Part 48

CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum; foliolis spathulatis, seu basi attenuatis, apicibus ovatis, concavis, ciliatis.

COROLLA albida, urceoli-formis, oris laciniis sub-reflexis.

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

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

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mense Aprili in Julium,

REFERENTIA.

1. Calyx et Corolla.

2. Calyx lente auctus.

3. Stamina et Pistillum.

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

5. Stylus et Stigma lente aucta.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with bearded tips, just within the blossoms, which are pitcher-shaped, and white; the leaves grow by threes, of a broad egg-shape, downy, and white underneath.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM upright, shrubby, grows a foot high, and very branching; the smaller branches are numerous, and grow in whorls.

LEAVES grow by threes, spreading outward, of a broad egg-shape, rolled back at the edges., and white beneath, having short foot-stalks pressed to the branches.

FLOWERS terminate the branches in bunches which hang downward; the foot-stalks are long, having three floral leaves.

EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, which are spathula-shaped, or tapering to the base, the tops egg-shaped, concave, and lashed.

BLOSSOM white, pitcher-shaped, having the segments of the mouth slightly bent back.

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

POINTAL. Seed-vessel cylinder-shaped, and furrowed. Shaft thread-shaped. Summit four-cornered.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from April till July.

REFERENCE.

1. The Empalement and Blossom.

2. The Empalement magnified.

3. The Chives and Pointal.