E R I C A margaritacea.
CHARACTER SPEC1FICUS.
ERICA, anihcris criftatis, inchrfis; ftylo cxferto;
COColUl globoid campanulalis; flortbus terminalibus,
fub-umbcllatis; foliis quaternis, lincaritrigouis,
glabris, crectis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS erectus, ramofus; ramuli frequenüflimi,
crecti, glabri.
FOLIA quaterna, linear!-tri gona, erecta, fublus
fulcata, glabra; petiolis breviflimis, adprcflis.
FLORES terminales, mitantes, lub-umbcllau;
pedunculi filiformes, braceéis tribus, linearibus
mftriicti.
CALYX. Periauihium tetiaphyllum, foliolis
fu bul a l i s , carinatis, lulcatis, I s v i b u s , adpreflis.
COROLLA urceolata, alba, calycc paulo l o n -
g i o r ; lacinias limbi obtufas, crcclo-palula;.
STAMINA. Filamenta ocio capülaria, ápice
inflexa. Anthers ovatae, brunnca*, c r i d á i s , i n cluía},
PISTJLLUM. Germen globofum, fulealum.
Stylus filiformis, exfertus. Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonas Spei.
Floret a menfi J u n i i , in Septembrem.
REFERENTI A.
1. Calyx, et Corolla.
2. Calyx, lente auetus.
3. Stamina, et Piftillum.
4. Stamen unum, lente auctum.
5. Pifiillum, lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, w i t h creiled tips, within the blofTom;
fhaft w i t h o u t ; bloffoms globularly bell-iliapcd;
flowers terminate the branches in fmall bunches;
leaves grow by fours, linearly three-tided, smooth
and upright.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM upright, and branching; the fmall
branches are numerous, upright, and fmooth.
LEAVES grow by fours, linearly thrce-fided,
upright, furrowed o n t h e under part and fmooth;
w i t h very fhort foot-ftalks, preffed to t he
branches.
FLOWERS terminate the branches, a r e a litfic
bent downwards, and g r ow in fmall bunches;
the foot-ftalks are thrcad-fhaped, w i t h three linear
floral leaves o n them.
EMI'ALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, the Utile
leaves are awl-fhaped, keeled, furrowed, fmooth,
and preffed to the bloffom.
BLOSSOM pitcher-fhaped, white, and a little
longer than t h e c u p ; the fegments of t h e border
are blunt, upright and threading.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads, bent inwards
at the ends. Tips egg-fhaped, brown,
crcfted and w i t h i n the bloffom.
POINTAL. Seed-bud globular, and furrowed.
Shaft thrcad-fhaped and without the bloflbm.
Summit four-cornered.
Native of t h e Cape o f G o o d Hope.
Flowers from June, till September.
REFERENCE.
I. T h e Empalement, and Bloflbm.
1. T h e Empalement, magnified.
3. T h e Chives, and Pointal.
4. A Chive, magnified.
5. T h e Pointal, magnified.
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