ERICA pubeicens.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, ANTHCRIS ARIFTATIS, INCLULLS; FTYLO FUBEXICFLTO;
COROLLIS OVATIS, PUL>EFECNLIBUS; FOLIIS
QUATERNIS, ARCUATIS, INCURVATIS, HIRTIS; CAULC P I LÓLO.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS FRUTICOFUS, RAMOFUS, PILOFUS; RAMI ET
RAMULI ¡NLOFI, FILIFORMES, VIRGATI.
FOLIA QUATCRNA, FASPC TERNA, OBTUFA, VILLOFA,
INCURVA, ARCUATA, FUBTUS FULCATA; PCTIOLIS BREVILFIMIS
ADPREFFIS.
FLORES IN RAMULIS TERMINALES, UMBCLLATI, BINI,
TERNI, VEL PLURES, COPIOLI, PURPUREI; PCDUNCULI
CAPÜLARCS, BRACTCIS TXIBUS, HIRFUTIS, INFTRUCLI.
CALYX. PERIANTHIUM TCTRAPHYLLUM, FOLIOLIS
PILOFIS, RUFEFCENTIBUS, FUBULATIS, APICIBUS COLORATIS,
OBLUIIS.
COROLLA, OVATA, OBTUFA, VILLOFA; ORIS LACINIIS
MINUTIS, ERCÉTIS.
STAMINA. FILAMENTA OCIO CAPILLARIA. ANTHERS
ARIFIATA;, INCLUÍAS.
PISTILLUM. GERMEN OVATUM, AD BAFIN GLANDULOFUM.
STYLUS FILIFORMI«, PURPUREUS. STIGMA
AD BAFIN PELTATUM, APICE TETRAGONUM.
HABITAT AD CAPUT BONA?. SPEI.
FLORET A MENII AUGUFÍI, IN FEBRUARIIIM.
REFERFNTIA.
1. FOLIUM, AUCTUM.
2. Calyx, et Corolla.
3. CALYX, AUCTUS.
A. STAMINA ET PIILILLUM,
5. Stamina, lente aucla.
6 , GERMEN, STYLUS ET STIGMA, LENTE AUCLA.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, WITH BEARDED TIPS, WITHIN THE BLBFFBM;
FHAFT JULT WITHOUT; BLOLTOMS EGG-FHAPED AND
DOWNY; LEAVES GROW BY FOURS, BOWED, TURNED
INWARDS, AND HAIRY; ITEM HAIRY.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM FLIMBBY, BRANCHING AND HAIRY; THE
LARGE AND FMALL BRANCHES ARE HAIRY; THREADFHAPED,
AND TWIGGY.
LEAVES GROW BY FOURS, OFTEN BY THREES,
BLUNT, HAIRY, TURNED INWARDS, BOWED, AND FURROWED
BENEATH; HAVING VERY FHORT FOOT-TLALKS
PREFFED TO THE ITEM.
FLOWERS TERMINATE THE FMALL BRANCHES IN
UMBELS OF TWO, THREE, OR MORE, ARE VERY ABUNDANT,
AND PURPLE; FOOT-FTALKS ARE HAIR-LIKE, HAVING
THREE HAIRY FLORAL-LEAVES O N THEM.
EMPALEMENT. CUP OF FOUR LEAVES, WHICH
ARE HAIRY, ROUGH, AWL-FHAPED, COLOURED AT THE
ENDS, AND BLUNT.
BLOSSOM EGG-FHAPED, BLUNT, AND HAIRY; THE
FEGMENTS OF THE MOUTH ARE FMALL AND UPRIGHT.
CHIVES. EIGHT HAIR-LIKE THREADS.' T I P S BEARDED,
AND WITHIN THE BLOFFOM.
POINTAL. SEED-BUD EGG-FHAPED AND GLANDULAR
AT THE BAFE. SHAFT THREAD-FHAPED AND PURPLE.
SUMMIT FHIELD-FHAPED AT THE BAFE, AND
FOUR-CORNERED AT THE TOP.
NATIVE OF DIE CAPE OF GOOD H O P E.
FLOWERS FROM AUGUFT, TILL FEBRUARY.
REFERENCE.
1. A LEAF, MAGNIFIED.
2 . T H E EMPALEMENT, AND BLODBM.
3. THE EMPALEMENT, MAGNIFIED.
A. T H E CHIVES, AND POINTAL.
5. THE CHIVES, MAGNIFIED.
6 . T H E SEED-BUD, SHAFT, AND ITS SUMMIT, MAG
NIFIED.