EMPALEMENT. Cup double, the _inner_ four-leaved, ovate, erect, and of a greenish yellow: the _outer_ three-leaved, the leaves shorter than the former, and lying on them. BLOSSOM tubular, nearly cylindrical, of a light flesh colour at the base, and yellowish green at the mouth, which is divided into four equal nearly erect segments. CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads, fixed into the receptacle. Tips nearly oblong, divided, bearded, and within the blossom. POINTAL. Seed-vessel oblong. Shaft thread-shaped, longer than the blossom, the point bending. The Summit nearly four-cornered, and greenish. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Time of flowering from November till April. REFERENCE. 1. The Empalement with the Blossom. 2. The Empalement magnified. 3. The Chives and Pointal. 4. The Chives detached from the Pointal, one tip magnified. 5. The Shaft, and its Summit magnified. [Illustration] ERICA droseroides. CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. ERICA, antheris cristatis, inclusis; corolla ventricosa, ore obliqua, purpurea; pedunculis coloratis, longissimis; foliis alternis, sparsis, obtusis, pilis glandulosis micantibus hirtis. DESCRIPTIO. CAULIS erectus, spithameus; rami et ramuli filiformes, sparsi, erecto-patentes, virgati. FOLIA alterna, sparsa, linearia, obtusa, apice reflexa, pilis glandulosis hirta. FLORES terminales, sub-umbellati, sub-erecti; pedunculi filiformes, foliis duplo longiores; bracteæ minutæ, coloratæ. CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum; foliolis sub-ovatis, viscosis, acuminatis, coloratis, apicibus reflexis. COROLLA ventricosa, purpurea, costata, pubescens, ore obliqua, arctata, profunde sanguinea; laciniis cordatis, expansis. STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria, torta, receptaculo inserta; antheræ cristatæ, inclusæ. PISTILLUM. Germen clavatum, sulcatum. Stylus filiformis, purpureus. Stigma tetragonum. Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei. Floret a mense Julii ad Octobrem. REFERENTIA. 1. Calyx et Corolla. 2. Calyx lente auctus. 3. Stamina et Pistillum. 4. Stamina a Pistillo diducta; antherâ unâ lente auctâ. 5. Stylus et Stigma lente aucta. SPECIFIC CHARACTER. HEATH, with crested tips, within the blossom, which is big-bellied, oblique-mouthed, and purple; the foot-stalks are coloured, and very long; leaves grow alternate, scattered, blunt, and thick with shining glandular hairs. DESCRIPTION. STEM upright, about a span high; the larger and smaller branches are thread-shaped, scattered, upright, spreading, and twiggy. LEAVES grow alternate, scattered, linear, blunt, the end bent back, and thick with glandular hairs. FLOWERS are terminal, nearly in bunches, almost upright; the foot-stalks are thread-shaped, and twice as long as the leaves; the floral leaves are small, and coloured. EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved; leaves nearly egg-shaped, clammy, pointed, coloured, and bent outward at the top.