Part 9

Floret a mensi Februarii, in Julium.

REFERENTIA.

1. Calyx, et Corolla,

2. Calyx lente auctus.

3. Stamina, et Pistillum.

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

5. Stylus, et Stigma, lente aucta.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, whose tips are beardless, without the blossom, and tapering into threads, which are flat; the blossom is cylindrical, of a greenish yellow; the stem droops, is scarce a span high; the leaves grow by threes.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM drooping, harsh, rough, less than a span in height, and very much branched; the smaller branches are short.

The LEAVES grow by threes, are awl-shaped, three-sided, and sharp-pointed, slightly channelled on the under part, smooth on the upper, and flat, of a deep green colour, having short foot-stalks pressed to the stem.

FLOWERS grow by twos or threes at the end of the smaller branches, hanging down; the foot-stalks are very short, without any floral leaves.

EMPALEMENT. Cup double, the outer three-leaved, which are of a broad egg-shape, harsh, keeled, and sharp pointed; the inner is four-leaved, longer than the former, linear, and limber.

The BLOSSOM is cylindrical, slightly swelled at the base, of a greenish-yellow; the segments of the mouth are rolled back.

CHIVES. Eight linear, flat threads, much longer than the blossom, fixed into the receptacle. Tips beardless, without the blossom, and not to be distinguished from the threads.

POINTAL. Seed-vessel nearly oval. Shaft thread-shaped, and without the blossom. Summit four-cornered.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from February, till July.

REFERENCE.

1. The Empalement, and Blossom.

2. The Empalement magnified.

3. The Chives, and Pointal.

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

5. The Shaft, and its Summit, magnified.

ERICA Bruniades.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris muticis, exsertis, floribus terminalibus, sessilibus, sub-ternis; corollis albidis, urceolatis, tectis calyce lanato; calycis foliolis ovatis, carneis; foliis ternis, linearibus, obtusis, margine revolutis, pilosis.