformis longitudine antherarum. Stigma
obsolete-tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a Martio in Maium.


REFERENTIA.

1. Flos.

2. Calyx auctus.

3. Stamina, et Pistillum.

4. Stamina libera, anthera una diducta lente
aucta.

5. Pistillum, magnitudine naturali.

6. Germen, lente auctum.


SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH with beardless tips, without the blossom,
which is cone-shaped, orange, incurved and an
inch long, the border swelled and shut; leaflets
of the empalement tiled, nearly egg-shaped,
pointed, harsh; flowers mostly by threes, terminal;
leaves by threes, linear, harsh, blunt, and
spreading.


DESCRIPTION.

STEM upright, a foot and a half high, brown;
branches covered by smaller branches growing by
threes, close together and spreading.

LEAVES grow by threes, linear, harsh, rather
rough, furrowed beneath, blunt and spreading.

FLOWERS grow mostly by threes, terminating
the small branches, turned inwards and hanging
down; foot-stalks very short.

EMPALEMENT. Cup double, _the outer_, three-leaved,
leaflets broad-egg-shaped, harsh, yellow,
pressed to the inner ones and tiled; _the inner_,
four-leaved, leaflets like those of the outer, but
twice the length.

BLOSSOM conical, thrice the length of the cup,
orange-coloured; segments of the border egg-shaped,
upright, swelled out and incurved.

CHIVES. Eight linear, flat threads. Tips beardless,
without the blossom, linear, the length of the
blossom, flat and of red-brown.

POINTAL. Seed-bud egg-shaped, furrowed.
Shaft thread-shaped, the length of the tips. Summit
bluntly four-cornered.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from March till May.


REFERENCE.

1. A Flower.

2. The Empalement magnified.

3.  The Chives, and Pointal.

4.  The Chives free, one tip detached, magnified.

5.  The Pointal, natural size.

6.  The Seed-bud magnified.

[Illustration]




ERICA Petiveriana _hirsuta_.


CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris muticis exertis, longissimis, corollis
pendulis clavatis incurvis, foliis hirsutis.


DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS erectus, inferne ramulis numerosis.

FOLIA ternata, subulata, hirsuta, parum flexuosa,
petiolis adpressis, juniora patula, seniora reflexa.

FLORES terminales in ramulis lateralibus,
1-3. nati,
penduli, incurvi, pedunculis brevibus.

CALYX duplex, læte ruber et lucens, tinctura
flavedinis, exterior 3-, interior 4-phyllus, foliolis
omnibus late ovatis.

COROLLA clavata, incurva, uncialis, læete rubra et
lucens, basi tumida quadrifida, oris laciniis incurvis
filamentis adpressis.

STAMINA octo, capillaria, incurva, receptaculo
affixa; antheræ muticæ longissimæ exertæ.

PISTILLUM.  Germen tiaræforme. Stylus filiformis.
Stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret Januario in Aprilem.


REFERENTIA.

1. Inferior pars Folii lente aucta.

2. Calyx lente auctus.

3. Corolla calyce diducta.

4. Stamina et Pistillum.

5. Eadem expansa, antherâ unicâ lente auctâ.

6. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.


SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with very long beardless tips without the
pendulous club-shaped incurved blossoms; and with
hairy leaves.


DESCRIPTION.

STEM erect, furnished with numerous small
branches downwards.

LEAVES in threes, subulate, hairy, a little flexuose,
with foot-stalks pressed to the branches; the
younger leaves rather spreading, the older reflexed.

FLOWERS terminal on the small lateral branches,
one to three together, pendulous, incurved, with
short foot-stalks.

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.

[Illustration]




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.

[Illustration]




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.

[Illustration]




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.

[Illustration]




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.

[Illustration]




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.

[Illustration]




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.

[Illustration]




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.

[Illustration]




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.

[Illustration]




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.

[Illustration]




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.

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.

[Illustration]




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.

[Illustration]




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.

[Illustration]




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.

[Illustration]




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.

[Illustration]




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.

