2 Differtatio Botanica
certo poteft. Nonnullas fpecies africanas defcripferunt
etiam PLUKENETIUS, PET1VERIUS, RAJUS & SE-
BA j at fine nominibus trivialibus ab aliis facile intelli-
gendis.
Poft reformationem, dum clarior Botanicæ lux ex-
orta fuir, numerofæ Ericarum fpecies longe accuratius
fcientiæ amatoribus innotuerunt. In Speciebus Linnæi
Plantarum, quæ 17ç3 prodierunr, fequenres enumerantur
fpecies: vulgaris-, umbellata , berbacea , (herbacea & car-
nea), cinerea, Jcoparia , vivejcens (viridipurpurea), tetrnhx,
arborea ( arborea & caffra), purpurafcens ( pallido purpurea),
ciliaris, triflora, curviflora, capitata (capitata <5c
bruniades) multiflora , pilulifern, coccinea, corifolta , abieti-
naj gnaphalodes, Plukenetii ; quæ quidem in editione Ejus-
dem Libri tenia 1764 au£læ funt ERICIS: dabcecia, te-
mtifolia, imbricata, fpumofa, tub 1 flor a , cerintboide , balica-
cdba-, urceo/ari ( pentaphylla), planifolia, perjoluta (panicu-
lata ), pubejcente (pubefcente & parviflora), empetri rolia ,pby-
f0de, cnlycina. Ex his ambellatam mißt LOEFL1N G ,
eapenfes omnes communicavit ditiffimorum Hermanni &
Oldenlandi Herbariorum Pofleflor NIC. LAUR. BUR-
MANNUS.
Mantilla Linnæana prima , quæ 1767 prælum reli-
quit, quinque novas fpecies, fcilicet ramentaceam , »rgw-
tam, articularem, fafligiatam ôc virgatam ( abfinthoidem )
defcribit; & Plantas BERGII Capenfes, quæ eodem anno
prodierunt, adhuc defcriptas ad priores novas ad-
dunt glutinofam, comofam ( transparentem-) , luteam, muco-
fam ( ferrearr. ), Petiverii ( Plukenetii ).
Mantifla altera Linnæi édita fuit 1771, novas continens
fequentes : depreffam, mediterraneans, vagantem, vijcariam ,
regermïnantem, melantberam , cnbicam, baccantem, bryantbam,
mammofam; düas a Prof. BERGIO communicaras âfcata-
(denticulatam) Si Bergianam\ unamque nempe /raflra
A Erica.
flralem a Lib. Barone Dn. Claud. ALSTRÔMER, fum-
mo Hiftoriæ Naturalis Patrono' & fapienti Cultore. Dis-
fertatiode Erica, quam 1770 fub Prælidio D. Archiatris a
Linné edidit D:r Dahlgren, quinquàginta ofto itaque
fpecies hujus generis , fupra enumeratas , ( præter mdi-
floram ) in tabula fyftematica continet.
Poftea Celeb. D. no Præfidi, ad’ad ventura fuum 1772
in Caput bonæ fpei, fequentes contigit indagare : Maflo-
ni, o&opbyllam ( fafcicuîarem ), retortam, Tbunbergii,
Sparrmanni , paflerinoe , cerna am., fpicatam ( feftiliftorarn ),
bispidam ( hispidulara ) , tetragonam , grandifloram , leucan-
theram 8c Monfonianam, quæ omnes in Linnæi Supplement
Plantarum 178 * inlertæ exftant.
Hifcejam addere licet bra&eatam, fucatam, axilhrem,
tottam , petiolatam , Cephalotem , pulcbellam , vefhtam , pineam,
cylindricam,glandulofam, ventricofam, racemofam, obliquant, bi-
colorem , formojam, birt am, florid am, inflatam , rubentem ,
incarnat am. Quas omnes defcriptas mitiori Tuæ B. L.
cenfuræ & examini fubjeélas volumus.
§, II.
CHARACTER GENERICUS.
calyx. Periantbium tetraphyllum : foliota oblonga, perfi-
ftentia
corolla monopetala, quadrifida.
stam. Filamenta o£lo , receptaculo inferta,
Antherce apice bifidæ, pertufæ.
pist. Certnen fuperum , fubrotundum.
Stylus filiformis, ereétus, ftarainibus longior.
Stigma obtufum, tetragonum, quadrifidum vel
peltatum.
peric. Capjula fubrotunda, calyce minor, tefta, quadri-
valvis, quadrilocularis.
Semina numerofa, minima. A 2 Pe-
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