POINTAL. Seed-bud turban-shaped, furrowed, hairy above, and glandular at the base. Shaft thread-shaped. Summit four-cornered. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers from April till June. REFERENCE. 1. A Leaf magnified. 2. The under side of the same magnified. 3. The Empalement and Blossom. 4. The Chives and Pointal. 5. A Chive magnified. 6. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified. 7. The Seed-bud magnified. [Illustration] ERICA curviflora, _rubra_. CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. ERICA, antheris muticis, sub-exertis; floribus tubulosis, curvatis; pedunculis brevissimis. Folia quaterna. Caulis fruticosus. DESCRIPTIO. CAULIS pedalis et ultra. Rami et ramuli numerosi, erecto-patentes. FOLIA quaterna, glabra, linearia, obtusa. FLORES ramulos terminant, solitarii, patentes, racemum sparsum formantes. Pedunculi brevissimi, bracteis tribus instructi. CALYX tetraphyllus; foliolis ad basin ovatis, dentatis, apice subulatis. COROLLA curvata, clavata, pollicaris, rubra, limbo albicante; laciniis expansis. STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria. Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ. PISTILLUM. Germen tiaræforme, sulcatum. Stylus filiformis, exertus. Stigma concavum. Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei. Floret a mense Julii in Januarium. REFERENTIA. 1. Folii inferior pars lente aucta. 2. Calyx lente auctus. 3. Corolla. 4. Stamina et Pistillum, antherâ unâ lente auctâ. 5. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 6. Germen lente auctum. SPECIFIC CHARACTER. HEATH, with beardless tips just without the blossom. Flowers tubular, and curved. Footstalks very short. Leaves by fours. Stem shrubby. DESCRIPTION. STEM a foot or more high. The large and small branches are numerous, erect, and spreading. LEAVES by fours, smooth, linear, and blunt-ended. FLOWERS terminate the branches singly, spreading out, and forming a scattered spike. Footstalks very short, and furnished with three floral leaves. EMPALEMENT four-leaved: the leaflets at the base are ovate, toothed, and awl-shaped at the end. BLOSSOM curved, club-shaped, an inch long, red, with a whitish border; segments expanded. CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads; tips beardless, and within the blossom. POINTAL. Seed-bud turban-shaped, and furrowed. Shaft thread-shaped, without. Summit hollow. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers from July till January. REFERENCE. 1. A Leaf shown from the under side magnified. 2. The Empalement magnified. 3. A Blossom. 4. Chives and Pointal, one tip magnified. 5. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified. 6. Seed-bud magnified. [Illustration] ERICA decora. CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. ERICA, antheris muticis, inclusis; floribus axillaribus, spicatis; corollis campanulatis, costatis, saturate carneis, dependentibus; foliis senis, arcuatis, obtusis; caule gracili. DESCRIPTIO. CAULIS fruticosus, sesquipedalis, sub-erectus, gracilis; rami et ramuli verticillati. FOLIA sena, linearia, obtusa, arcuata, petiolis longis adpressis.