Part 18

Antheræ muticæ, sub-exsertæ. Flores terminales, in apicibus ramulorum bini vel terni, pollicares, sub-cylindrici, luteo aurantii. Folia quaterna, rigida, acuta, serrata. Caulis erectus, rigidus, pedalis, ramosus. Ramuli frequentissimi, breves.

DESCRIPTION.

Tips beardless, just out of the blossom. Flowers terminal, two or three together at the end of the smaller branches, an inch long, almost cylindrical, and of an orange yellow. Leaves by fours, harsh, sharp, and sawed at the edges. Stem upright, harsh, a foot high and much branched. The smaller branches are numerous and short.

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Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

In bloom from August till December.

REFERENCE.

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

ERICA spicata.

DESCRIPTIO.

Antheræ aristatæ, inclusæ. Flores plures, sub-terminales, arcte stipati in spicam duram, ima parte luteoli, summa virescentes, teretiusculi, basi attenuati; ore obtuso, quadrifido, æquali, connivente. Perianthium persistens. Folia subsena, mucronata, patentia. Caulis fruticosus, pedalis, erectus; ramis pluribus adscendentibus.

DESCRIPTION.

TIPS bearded, within the blossom. Flowers numerous, nearly at the ends of the branches, in hard close set spikes, the lower part light yellow, and the extremity of a light green; somewhat cylindrical, with a tapered base; the mouth blunt, and divided into a four-cleft equal border; the segments tend to each other. Cup permanent. Leaves mostly by sixes, sharp-pointed, and spreading. Stem shrubby, a foot high, upright, with numerous ascending branches.

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Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

In bloom from November till April.

REFERENCE.

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

ERICA tubiflora.

DESCRIPTIO.

Antheræ muticæ, sub-inclusæ. Flores sub-solitarii, sessiles, terminales, clavato-cylindracei, curvati, pubescentes. Folia quaterna, tenuia, obtusa, ciliata, subtus sulcata. Caulis flexibilis, erectus. Rami sparsi, filiformes, frequentes, villosi.

DESCRIPTION.

Tips beardless, just within the blossom. Flowers grow singly, sessile, at the ends of the branches; between club and cylinder-shaped, curved, downy. Leaves by fours, thin, blunt, fringed with hair at the edges, and furrowed beneath. Stem flexible, upright. Branches scattered, thread-shaped, numerous, hairy.

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Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

In bloom from April till July.

REFERENCE.

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