ERICA pulchella.
CHARACTER SPECII'ICUS.
ERICA, RMTHERIS MUTICIS, INDUFIS; FLORES FUB-GLOBOÍI,
INCARNATI, AXILLARES, PANICNLATI; CAULIS FILIIBRMIS,
FLEXUOFUS; FOLIA TERNA, TRÍGONA, FEXFARIAM
IMBRÍCALA.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS FLEXUOFUS, PEDALIS, GLABER; RAMI FLEXUOII,
FUB-FIMPLICCS, FILIFORMES, LONGI.
FOLIA TERNA, TRÍGONA, GLABRA, OBTUFA, FEXFARIAM
IMBRÍCALA, FUB-ERECLA; PETIOLIS BREVIFLIMIS, ADPREFFIS.
FLORES IN FUMMIS RAMULIS PANICULATI, AXILLARES;
PEDUNCULI LONGIFLIMI, BRA£TCIS TRIBUS, MINUTIS,
REMOTAS, ÍNFLRUCRÍ.
CALYX. PERIANTHIUM TETRAPHYLLUM, FOLIOLIS
CILIATIS, CONCAVIS, ADPREÍIIS, OVAÜS.
COROLLA FUB-GLOBOFA, PARVA, INCARNATA, LAEINIIS
MINUTIS, CRCCTIS.
STAMINA. FILAMENTA OCTO CAPILLARIA, RECEPTÁCULO
INFERÍA. ANTHERA MUTICA?, INELUFE.
PISTILLVJM. GERMEN GLOBOFUM. STYLUS CYLINDRICUS,
INCLUFUS. STIGMA TETRAGONUM.
HABITAT AD CAPUT BONA; SPEÍ.
FLORET A MENFI AUGUFLI, IN FEBRUARIUM,
REFERENTIA.
1. FOLIUM UNUM, LENTE AUCTUM.
2. COROLLA, ET CALYX.
3. CALYX, LENTE AUÍLUS.
4. STAMINA A P I IIILLO DIDUÉLA.
5. STAMEN UNUM LENTE AUCTUM.
6 . GERMEN, STYLUS, CT STIGMA, LENTE AUCTA.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, WITH BCARDLEFS TIPS, WITHIN THE BLUFLBM;
THE FLOWERS NEARLY GLOBULAR, FLCFH COLOURED, AND
GROW FROM THE LOWER PART OF THE LEAVES, CLOFE TO
THE BRANDIES, FORMING A LOOLE FPIKC; FTENI THREADLHAPCD,
GROWING ZIG-ZAGGED; LEAVES GROW BY
THREES, THREC-FIDED, TILED, AND FORMING FIX EDGES.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM GROWS ZIG-ZAGGED, A FOOT HIGH, AND
LINOOTH; BRANCHES LIKE THE ITEM, GROW NEARLY FIRRTPLC,
THREAD-IHAPCD, AND LONG.
LEAVES GROW BY THREES, THREE-TIDED, FMOATH,
BLUNT, FORMING FIX EDGES, AND AHNOLT UPRIGHT;
THE FOOT-FIALKS ARE VERY FLIORT, AND PRELFED LO THE
BRANCHES.
FLOWERS GROW IN LOOFC FJNKES, NEAR THE ENDS
OF THE (MALL BRANCHES FROM THE LOWER P A N OF THE
LEAVES; THE FOOT-LLALKS VERY LONG, HAVING THREE
LIII-.IL FLORAL LEAVES NEAR THE LOWER P A N .
EMPALEMENT. CUP OF FOUR LEAVES, WHICH
ARC FRINGED, CONCAVE, PRCLTCD TO THE BLOFLBM, AND
IGG-LHAPED.
BLOSSOM, ALMOFT GLOBULAR, {MALL, AND FLCFHCOLOURED;
THE FEGMENTS FMALL, AND UPRIGHT.
CHIVES. EIGHT HAIR-LIKE THREADS, FIXED INTO
THE RECEPTACLE. TIPS BEARDLEFS, AND WITHIN THE
BLOFLBM.
POINTAL. SEED-BUD GLOBULAR. SHAFT CYLINDRICAL,
AND WITHIN THE BLOFFOM. SUMMIT FOURCONIERED.
NALIVE OF THE CAPE OF GOOD I LOPE.
FLOWERS FROM AUGUFI, TILL FEBRUARY.
REFERENCE.
1. A LEAF, MAGNIFIED.
2. THE BLOFLBM, AND EMPALEMENT.
3. THE EMPALEMENT, MAGNIFIED.
4. THE CHIVES DETACHED FROM THE POINTAL.
5. A CHIVE, MAGNIFIED.
6 . T H E SCED-BUD, SHAFT, AND SUMMIT, MAGNIFIED.