[Illustration]




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.

[Illustration]




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.

[Illustration]




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.

[Illustration]




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.

[Illustration]




ERICA vestita incarnata.


CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris muticis inclusis, foliis 6-8-nis setaceis
longissimis, in petioles capillares attenuatis,
floribus conferte verticillatis inferne albidis, superne
læte roseis.


DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS fruticosus, rectus, bipedalis, ramis simplicibus,
adscendentibus, venuste foliosis.

FOLIA sena, septena, vel octona, erecta, aggregata,
setacea, in petiolos capillares deorsum attenuata,
et inde pereleganter tremulosa.

FLORES aggregatim verticillati supra medium ramulorum,
patuli; pedunculi breves, bracteis tribus
foliiformibus instructi.

CALYX tetraphyllus, foliolis late subulatis, adpressis.

COROLLA clavata, uncialis, parum curvata, basin
versus albicans, superne læte rosea.

STAMINA octo capillaria; antheræ muticæ, inclusæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen tiaræforme, basi poris
melliferis instructum. Stylus filiformis, aliquo inclusus.
Stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spæi.

Floret mense Maii ad Augustum.


REFERENTIA.

1. Folium.

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 beardless tips within the blossom,
leaves in sixes to eights bristle-shaped very long,
and attenuated into capillary foot-stalks, flowers
whitish downwards, and bright flesh-colour above.


DESCRIPTION.

STEM shrubby, upright, two feet high, with
simple, ascending, and beautiful leafy branches.

LEAVES in sixes, sevens, or eights, erect, crowded,
bristle-shaped, and attenuated downwards into
capillary foot-stalks, and thence very elegantly tremulous.

FLOWERS in crowded whorls above the middle of
the branches, patulous; peduncles short, furnished
with three leaf-shaped floral leaves.

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

BLOSSOM club-shaped, an inch long, a little curved,
whitish towards the base, upwards of a bright
rose colour.

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

POINTAL. Seed-bud turban-shaped, furnished with
honey-bearing pores at the base. Shaft thread-shaped,
just within the blossom. Summit four-cornered.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from the month of May until August.


REFERENCE.

1. A Leaf.

2. The Empalement and Blossom.

3. The Calyx magnified.

4. The Chives detached, with one tip magnified.

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

6. The Seed-bud magnified.

[Illustration]




ERICA vestita rosea.


CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris muticis sub-exsertis; corollis clavatis,
pollicaribus, roseis; foliis octonis, in petiolos
capillares deorsum attenuatis.


DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS erectus, plus minusve flexuosus, ramis
longis, simplicibus, foliosis.

FOLIA plerumque octona, conferta, setacea, semilinearia,
obtusa, deorsum in petiolos capillares attenuata,
et inde eleganter tremula.

FLORES aggregatim verticillati, apices versus ramorum
robustiorum, expansi vel nutantes; pedunculi
breves, bracteis tribus alternis medio instructi.

CALYX tetraphyllus, foliolis adpressis, inferne
lanceolato-ovatis, superne longissime acuminatis.

COROLLA per-rosea, uncialis et ultra, basin versus
magis attenuata, et sub apicem magis inflata, quam
in aliis varietatibus hujus speciei.

STAMINA octo, capillaria; antheræ muticæ, sub-exsertæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen tiaræforme, superne sericeum,
basi glandulis melliferis instructum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mense Julio ad Octobrem.


REFERENTIA.

1.  Folium.

2.  Calyx et Corolla.

3.  Calyx lente auctus.

4.  Stamina diducta et expansa, antherâ unicâ
lente auctâ.

5.  Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.

6.  Germen lente auctum.


SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with beardless tips rather without the
blossom; blossoms club-shaped, an inch long, and
rosy; leaves in eights, and attenuated downwards
into capillary foot-stalks.


DESCRIPTION.

STEM upright, but more or less flexuose, with
the branches long, simple, and leafy.

LEAVES chiefly in eights, crowded, bristle-shaped,
half a line long, blunt, attenuated downwards
into capillary foot-stalks, and thence elegantly
tremulous.

