Part 15

REFERENCE.

1. The empalement and floral leaves. 2. The chives detached from the pointal, a tip magnified. 3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 4. The seed-bud magnified.

ERICA plumosa.

DESCRIPTIO.

Antheræ aristatæ, inclusæ. Flores axillares, verticillati, sub-solitarii, cernui. Corolla urceolata, glabra, purpurea. Folia quaterna, obtusa, villosa, patentia, linearia. Caulis fruticosus, flexuosus, pedalis. Rami et ramuli filiformes.

DESCRIPTION.

Tips bearded, within the blossom. Flowers grow from the insertion of the leaves, whorled, mostly solitary, and nodding. Blossom pitcher-shaped, smooth, and purple. Leaves by fours, blunt, hairy, linear, and spreading. Stem shrubby, and taking various directions, a foot high. The large and small branches are thread-shaped.

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Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

In bloom from March till July.

REFERENCE.

1. A leaf magnified. 2. The empalement and floral leaves magnified. 3. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 4. The seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 5. The seed-bud magnified.

ERICA pubescens.

DESCRIPTIO.

Antheræ aristatæ, inclusæ. Flores in ramulis terminales, umbellati, bini, terni, vel plures, copiosi. Corolla ovata, obtusa, villosa, purpurea. Folia quaterna, obtusa, villosa, incurva, arcuata. Caulis fruticosus, sesquipedalis, ramosus, pilosus. Ramuli pilosi, filiformes, virgati.

DESCRIPTION.

Tips bearded, within the blossom. Flowers terminate the branches in umbels of two, three, or more, and are very abundant. Blossom egg-shaped, blunt, covered with soft hairs, and purple. Leaves by fours, blunt, hairy, turned inwards, and bowed. Stem shrubby, a foot and half high, branching, and hairy. The branches are hairy, thread-shaped, and twiggy.

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Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

In bloom from August till February.

REFERENCE.

1. The empalement and floral leaves magnified. 2. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 3. The seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 4. The seed-bud magnified.

ERICA pubescens, minor.

DESCRIPTIO.

Antheræ aristatæ, inclusæ. Flores in ramulis terminales, umbellati, numerosi. Corolla ovata, obtusa, villosa; laciniis minutis, erectis. Folia quaterna, obtusa, hirta, erecta. Caulis sesquipedalis, ramosus, pilosus. Rami et ramuli pilosi, virgati, erecti.

DESCRIPTION.

Tips bearded, within the blossom. Flowers terminate the small branches in numerous umbels. Blossom egg-shaped, obtuse, covered with soft hairs; segments of the border very small and upright. Leaves by fours, blunt, hairy and upright. Stem a foot and a half high, branching and hairy. The large and small branches are hairy, twiggy, and upright.

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