purpurea»
BLÆRIA.
i. BLÆRIA calycibus tetragonis monophyllis 1
glabris, foliis quaternis linearibus margine j
fcabris.
Erica, africana, pumila, Coris folio, flofcu*!
lis parvis, carncis, apicibus longis, difper-J
fis, præditis. Seb. Thefl i. p. 3*. t. ao.'i
f i 3‘
DESCR. Caulis fruticofus , fufco-cinereus, vixi
pedalis, teretiufculus, cicatricibus fcaber, in ra-|
mos umbellatos divifus. N Ramuli inferiores filifor-1
mes, fubfimpliciufculi j fuperiores umbellati, flo-<
rife ri.. Folia quaterna linearia, u trinque piano- ?
convexiufcula, obtufa, fubtus fulco longitudina- i
li profundo, margine utrinque fubaculeolato-
fcabra, petiolata, iineæ longitudine vel ultra,
internodiis longiora, patentia. Petioli fcabridi,
eredto-adprefli. Flores fpicati, parvi. Spic# fes-
files, in ramis terminales, fubrotundæ. Braiïu
folitariæ, cunéiformes, obtufæ, parvæ , fingulisl
calycibus fubjedæ. CALYX. Perianthium mono-
phyllum, turbinatum, tetragonum, parvum, o-
re quadrifido eredlo, acuto. COROLLA monope-j
tala tubulato - infundibuliformis* Tubus filiformis, i
longitudine calycis. Limbus cylindricus, tubo
longior, ore quadrifido, ereéto, obtufo. STAMINA.
filament a 4 , capillaria, receptaculo infer*
ta, longitudine corollæ, albida, Anther a purpu*
reæ, ovato - oblongæ, obtufiufculæ, bipartitæ,
bafi breve bicornes, exilantes» PISTILLÙM, Ger-
men ovatum, minimum» Stylus fetaceus, longi"|
tudine ftaminum, albidus. Stigma minutum» Flores
nondum expliciti hyalino-violacei, erupti ve- j
ro multum pallidiores.
OBS.
OBS. Blaeriae genus Erica? forte ingredi ge-»
nus polfet, quam vis numerus ftaminum variety
etenim calyx monophyllus vix ratio fufficiens eft
diverfum conftituendi genus,
PENiEA,
Jj, PEN./EA fofiis oppofitis rhombeis acutis pla* Sareo-
nis fubpetiolatis patentibus, foliolis ikly* colla.
drib linearibus,
Pencea (Sarcocolla) foliis oyatjs planis, L inn.
Sp, pi, 16%.
Titbymalj myrfimps fpecie arbufcula .sethio-»
pica, fubrotundis folds, e Stoechadis ara-
bicns fquamato capitukf duro lacrymam
fundens, Pauken, Mant. t. 44$, f, s
incompl,
DESCR. Arbufculq parva, Caulis teretiufculus?
craflus, fubtorofus, cinereus, iiipeme ramofus%
bdichotomijs. Rami pariter dicbotomj. Ramuli an-
gulati, fubaiticulati^, glabra, folio fi, Folia rhom^
Ibea, acuta, craiFa, rigido-firma, glabra, plana,
breve petiolata, femiungvicularia, oppofit’a, in-»
ternodiis longiora, patentia, Flores in ramulis
•Iterminales, 4 vel f , approximati, brevjffime pe*
dicellati, Pedicelli- uniflori, yeftiti foliis fubcó*
Moratis, CALYX, Perianthium diphyllpm: foliolis
(linearibus, oppofitis, parvis, deciduis. CO ROLL 4
|monopetala, infundibuliformis, Tubus c.ylindra-
ceo-rcampanulatus, lubanguktus, viridefcens. Lim-
bus quadrifidus, rubieundus, patulus: laciniis o*
vatis, obtufis, aequalibus, tubo brevioribus, mar-»
gine reflexo, extus eoncavis, STAMINA, Fila~
ment a 4 fubulata, corolla breviora, ori tubi in-
«tra lacinias limbi inferta. Anther# fubtofitfidow'
pyramidales ? bafi interiori hiantes, ere$a?. Pl-
C % ' STILCp