FLOWERS crowdedly whorled, near the ends of
the stoutest branches, expanded or nodding; peduncles
short, furnished near the middle with three
alternate floral leaves.

EMPALEMENT four-leaved, with the leaflets pressed
to the blossom, near the base lance-egg-shaped,
upwards extremely acuminated.

BLOSSOM deep rosy, above an inch long, towards
the base more attenuated, and near the apex more
inflated, than the other varieties of this species.

CHIVES eight hair-like threads; tips beardless,
rather without the blossom.

POINTAL. Seed-bud turban-shaped, upwards
silky, and furnished at the base with honey-bearing
glands.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from the month of July till October.


REFERENCE.

1.  A Leaf.

2.  The Empalement and Blossom.

3.  The Empalement magnified.

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

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

6.  The Seed-bud magnified.

[Illustration]




ERICA viridis.


CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris muticis inclusis, corollis confertim
verticillatis cylindricis viscosis asperiusculis, foliis
senis expansis.


DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS fruticosus, erectus, ramis plerumque
simplicibus, erectis, et rigidis.

FOLIA sena, linearia, obtusiuscula, expansa, vel
demum declinata.

FLORES infra apices ramorum, confertim verticillati
ex axillis foliorum, breviter pedunculati,
horizontales.

CALYX tetraphyllus, viscosus, foliolis subulatis,
adpressis, bracteis tribus itidem adpressis.

COROLLA cylindrica, uncialis et ultra, saturate
viridis, viscosa, asperiuscula, laciniis revolutis.

STAMINA octo, capillaria; antheræ muticæ, inclusæ.

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

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret Maio ad Septembrem.


REFERENTIA.

1.  Folium lente auctum.

2.  Calyx, et Bracteæ adpressæ.

3.  Corolla.

4.  Stamina diducta, antherâ unicâ lente auctâ.

5.  Pistillum stigmate diducto lenteque aucto.

6.  Germen pubescens et album, lente auctum.


SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with beardless tips within the blossom,
blossoms crowdedly-whorled cylindric clammy
roughish, and leaves in sixes and expanded.


DESCRIPTION.

STEM shrubby, upright, with the branches
chiefly simple, erect, and rigid.

LEAVES in sixes, linear, obtusely pointed, expanded,
or finally bent downwards.

FLOWERS springing from near the ends of the
branches, crowdedly whorled from the bosoms of
the leaves, shortly peduncled, and horizontal.

EMPALEMENT four-leaved, clammy, with awl-shaped
leaflets, pressed to the blossom, with three
floral leaves pressed to them.

BLOSSOM cylindrical, an inch long or upwards,
deep green, clammy, and roughish, with segments
rolled back.

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

POINTAL. Seed-bud turban-shaped, downy:
shaft thread-shaped; summit four-cornered.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from May till September.


REFERENCE.

1.  A Leaf magnified.

2.  The Calyx and close pressed floral Leaves.

3.  The Blossom.

4.  The Chives detached, with one tip magnified.

5.  The Pointal, with the summit detached and
magnified.

6.  The downy and white Seed-bud, magnified.

[Illustration]




ERICA Uhria.


CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA antheris aristatis, sub-exsertis; stylo exserto,
apice curvato; corollis clavato-tubulosis, tomentosis,
sanguineis, basi quadratis, apicibus virentibus;
floribus solitariis, terminalibus; foliis, ternis,
glabris.


DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS fruticosus, bipedalis, rami pauci, erecti;
ramuli frequentissimi, erecto-patenti.

FOLIA terna, linearia, glabra, patentia, subtus
sulcata; petiolis adpressis.

FLORES terminales, solitarii, racemum formantes
in apice ramorum; pedunculi crassiusculi,
bracteis tribus minutis instructi.

CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, quadratum;
foliolis ovato-acuminatis, marginatis, intus
viscosis, adpressis.

