Part 16

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

In bloom from October till March.

REFERENCE.

1. The empalement and floral leaves magnified. 2. The chives and pointal. 3. A chive magnified. 4. Seed-bud and pointal magnified.

ERICA pubescens, minima.

DESCRIPTIO.

Antheræ aristatæ, inclusæ. Flores in ultimis ramulis terminales, umbellati, cernui. Corolla minuta, urceolata, purpurea, villosa. Folia quaterna, obtusa, villosa, incurva, arcuata. Caulis fruticosus, pedalis, ramosus, pilosus. Ramuli pilosi, virgati, filiformes.

DESCRIPTION.

Tips bearded, within the blossom. Flowers terminate the small branches in umbels, nodding. Blossom very small, pitcher-shaped, purple, and hairy. Leaves by fours, blunt, covered with soft hairs, turned inwards, and bowed. Stem shrubby, a foot high, branching, and hairy. The branches are hairy, twiggy, and thread-shaped.

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Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

In bloom from November till April.

REFERENCE.

1. The empalement magnified. 2. A blossom magnified. 3. The chives and pointal magnified. 4. The seed-bud magnified.

ERICA pulchella.

DESCRIPTIO.

Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ. Flores in summis ramulorum, paniculati, axillares, sub-globosi, incarnati. Folia terna, glabra, obtusa, trigona, sexfariam, sub-erecta; petiolis brevissimis. Caulis flexuosus, pedalis, glaber. Rami flexuosi, sub-simplices, filiformes, longi.

DESCRIPTION.

Tips beardless, within the blossom. Flowers grow in loose spikes, near the ends of the branches, from the base of the leaves, are nearly globular, and flesh-coloured. Leaves by threes, smooth, blunt, three-sided, forming six edges, and almost upright; with very short foot-stalks. Stem grows zigzag, a foot high, and smooth. Branches like the stem, grow nearly simple, thread-shaped, and long.

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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. 3. A chive magnified. 4. The seed-bud and pointal magnified.

ERICA quadriflora.

DESCRIPTIO.

Antheræ cristatæ, inclusæ, stylo incluso. Corolla globosa, purpurea, cernua, glabra. Flores ramulorum quaterni, calyce reflexo. Folia quaterna, linearia, ciliata, flaccida. Caulis debilis, sesquipedalis. Rami plurimi, virgati.

DESCRIPTION.