ERICA monodelphia.
CHARACTER SFECIFICU5.
ERICA, antlicras muticae, cxferue, altcnuata in
filamenla plana; corolla cónica, fanguinca, oris
laciniis crcclis, adprcfiis; folia terna.
DKSCRIPTIO.
CAULIS erccius, fcfquipedalis, fcaber, a d b a l in
parurn ramofus, ramuli fparli.
FOLIA terna, obtufa, fub-tomentofa, fnblus
fulcata, peliolis breviflimis, adpreflis,
FLORES ni ramulis bini, vel terni, terminales,
cernui, in medio ramomm racenium formantes
fpcciocifiimum ; pedunculis brevibus, bracteis
nullis.
CALVX. Perianthium duplex coloratuin, ex~
teñas triphylluní, foliolis lato-ovatus apieibus v i -
refccntibiii; interna Iclraphyllum, foliolis latioribus,
niajoribus.
COROLLA, cónica, fub pullicaria glabra f a n -
guinea, oris iaciniis erectis.
STAMINA. Filanienta o t t o plana, corolla nuilloties
longiora, receptáculo infería; anlhera: m u riese,
exfeiLx;, altenuata in filaiucnta.
PISTILLUM. Germen ovalum, tenuitTime ful-
«.atum. Stylus filiformis. Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bona; Spci.
Floret a mcnti A u g u i l i , in Decctubrem.
HEFERENTIA.
l . Calyx, ct Corolla.
'2. Calyx lente auctus,
3 . Stamina, et Fifrillum.
4. Stamina a Piftillo diducta; anlhera una
lente aucta.
5. Stylus, et Stigma, lente aucta.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with beardlefs tips, without the bloffoms,
and tapering into filaments, which are flat;
the bloflbm is conical, of a b l o od colour, having
the fegments of the m o n t h upright, and preffed
to the threads; the leaves grow by threes.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM upright, a foot and a half high, rough,
branching but little at the b a l e ; the fiualler
branches arc fcattered.
T h e LEAVES g r ow by threes, blunt ended, rather
downy, channelled underneath, having fliort
foot-fialks preffed to t h e branches.
The FLOWERS g r ow by t w o s , or threes, at the
end o f t h e fmaller branches, hanging down, formi
n g a beautiful tpike near the middle o f the larger
branches; the foot-ftalks are fliort, without floral
leaves.
EMPALEMENr. Cup double, and coloured,
the outer three-leaved, which are o f a broad oval
fhape, the ends greenifh; the inner is four-leaved,
broader, and larger than the former.
BLOSSOM, conc-fliapcd, near an inch long,
fmooth, deep red, the fegments of the mouth are
upright.
CHIVES. Eight flat dircads, much longer than
the bloflbm, fixed into the receptacle; the tips
beardlefs, without the bloflbm, and tapering into
the filaments.
POINTAL. Seed-veffel cgg- f h a p c d , a n d f l i g l u ly
furrowed. Shall thread-fhaped. Summit fourcornered.
Native o f the Cape o f G o o d Hope.
Flowers from Auguft, till December.
REFERENCE.
] . T h e Empaleuient, and Bloflbm.
1. The Empaleinenl magnified.
3. T h e Chivet, and l'ointal.
4. The Chives detached from the P o i n t a l ; one
tip magnified.
5. T h e Shaft, and its Summit, magnified.