COROLLA clavato-tubulosa, tomentosa, sanguinea,
apice virescens, basi quadrata, viscosa;
laciniis limbi erectis, subincurvis.

STAMINA. Filamenta octo, capillaria. Antheræ
aristatæ, sub-exsertæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen sub-ovatum, costatum,
ad basin summaque glandulosum. Stylus filiformis,
exsertus, apice curvatus. Stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret ab Augusto, in Septembrem.


REFERENTIA.

1. Calyx auctus.

2. Flos.

3. Stamina et Pistillum.

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

5. Pistillum, Stigma auctum.

6. Germen, lente auctum.


SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH with bearded tips, just without the blossom;
shaft without the blossom, curved at the
end; blossoms tubularly club-shaped, downy,
blood-coloured, squared at the base, green at the
ends; flowers solitary, terminal; leaves grow by
threes, and smooth.


DESCRIPTION.

STEM shrubby, grows two feet high, large
branches few and upright; smaller branches numerous,
upright and spreading.

LEAVES grow by threes, linear, smooth, spreading,
furrowed beneath; foot-stalks pressed to the
branches.

FLOWERS terminate the small branches, grow
solitary, forming a long bunch at the top of the
branches; foot-stalks rather fleshy, having three
small floral leaves.

EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, squared;
leaflets pointed egg-shaped, bordered, clammy
on the inside, pressed to the blossom.

BLOSSOM tubularly club-shaped, downy, blood-colour,
green-ended, squared at the base, clammy;
segments of the border upright, rather turned inwards.

CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads. Tips bearded
just without the blossom.

POINTAL. Seed-bud nearly egg-shaped, ribbed,
glandular at the base and the top. Shaft thread-shaped,
without the blossom, curved at the point.
Summit four-cornered.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from August till September.


REFERENCE.

1. The Empalement, magnified.

2. A Flower.

3. The Chives and Pointal.

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

5. The Pointal, the Summit magnified.

6. The Seed-bud, magnified.

[Illustration]




ERICA Uhria, _pilosa_.


CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris aristatis inclusis; stylo exerto,
apice curvato; corollis clavato-tubulosis, curvatis,
pilosis, rubro-purpureis, apicibus virentibus; floribus
terminalibus; foliis ternis, pilosis.


DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS fruticosus, bipedalis. Rami pauci, erecti;
ramuli frequentissimi, erecto-patentes.

FOLIA terna, linearia, pilosa, subtus sulcata; petiolis
adpressis.

FLORES terminales, sub-bini, numerosi; pedunculi
crassiusculi, bracteis duabus minutis instructi.

CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, canaliculatum;
foliolis ovato-acuminatis, intus viscosis, adpressis.

COROLLA clavato-tubulosa, curvata, pilosa, rubro-purpurea,
apice virescens, viscosa; laciniis limbi
erectis.

STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria; antheræ
aristatæ, inclusæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen tiaræforme, ad basin summumque
glandulosum. Stylus filiformis, exertus,
apice curvatus. Stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret ab Augusto in Decembrem.


REFERENTIA.

1. Inferior pars Folii lente aucta.

2. Flos, magnitudine naturali.

3. Calyx cum bracteis lente auctus.

4. Stamina libera, antherâ unâ diductâ lente auctâ.

5. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.

6. Germen lente auctum.


SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with bearded tips within the blossom;
shaft without, and curved at the end. Blossoms tubularly
club-shaped, curved, and hairy, of a red
purple, green at the ends; flowers terminal; leaves
by threes, and hairy.


DESCRIPTION.

STEM shrubby, grows two feet high. Large
branches few and upright; the small branches numerous,
upright, and spreading.

LEAVES by threes, linear, hairy, and furrowed
beneath; footstalks pressed to the branches.

FLOWERS terminate the small branches, mostly by
twos, and numerous; footstalks rather fleshy, having
two small floral leaves.

EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, channelled;
leaflets pointedly egg-shaped, clammy on the inside,
and pressed to the blossom.

