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CHARACTER SI'ECIFICUS. SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
EKICA antheris ariftatis, mclufis; ftylo f u b i n - HEATH with bearded tips, within the blqfloms;
c l u t o j floribus verticillatis, pendulis, ventricofo- ffiafr juft within the blofTom; flowers grow in
cyhndricis, fupra bafin comlrictis, prorunde v i e - whfK^rttngingdownjOfafwelkd qdinder lhap..;
'aceo-purpureis; folds cuaternis, iincaribus, g l a - pinched in at the bafe, and of" a deep biuc purbn..
pie; ieaves grow by fours, arc linear, and fraooth.
making imalic:' branches, and upright.
LEAVES grow by fours, linear, fmooth, and
ftraight, the older ones thread out,'die younger
grow upright, and are furrowed b e n e a t h ; having
very fhoit foot-ftalks* which are prefled to
FLOWERS are near an inch long, grow
I whorls at the top of the branches, hanging do
j foot-ftalks very long, having diree faiall fl
|( leaves at a diftance from the cup.
Iato-ovatis, aeufis, icargbiibns merdbranaceis, I are o f a broad egg-fhape, pointed, having the
apicibus coloratis, adpreifis. ! margins lkinny, the ends coloured, and arc
\\ prefied t o t h e blotTom,
COXOLLA venrricofo-cyliiiJrica, ap^e attenu-- i BLOSSOM o f a fwefled cylinder-ihnpe, tapered
ata, ad bafhi coartrieta, profhnde purpurea; la- jj' at the end, and pinched in aí the bafe, of a deep
c i n i i s - m i n u f s, ci-ectis, obtufis. } purple; the fegmenta o f t h t border are very final!,
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