ERICA, antheris aristatis, inclusis; foliis quaternis, floribus axillaribus, e foliis emergentibus, cylindricis, luteis. DESCRIPTIO. CAULIS fruticosus, bipedalis, erectus, basi ramosus, dein simplicissimus, pyramidatus, ramulis brevissimis vestitus. FOLIA quaterna, linearia, incurvata, acuta, glabra, subtus sulcata, petiolis brevissimis, adpressis. FLORES plures, axillares, in medio cauli e foliis recti emergentes, pedunculis fere nullis. CALYX. Perianthium duplex, _exterius_ triphyllum, foliolis ovatis, acuminatis, _interius_ tetraphyllum, foliolis subulatis, apice recurvatis. COROLLA cylindrica, subpollicaria, glabra, lutea, ore arctato, quadrisido limbo reflexo. STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria, corollæ subæqualia, receptaculo inserta. Antheris aristatis. PISTILLUM. Germen campanulatum. Stylus filiformis, tortuosus, exsertus. Stigma tetragonum. Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei. Floret a Martio ad Augustum. REFERENTIA. 1. Calyx et Corolla. 2. Calyx lente auctus. 3. Stamina et Pistillum. 4. Stamina a Pistillo diducta anthera una lente aucta. 5. Stylus et Stigma lente aucta. SPECIFIC CHARACTER. HEATH, with bearded tips, within the blossom; leaves growing by fours, the flowers grow close to the stem, peeping out from amongst the leaves, are cylindrical, and yellow. DESCRIPTION. STEM shrubby, two feet high, upright, branching out at the base, then forming a simple, pyramidal spike, covered by very short branches. LEAVES grow by fours, linear, curved, sharp-pointed, and smooth, furrowed underneath, having short leaf-stems pressed to the branches. FLOWERS are numerous, growing close to, and about the middle of the stem, peeping straight out from amongst the leaves, with scarce any footstalks. EMPALEMENT. Cup, double the _outer_ three-leaved, which are oval, and pointed, the _inner_ four-leaved, being awl-shaped, and bent back at the point. BLOSSOM cylindrical, near an inch long, smooth, yellow, and narrow at the mouth, having a four-lobed, reflexed border. CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads, nearly the length of the blossom, fixed into the receptacle. Tips bearded. POINTAL. Seed-vessel bell-shaped. Shaft thread-shaped, twisted, and without the blossom. Summit four-cornered. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers from March till August. REFERENCE. 1. The Empalement and 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 Petiveriana. CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. ERICA, antheris muticis, exsertis, longissimis; corollis clavatis, pollicaribus, luteis; calyce imbricato, foliis ternis. DESCRIPTIO. CAULIS strictissimus, rigidus, parum ramosus; ramulis brevibus, frequentissimis. FOLIA terna, linearia, obtusa, in apicibus ramulorum fasciculata, petiolis adpressis.