BLOSSOM tubularly club-shaped, curved, and hairy,
of a red purple, green-ended and clammy. Segments
of the border upright.

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

POINTAL. Seed-bud turban-shaped, glandular at
the base and top. Shaft thread-shaped, without the
blossom, curved at the point. Summit four-cornered.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from August till December.


REFERENCE.

1. The under side of a Leaf magnified.

2. A Flower, natural size.

3. The Empalement and floral leaves magnified.

4. The Chives free, one tip detached magnified.

5. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified.

6. The Seed-bud magnified.

[Illustration]




ERICA umbellata.


CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris muticis exertis, corollis umbellatis
globoso-conicis, laciniis erectis, foliis ternis brevibus.


DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS fruticosus, flexuoso-erectus, ramulis filiformibus,
patulis.

FOLIA ternata, patula, perbrevia, linearia, obtusa,
subtus sulcata.

FLORES umbellati, terminales, 3-8 in singulâ
umbellâ, pedunculis filiformibus, fere bilinearibus,
lente pubescentibus.

CALYX duplex, adpressus, exterior minor, triphyllus,
superior tetraphyllus, foliolis viridibus, dorso
sulcatis.

COROLLA globoso-conica, pallide rubro-purpurea,
laciniis erectis, subrotundis.

STAMINA octo, capillaria, receptaculo inserta;
antheræ muticæ, exertæ, fuscæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen ovato-oblongum, sulcatum;
stylus filiformis, corollâ duplo longior, antherasque
longe superans; stigma tetragonum, rubrofuscum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mense Aprili in Julium.


REFERENTIA.

1. Calyx cum pedunculo lente aucto.

2. Stamina et Pistillum, a corollâ diducta, lente
aucta.

3. Pistillum et Germen, stigmate lente aucto.

4. Germen lente auctum.


SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with beardless tips without the blossom,
blossoms umbellated globose-conic, with erect segments,
leaves in threes and short.


DESCRIPTION.

STEM shrubby, flexuose-erect, with the branches
thread-shaped and a little spreading.

LEAVES in threes, rather spreading, very short,
linear, blunt, furrowed beneath.

FLOWERS umbelled, terminal, 3 to 8, in each
umbel, with peduncles thread-shaped, nearly two
lines long, and pubescent when magnified.

EMPALEMENT double, outer less, three-leaved,
upper four-leaved, the little leaves green, and furrowed
on the back.

BLOSSOM globose-conic, pale red-purple, with the
segments erect, and roundish.

CHIVES. Eight, hair-like, inserted into the receptacle,
tips beardless, without the blossom,
brown.

POINTAL. Seed-bud egg-oblong, furrowed;
shaft thread-shaped, twice as long as the blossom
and far surpassing the tips; summit four-cornered,
red-brown.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from April till July.


REFERENCE.

1. The Empalement with the peduncle magnified.

2. The Chives and Pointal, detached from the
blossom, magnified.

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

4. The Seed-bud magnified.

[Illustration]




ERICA Walkeria _rubra_.


CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris muticis inclusis, foliis quaternis
brevissime petiolatis, umbellis fastigiatis quadrifloris.


DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS fruticosus, pedalis, flexuoso-erectus, ramis
sæpe subfasciculatis, patulis, cortice fusco.

FOLIA quaterna, patula, linearia, glabra, nuda,
nitida, petiolis brevissimis.

FLORES quaterni, ad apices ramulorum terminales,
in capitulis sessilibus.

CALYX duplex, exterior triphyllus, foliolis subulatis,
marginibus membranaceis; interior tetraphyllus,
foliolis duplo longioribus, appressis, serrulatolaceris.

COROLLA ovato-conica, levigata, nitida, carnea,
laciniis subovatis recurvis.

STAMINA, filamenta octo, capillaria. Antheræ
muticæ, inclusæ, fuscæ.

PISTILLUM. Germen tiaræforme, subsulcatum;
stylus altitudine tubi corollæ; stigma tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mense Februarii in Junium.


REFERENTIA.

