Part 3

Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ. Flores in axillis foliorum, solitarii, cernui. Corolla ventricosa, ore arctata, sub-albicans. Folia terna, trigona, linearia, acuta, glabra. Caulis fruticosus, pedalis, erectus, ramosus, gracilis. Rami simplices.

DESCRIPTION.

Tips beardless, within the blossom. The flowers grow from the base of the foot-stalks of the leaves, singly, and are bent downwards. Blossom swelled at the base, straightened at the mouth, and whitish. Leaves by threes, which are three-sided, linear, sharp-pointed, and smooth. Stem shrubby, a foot high, upright, branching and slender. Branches simple.

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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 and pointal, one tip magnified. 3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified.

ERICA Archeria.

DESCRIPTIO.

Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ, stylo exserto. Corolla tubuloso-clavata, pollicaris, villosa, rubro-purpurea, viscosa. Folia sena, linearia, rigida, patentia, margine serrato-ciliata. Caulis fruticosus, erectus, sesquipedalis. Rami erecti, simplices.

DESCRIPTION.

Tips beardless, within the blossom, shaft without. Blossoms tubularly club-shaped, an inch long, hairy, of a red purple colour, and clammy. Leaves by sixes, linear, harsh, spreading, and sawed like a fringe at the margin. Stem shrubby, upright, a foot and a half high. Branches upright and simple.

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Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

In bloom from August till November.

REFERENCE.

1. The empalement. 2. The chives and pointal. 3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 4. The seed-bud magnified.

ERICA barbata, major.

DESCRIPTIO.

Antheræ cristatæ, inclusæ. Flores in ultimis ramulis terminales, umbellati, cernui. Pedunculi longi, pilosi. Corolla urceolata, alba, pilosa, viscosa. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis spathulatis, barbatis, glanduloso-pilosis. Folia quaterna, ciliata, barbata, ovata. Caulis fruticosus, pedalis. Ramuli villosiusculi.

DESCRIPTION.

Tips crested, within the blossom. Flowers terminate the small branches in umbels, nodding. The peduncles are long and hairy. Blossom pitcher-shaped, white, hairy and viscous. Cup four-leaved: leaflets spathula-shaped, bearded and glandularly hairy. Leaves by fours, fringed, bearded, and oval. Stem shrubby, a foot high. The smaller branches a little hairy.

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Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

In bloom from May till August.

REFERENCE.

1. A leaf magnified. 2. The empalement magnified. 3. The chives detached, one tip magnified. 4. The pointal magnified.