CARBUNCLE, in Heraldry, a charge or bearing, consisting of eight radii, four whereof make a common cross, and the other four a saltier.
Some call these radii buttons, or slaves, because round, and enriched with buttons, or pearled like pilgrims' slaves, and frequently tipped or terminated with flower-de-luces.
Carbuncle de-luces: others blazon them, royal sceptres, placed in saltier, pale and fesse.