Part 13

Antheræ muticæ, penicillatæ, exsertæ, longitudine corollæ, attenuatæ in filamenta plana. Flores flavi, conici, parum curvati, laciniis longissimis adpressis, nigris. Folia quaterna, linearia, sub-scabrida, rigida. Caulis laxus, erectus, bipedalis. Ramuli brevissimi, foliosi.

DESCRIPTION.

Tips beardless, pencil-like, and without the blossom, tapering into threads, which are flat. Flowers yellow, conical, slightly curved, the segments of the border very long, pressed to the chives, and black. Leaves by fours, linear, roughish, and stiff. Stem weak, upright, grows two feet high. The small branches very short, and covered with leaves.

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Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

In bloom from February till July.

REFERENCE.

1. The empalement. 2. A flower divested of its empalement. 3. The chives detached from the pointal. 4. The seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified.

ERICA nigrita.

DESCRIPTIO.

Antheræ muticæ, exertæ, atræ. Flores in apicibus ramulorum terminales, sub-terni. Corolla campanulata, albida; laciniis oris revolutis, et tubo majoribus. Folia terna, glabra, nitida, sub-triquetra, obtusa, crassa. Caulis fruticosus, erectus, pedalis. Rami et ramuli frequentissimi, sub-erecti, virgati.

DESCRIPTION.

Tips beardless, without the blossom, and black. Flowers grow from the ends of the small branches, mostly by threes. Blossom bell-shaped and white; the segments of the mouth are rolled back, and larger than the tube. Leaves by threes, smooth, shining, nearly three-sided, blunt, and thick. Stem shrubby, upright, a foot high. The larger and smaller branches are numerous, nearly upright, and twiggy.

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Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

In bloom from April till July.

REFERENCE.

1. The empalement and floral leaves magnified. 2. The chives spread open, one tip magnified. 3. Seed-bud and pointal magnified.

ERICA obbata.

DESCRIPTIO.

Antheræ basi bicornes, inclusæ. Flores terminales, quaterni, erecti, inflati ore arctati, leviter striati, nitidi. Limbus maximus, glandulæ octo fauci circumpositæ. Folia quaterna, reflexa, rigida, ciliata. Caulis fruticosus, pedalis, ramosus.

DESCRIPTION.

Tips two-horned at the base, within the blossom. Flowers grow by fours at the ends of the branches, upright, swelled out and contracted at the mouth, slightly striped and shining. Border very large, with eight glands surrounding the mouth. Leaves by fours, reflexed, harsh, and fringed. Stem shrubby, a foot high and branching.

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Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

In bloom from April till June.

REFERENCE.

1. The empalement. 2. A segment of the border magnified. 3. The chives, one tip magnified. 4. The pointal, summit magnified.