ERICA retorta.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, ANTHCRIS MUDÉIS, INCLUFIS; FOL I Î S QUATERNIS,
RETORDS, ÁPICE FETACCIS, MARGINE CÍLIATIS ; FLORILJTIS
UMBELLAÜS, VIFEOFIS, CARNCIS, AMPULLACEIS.
D X S C R I P T I O .
C A U L I S FRUCTICOFUS, PEDALIS, CRECLUS, RAMOFUS;
RAMI FLCXUOFI, FLLÍFORMES.
FOLIA QUATERNA, RETORTA, FETA TERMINALI ARIFTATA,
MARGINE CILIATA, GLABRA, FUPRA PLANA, FUBTUS
FÁLCALA; PETIOLI BREVIFFÍMI, ADPRCLLI.
FLORES PLURES, FUBTERMÍNALES, UEPE QUATUOR,
VERTICILLATÍ, VÜEOFI; PEDUNCULI LOUGI, BRACLEIS TRIBUS
INFTRUCTI.
C A L Y X . PCRIANTBIUM TETRAPHYLHIM, FOHOLIS
ARIÑATIS, ÁPICE CILIATIS, FUBOVATIS, VIFEOFIS, ADPREFFIS.
C O R O L L A , BAFI ÍNFLALA, ÁPICE ATTENUATA, IMA
PARTE CARNEA, FUMMA LATURATE PURPUREA, O R ARCTATA,
LACINIIS O\ALIS, REFLEXIS.
STAMINA. FILAMCNTA OCIO CAPILLARIA, RECEPTÁCULO
INFERTA ; ANTHERA; INCLUFAE, VILLOFO-MUTICOS.
PISTILLWM. GERMEN CLAVAHIM; FIYLUS EXFERTUS
PURPUREÉIS; FLIGMA TETIAGONUM.
HABITAT AD CAPUT BONAC SPCI.
FLORET A MENFI JULII, IN OCTOBREM.
R E F E R E N T I A .
1. FOLIUM ITIIUM LENTE AUCTUM.
2 . CALYX, ET COROLLA.
3. CALYX LENTE AUCTUS.
4 . STAMINA, ET PIFLILLUM.
5. STAMINA A PIFTILLO DIDUCLA; ANLHERA UNA
LENTE AUCTA.
6. STYLUS, ET STIGMA LENTE ANCLA.
S P E C I F I C C H A R A C T E R.
H E A T H , WITH BEARDLEFS TIPS, WITHIN THE BLOFFOM;
THE LEAVES GROW B Y FOURS, ARC ROLLED BACK, HAVING
BRITILES AT THEIR POINTS, AND FRINGED AT THEIR'EDGES;
THE FLOWERS GROW IN BUNCHES, ARE CLAMMY, FLEFH
COLOURED, AND FLAIK-FHAPED.
D E S C R I P T I O N .
STEM FHRUBBY, GROWS ABOUT A FOOT HIGH, AND
UPRIGHT; THE BRANCHES ARE CROOKED, AND THREADFHAPED.
T H E LEAVES GROW BY FOURS, ARE ROLLED BACK,
TERMINATING WITH AN AWN-LIKE BRITTLE, FRINGED AT
THE EDGES, FMOOTH, FLAT ON THE UPPER AND FURROWED
ON THE UNDER PART, HAVING FHORT FOOT-FLALKS
PREFFED TO THE BRANCHES.
T H E FLOWERS ARE NUMEROUS, NEARLY TERMINAL,
MOFDY BY FOURS, IN WHORLS, AND CLAMMY; THE
FOOT-FTALKS ARE LONG, HAVING THREE FLORAL LEAVES.
EMPALEMEKT. CUP FOUR-LEAVED, WHICH ARE
EACH TERMINATED BY A BRITTLE, THE ENDS FRINGED,
NEARLY OVAL, CLAMMY, AND PRCFLCD TO THE BLOFLBM.
T H E BLOSSOM IS FWCLLED OUT AT THE BAFE, AND
TAPERS TO THE POINT, THE LOWER PART IS OF A FLEFH
COLOUR, THE UPPER DEEP PURPLE, FFRAIGHTENED AT
THE MOUTH, WHOLE FEGMENTS ARE EGG-FHAPED, AND
BENT BACK.
C H I V E S . EIGHT HAIR-LIKE THREADS FIXED INTO
THE RECEPTACLE; THE TIPS ARC WITHIN THE BLOFFOM,
BEARDLEFS, AND COVERED WITH HAIRS.
P O I N T A L . SEED - VEFFEL EL UB - FHAPED; FHAFT
WITHOUT THE BLOFFOM, AND PURPLE; FUMMIT FOURCORNERED.
NATIVE OF THE C A P E OF G O O D H O P E.
I N BLOOM FROM JULY, TILL OCTOBER.
REFERENCE.
1. ONE LEAF MAGNIFIED.
2. THE EMPALEMCNT, AND BLOFLBM.
3 . T H E EMPALEMCNT MAGNIFIED.
4. THE CHIVES, AND POINTAL.
5. T H E CHIVES DETACHED FROM THE POINTAL; ONE
TIP MAGNIFIED.
6. THE SHAFT AND ITS S U M M I T MAGNIFIED.