Part 5

REFERENCE.

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

ERICA calycina.

DESCRIPTIO.

Antheræ cristatæ, inclusæ. Flores plures, in ultimis ramulis terminales, umbellati. Calyx tetraphyllus, foliolis lato-ovatis, carneis, corolla longiora, pedunculis longissimis. Corolla minuta, urceoliformis, apice dilute carnea, ad basin virescens; oris laciniis reflexis, saturate carneis. Folia terna, lanceolata, supra concava, adpressa, glabra. Caulis filiformis, spithameus, erectus.

DESCRIPTION.

Tips crested, within the blossom. Flowers numerous, terminating the small branches in bunches. Cup four-leaved, of a broad oval form, flesh-coloured, and longer than the blossom. The foot-stalks very long. Blossom small, of a pitcher-shape, light flesh-colour at the end, and greenish at the base. The segments of the mouth are bent back, and deep flesh-coloured. Leaves by threes, lance-shaped, concave on the upper surface, pressed to the stem, and smooth. Stem thread-shaped, half a foot high, and upright.

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Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

In bloom from August till December.

REFERENCE.

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

ERICA cernua.

DESCRIPTIO.

Antheræ cristatæ, inclusæ. Flores umbellati, cernui, secundi, subovati, carnei; laciniis limbi acuminatis, sub-erectis. Folia quaterna, linearia, obtusa; petiolis brevissimis. Caulis fruticosus, erectus, pedalis. Rami sub-simplices, erecto-patentes.

DESCRIPTION.

Tips crested, within the blossom. The flowers grow in bunches, nodding, all pointing one way; nearly egg-shaped, of a pale flesh colour; the segments of the border tapered, and nearly upright. Leaves grow by fours, are linear and blunt, having very short footstalks. Stem shrubby, upright, a foot high. The branches are almost simple, upright, and spreading.

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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, one tip magnified. 3. The seed-bud and pointal magnified.

ERICA comosa.

DESCRIPTIO.

Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ. Flores in ramulis terminales, quasi spicam comosam densam formantes. Pedunculi brevissimi. Corolla ventricosa, alba, basi inflata, apice arctata. Folia quaterna, obtusa, patentia, parva, glabra. Caulis fruticosus, subpedalis, ramosus. Rami virgati, penduli.

DESCRIPTION.

Tips beardless, within the blossom. Flowers terminate the small branches, forming as it were a thick tufted spike. Footstalks very short. Blossom bellied, white, swelled at the base, and narrowed at the mouth. Leaves by fours, blunt, spreading, small, and smooth. Stem shrubby, near a foot high, and branching. The branches are twiggy, and hang down.

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