Part 8

Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ. Corolla curvata, clavato-cylindracea, pubescens, terminalis, luteo-aurantia. Folia quaterna, linearia, glabra. Caulis fruticosus, bipedalis, laxus, superne villosus. Rami laxi, numerosi; ramulis brevissimis, frequentissimis, sparsis.

DESCRIPTION.

Tips beardless, within the blossom, which is curved, cylindrically club-shaped, downy, terminating the branches, and of a yellow gold colour. The leaves grow by fours, are linear and smooth. Stem shrubby, grows two feet high, weak, and hairy at the top. Branches weak, and numerous; the smaller branches are very short, numerous, and scattered.

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Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

In bloom from July till November.

REFERENCE.

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

ERICA depressa.

DESCRIPTIO.

Antheræ aristatæ, inclusæ. Flores in ramulis terminales, subterni, sub-sessiles; bracteis adpressis, imbricatis. Corolla sub-cylindrica, sub-pollicaris, flava. Folia quaterna, crassiuscula, obtusa. Caulis fruticosus, robustus. Rami divaricati, flexuosi, depressi.

DESCRIPTION.

Tips bearded, within the blossom. Flowers terminate the small branches, in general sitting close to the stem. Floral leaves tiled, and pressed to the cup. Blossom almost cylindrical, near an inch long, and yellow. Leaves by fours, thickish and blunt. Stem shrubby and stout. The branches are straggling, zigzag, and pressed downwards.

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Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

In bloom from May till August.

REFERENCE.

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

ERICA droseroides.

DESCRIPTIO.

Antheræ cristatæ, inclusæ. Corolla ventricosa, læte purpurea, costata, viscosa, pubescens; ore obliqua, arctata, profunde sanguinea; pedunculi longissimi. Folia alterna, sparsa, obtusa, apice reflexa, pilis glandulosis micantibus hirta. Caulis erectus, spithamæus. Rami filiformes, sparsi, erecto-patentes, virgati.

DESCRIPTION.

Tips crested, within the blossom, which is bellied, bright purple, ribbed, clammy, and downy; with the mouth oblique, narrowed, and of a deep blood colour; foot-stalks very long. Leaves alternate, scattered and blunt, the end reflexed, and thick with shining glandular hairs. Stem upright, a span high. Branches thread-shaped, scattered, upright, spreading, and twiggy.

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Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

In bloom from July till October.

REFERENCE.

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