1. Calyx lente auctus.

2. Corolla.

3. Stamina et Pistillum, antherâ unicâ lente
auctâ.

4. Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.

5. Germen lente auctum.


SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with beardless tips within the blossom,
leaves in fours with very short footstalks, and four-flowered
level-topped umbels.


DESCRIPTION.

STEM shrubby, a foot high, flexuose-erect, with
branches often a little bundled, rather spreading,
and a brown bark.

LEAVES in fours, rather spreading, linear, smooth,
naked, shining, with very short footstalks.

FLOWERS in fours, terminal on the lesser
branches, in little sessile heads.

EMPALEMENT double, the _outer_ three-leaved,
with the leaflets awl-shaped, with skinny margins; the
_inner_ four-leaved, with leaflets twice as long, pressed
to the blossom, and serrulate-torn.

BLOSSOM ovate-cone-shaped, polished, shining,
flesh-coloured, with segments nearly egg-shaped
and recurved.

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

POINTAL. Seed-bud turban-shaped, slightly furrowed.
Shaft as high as the tube of the blossom;
summit four-cornered.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from February till June.


REFERENCE.

1. The Empalement magnified.

2. The Blossom.

3. The Chives and Pointal, with one of the tips
magnified.

4. The Pointal, with the summit magnified.

5. The Seed-bud magnified.

[Illustration]




ALPHABETICAL INDEX

TO THE

FIGURES IN VOL.  II.


73. Erica acuta.

74. ---- Archeria.

75. ---- ardens.

76. ---- aurea.

77. ---- barbata, _major_.

78. ---- barbata, _minor_.

79. ---- bicolor.

80. ---- comosa.

81. ---- comosa, _rubra_.

82. ---- concinna.

83. ---- conferta.

84. ---- cubica, _minor_.

85. ---- cylindrica.

86. ---- depressa.

87. ---- elata.

88. ---- empetroides.

89. ---- eriocephala.

90. ---- fastigiata.

91. ---- filamentosa.

92. ---- flammea.

93. ---- flava.

94. ---- formosa.

95. ---- fragrans.

96. ---- gelida.

97. ---- glandulosa.

98. ---- gracilis.

99. ---- halicacaba.

100. ---- hispida.

101. ---- hirta.

102. ---- horizontalis.

103. ---- ignescens.

104. ---- Lambertia.

105. ---- latifolia.

106. ---- Linnæaus.

107. ---- Linnæoides.

108. ---- leucanthera.

109. ---- lucida.

110. ---- Monsoniana.

111. ---- multiflora.

112. ---- Nivenia.

113. ---- obbata.

114. ---- palustris.

115. ---- patens.

116. ---- penicillata.

117. ---- Petiveriana, _aurantia_.

118. ---- Petiveriana, _hirsuta_.

119. ---- pinifolia, _coccinea_.

120. ---- plumosa.

121. ---- princeps.

122. ---- propendens.

123. ---- pubescens, _minor_.

124. ---- minima.

125. ---- quadriflora.

126. ---- rosea.

127. ---- rubens.

128. ---- rupestris.

129. ---- Sebana, _spicata_.

130. ---- sessiliflora.

131. ---- sexfaria.

132. ---- Solandra.

133. ---- speciosa.

134. ---- stricta.

135. ---- tenella.

136. ---- thymifolia.

137. ---- vestita, _fulgida_.

138. ---- vestita, _incarnata_.

139. ---- vestita, _rosea_.

140. ---- viridis.

141. ---- Uhria.

142. ---- α .... _pilosa_.

143. ---- umbellata.

144. ---- Walkeria, _rubra_.




SYSTEMATICAL ARRANGEMENT

OF THE

LXXII ERICAS, OR HEATHS, CONTAINED IN

VOL. II.

Taken from the shape of the tips, and the number of leaves which
surround the stem in one whorl.


ANTHERÆ ARISTATÆ.                        TIPS BEARDED.

