FOLIA quaterna et quina, glabra, linearia, obtusa, adscendentia. FLORES in umbellis terminalibus, confertis: pedunculis brevibus. CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum: foliolis lanceolatis, in medio canaliculatis, adpressis. COROLLA tubulosa, oblonga, rosacea: limbo equali: laciniis semi-orbiculatis, patentibus. STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria, receptaculo inserta. Antheræ basi bicornes, inclusæ. PISTILLUM. Germen tiaræforme, pilosum, sulcatum. Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei. Floret a mense Septembri in Aprilem. REFERENTIA. 1. Calyx lente auctus. 2. Stamina à Pistillo diducta, antherâ unâ lente auctâ. 3. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 4. Germen lente auctum. SPECIFIC CHARACTER. HEATH, with tips two-horned at the base, and within the blossom. Flowers terminal. Blossom skittle-shaped. Leaves by fours and fives. Stem shrubby. DESCRIPTION. STEM a foot or more high, erect, shrubby. Branches crowded, in irregular whorls. LEAVES by fours and fives, smooth, linear, obtuse, and ascending. FLOWERS terminate the branches in crowded umbels. Footstalks short. EMPALEMENT. Cup of four leaves; leaflets lance-shaped, channelled in the centre, and pressed to the blossom. BLOSSOM tubular, oblong, and rose-coloured: border equal: segments half-round, and spreading. CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads inserted into the receptacle. Tips two-horned at the base, and within the blossom. POINTAL. Seed-bud turban-shaped, hairy, and furrowed. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers from September till April. REFERENCE. 1. The Empalement magnified. 2. The Chives detached from the Pointal, one tip magnified. 3. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified. 4. The Seed-bud magnified. [Illustration] ERICA mucronata. CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. ERICA, antheris muticis, inclusis: stylo exerto. Flores ramulos terminant. Corolla campanulata, incarnata: foliis ternis, mucronatis. Caulis fruticosus, ramosus. DESCRIPTIO. CAULIS sesquipedalis, fruticosus. Rami et ramuli numerosi, erecti, patentes vel cernui. FOLIA terna, trigona, glabra, erecto-patentia, apice mucronato incurvato. FLORES ramos terminant, et terni vel seni sunt et cernui. Pedunculi longi, colorati: bracteis tribus mucronatis. CALYX tetraphyllus: foliolis ad basin ovatis, apice mucronato, coloratis, adpressis. COROLLA campanulata, incarnata: oris laciniis æqualibus, erecto-patentibus. STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria. Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ. PISTILLUM. Germen tiaræforme, sulcatum, ad basin nectariferum. Stylus filiformis, exertus. Stigma concavum. Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei. Floret a mense Maio in Augustum. REFERENTIA. 1. Corolla. 2. Calyx lente auctus. 3. Stamina et Pistillum. 4. Stamen unicum lente auctum. 5. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 6. Germen lente auctum. SPECIFIC CHARACTER.