Part 9

ERICA empetroides.

DESCRIPTIO.

Antheræ cristatæ, inclusæ, stylo exserto. Flores in medio ramorum densissimè spicati, horizontaliter siti. Pedunculi brevissimi. Corolla urceolata, carnea, odorata. Folia sena, linearia, villosa, obtusa, horizontalia. Caulis debilis, pedalis. Rami filiformes, laxi.

DESCRIPTION.

Tips crested, within the blossom, shaft without. Flowers in close spikes in the centre of the branches, standing out horizontally, with very short footstalks. Blossom pitcher-shaped, flesh-coloured, and sweet-scented. Leaves by sixes, linear, hairy, blunt and horizontal. Stem weak, a foot high. The branches are thread-shaped and loose.

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Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

In bloom from May till August.

REFERENCE.

1. A leaf magnified. 2. Empalement and blossom. 3. Empalement magnified. 4. The chives and pointal. 5. A chive magnified. 6. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 7. The seed-bud magnified.

ERICA exsurgens.

DESCRIPTIO.

Antheræ muticæ, exsertæ. Corolla clavato-cylindracea, pollicaris, aurantia. Flores verticillati; verticillis alter altero exsurgentibus. Folia quaterna, linearia, glabra, apice reflexo, mucronato. Caulis fruticosus, pedalis et ultra, erectus. Rami verticillati.

DESCRIPTION.

Tips beardless, without the blossom. Blossoms cylindrically club-shaped, an inch long, and orange-coloured; grow in whorls, the whorls rising out of each other in succession. Leaves grow by fours, are linear, smooth, and bent downward at the point, which is sharp. Stem shrubby, rather more than a foot high, upright. The branches grow in whorls.

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Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

In bloom from September till March.

REFERENCE.

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

ERICA exsurgens, minor.

DESCRIPTIO.

Antheræ muticæ, sub-exertæ. Flores in medio ramorum verticillati, recti, verticilli alter alteri exsurgentes. Corolla clavato-cylindrica, saturate aurantia, semi-uncialis. Folia sena, linearia, glabra, apice mucronata. Caulis fruticosus, pedalis. Rami erecti, simplices.

DESCRIPTION.

Tips beardless, just without the blossom. Flowers grow in whorls near the middle of the branches, straight out; the whorls rise out of each other in succession. Blossom cylindrically club-shaped, of a deep orange-colour, half an inch long. Leaves by sixes, linear, smooth, and sharp at the point. Stem shrubby, a foot high. The branches are upright and simple.

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Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

In bloom from June till October.