    _Foliis ternis._                       _Leaves by threes._

E. Monsoniana                        Monson. H.
-- speciosa                          Specious.
-- Uhria                             Uhr.
-- β _pilosa_                        β  _hairy_.
-- hirta                             Hairy-leaved


    _Foliis quaternis._                    _Leaves by fours._

-- plumosa                           Feathery-leaved.
-- pubescens, _minor_                α Small downy.
-- β _minima_                        β very small.
-- rupestris                         Rock-growing.
-- sessiliflora                      Sessile-flowered.
-- gelida                            Cool-flowered.
-- depressa                          Depressed.


ANTHERÆ CRISTATÆ.                         TIPS CRESTED.

    _Foliis sparsis._                       _Leaves scattered._

-- rosea                              Rose-coloured.


    _Foliis ternis._                        _Leaves by threes._

-- ardens                             Glowing.
-- leucanthera                        White-tipped.
-- lucida                             Shining.


    _Foliis quaternis._                     _Leaves by fours._

-- Solandra                           Solander.
-- Lambertia                          Lambert.
-- acuta                              Acute-leaved..
-- quadriflora                        Four-flowered.
-- rubens                             Red-flowered.
-- stricta                            Upright.
-- barbata, _major_                   β Bearded-leaved.
β _minor_                             β  _small_.


    _Foliis senis._                       _Leaves by sixes._

-- empetroides                        Empetrum-like.


ANTHERÆ BICORNUTÆ.                       TIPS TWO-HORNED.

    _Foliis ternis._                       _Leaves by threes._

-- Nivenia                           Niven.
-- fragrans                          Sweet-smelling.
-- sexfaria                          Six-angled.
-- thymifolia                        Thyme-leaved.


   _Foliis quaternis._                     _Leaves by fours._

-- cylindrica                        Cylinder-flowered.
-- tenella                           Tender.
-- gracilis                          Slender.
-- obbata                            Bottle-flowered.


ANTHERÆ MUTICÆ. TIPS BEARDLESS.


   _Foliis ternis._                        _Leaves by threes._

E. Linnæa                             Linnæus. H.
-- patens                             Spreading.
-- halicacaba                         Winter Cherry.
-- eriocephala                        Woolly-headed.
-- flava                              Yellow.
-- bicolor                            Two-coloured.
-- umbellata                          Umbelled.
-- latifolia                          Broad-leaved.


    _Foliis quaternis._                     _Leaves by fours._

-- Linnæoides                          Linnæa-like.
-- Walkeria, _rubra_                   Walker, _red_.
-- princeps                            Princely.
-- propendens                          Hanging.
-- palustris                           Marsh-growing.
-- ignescens                           Fiery.
-- elata                               Lofty.
-- cubica, _minor_                     Square-flowered, _small_.
-- conferta                            Crowded.
-- fastigiata                          Level-topped.
-- horizontalis                        Horizontal-leaved.
-- flammea                             Flame-coloured.
-- comosa                              Tufted.
β   _rubra_                            β    red.
-- hispida                             Bristly-leaved.
-- multiflora                          Many-flowered.
-- glandulosa                          Glandular-leaved.


    _Foliis senis._                         _Leaves by sixes._

-- Archeria                            Archer.
-- aurea                               Gold-coloured.
-- concinna                            Spruce.
-- filamentosa                         Long flower-stemmed.
-- formosa                             Comely.
-- pinifolia, _coccinea_               Scarlet pine-leaved.


    _Foliis octonis._                      _Leaves by eights._

δ vestita, _rosea_                     δ Rose-coloured _tremulous_.
ε        _incarnata_                   ε Flesh-coloured _tremulous_.
ζ          _fulgida_                   ζ Shining _tremulous_.


ANTHERÆ PENICILLATÆ.                    TIPS PENCILLED.

   _Foliis ternis._                        _Leaves by threes._

-- penicillatæ                          Pencilled.
-- Sebana, _spicata_                    Seba-spik’d.
α Petiveriana, _aurantia_               α Petiver-like _orange_.
β  ......   _hirsuta_                   β  ......  _hairy_.



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