ERICA pyramidalis.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
Erica, ANTHERIS MUTICIS, INCLUFIS; ILORIBUS U M -
BCLLATIS, FUB-QUATERNIS; COROLLA PYRAMIDATA, CARNEA,
LACINIIS UIAXIMIS, ERCCTIS; FOLIIS FUB-QUATERNIS,
LINEARIBUS, PILOUS, OBTUFIS.
DESCRIFTIO.
C a i t l i s FRUTICOFUS, RAMOFUS, FLEXILIS; RAMIDI
FREQUENDFLIMI, VCRTICILLATI, FUB-QUATERNI, BRCVI,
CCRNUI.
F o l i a FUB-QUATERNA, LINCARIA, PILOFA, TCNNIA,
FUBTUS FULCUTA; PETIOLIS BRCVIFLIMIS, ADPREFLIS.
F l o r e s IN APICIBUS RAMULORUM UMBELLATI,
FUB-QUATERNI; PEDUNCULI RECTI, COLORATI, BRACIEIS
MINUTIS, REMOUS.
C a l y x . PCRIANTHIUM TCTRAPBYLLUM, FOLIOLIS,
FUBULATIS, ADPRCLLIS.
Co r o l l a CAMPANULATO-INFUNDIBUIIFORMIS, CARNEA;
LACINIIS LINIBI ACUTIS, MAXIMIS, FEMIOVALIS,
APICIBUS PARAM PATULIS.
Stamina. FILAMCNTA OCTO CAPILLARIA. A N -
THENE MUUCAÎ, inclufaB.
P i s t i l l c m . GERMEN FUB-GLOBOFUM, APICE
O£TO-PARTITUM, COMPREÍFUM. STYL US FILIFOMNS,
ERCCTUS, FUBEXFERTUS. STIGMA TETRAGONUM.
HABITAT AD CAPUT BONA; SPCI.
FLORET A MCNFI SCPTEMBRIS, IN DECCMBRERA.
REFERENTIA
L. CALYX, CT COROLLA.
>, CALYX, LENTE AUCTUS.
3. COROLLA.
4. STAMINA A PILLILLO DIDUCTA.
5. ANTBERA UNA LENTE AUCLA.
6 . PIFIILLUM, LENTE AUÉTUM.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Hea th, WITH BEARDLEFS TIPS, WITHIN THE BLOFFOM;
FLOWERS GROW in UMBELS MOFILY OF FOUR; BLOFFOM
PYRAMID-IHAPED AND FLEFH COLOURED, THE FCGNIENTS
VERY LARGE, AND UPRIGHT; LEAVES GROW GENERALLY
BY FOURS, LINEAR, HAIRY and BLUNT ended.
DESCRIPTION.
Stem FHRUHBY, BRANCHING AND FLEXIBLE; FMALL
BRANCHES ARC NUMEROUS, GROW in WHORLS, MOLDY
BY FOURS, FHORL AND HANGING DOWN.
Leaves GROW MOLT FREQUENTLY BY FOURS, ARE
LINEAR, HAIRY, THIN AND FURROWED BCNCALH; FOOTFTALKA
VERY FHORT AND PREFFED TO THE HEM.
F l o w e r s GROW AT THE ENDS OF THE FMALL
BRANCHES IN BUNCHES, GENERALLY OF FOUR; THE FOOTFLALKS
GROW FLRAIGHT, ARE COLOURED, HAVING THE
FLORAL LEAVES AT A DIFIANCC FROM THE BLOFFOM,
Empalement. CUP FOUR-LEAVED, LEAFLETS AWLFHAPED,
AND PREFFED TO THE BLOFFOM.
Blossom BETWEEN BELL AND FUNNCL-FHAPCD, AND
FLELH-EOLOURCD; THE FEGMENTS OF THE BORDER ARE
POINTED, VERY LARGE, HALF EGG-FHAPED, WITH THE
ENDS A LITTLE THREADING.
Chives. EIGHT HAIR-LIKE THREADS. T I P S BEARDLEFS,
AND WITHIN THE BLOFFOM.
P o i n t a l . SECD-BUD NEARLY GLOBULAR, EIGHT
DIVIFIONS AT THE TOP AND FLATTENED. SHAFT THREADFHAPED,
UPRIGHT AND JUFT WITHOUT THE BLOFFOM.
SUMMIT FOUR-COMCRED.
NATIVE OF THE CAPE OF G O O D H O P E .
FLOWERS FROM SEPTEMBER, TILL DECEMBER.
REFERENCE.
1. T H E EMPALEMCNT, AND BLOFLBM.
1. THE EMPALEMCNT, MAGNIFIED.
3. T H E BLOFFOM.
4. T H E CHIVES DETACHED FROM THE POINTAL.
5. A T I P , MAGNIFIED.
6. T H E POINLAL AND SEED-BUD, MAGNIFIED.