ERICA Sebana viridis.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris muticis, exfcrtis, longilTirnis ;
corolla cónica, fub-viridia, lac'mÜs obtufis, recua
; floribvjs ternis, terminalibus, dependcntibus;
calyx duplex, imbricatus; folds ternis, reflexis,
confertiílimis, arcuatis.
D E S C R I P T I O .
CAULIS robuíhis, ereflus, pedalis; rami tccti
ramulis breviffinds, conferlis.
FOLIA terna, linearía, areuata, conferta, fubtrigona,
reflexa, ápice acula, brcvilümc pctiolata.
FLORES terni, in ápice ramulorum brcviífimorum
eernni.
CALYX. Pcrianthium duplex ; esterais, triphyllum,
foliolis lato-ovatis, membra nacéis, adprefíis,
inibricatis ; interim tetrapbyllum, foliolis
niajoribus.
COROLLA cónica, calyce duplo longior, pallide
viridia; laciniis limbi obtufis, rectis.
STAMINA, Filamenta o£to, linearía, plana.
Anther* mutiez, exfertoe, longifiímae, fub-rubras.
PISTILLUM. Germen conicum. Stylus filiformis,
exfertus, llaminibus paulo longior. Stigma
tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonze Spei.
Floret menfe Aprilis.
REFERE NTI A.
1. Calyx, et Corolla.
2. Ca'yx, au¿tus.
3. Corolla.
A. Stamina, et Pifiillum.
5. Stamen unum, auctum.
6. Pifiilium, auctum.
S P E C I F I C CHARACTER.
HEATH, with beardlefs tips, without the bloflbm,
and very long; bloflbm conical and greenifh,
having the fegments of the mouth blunt, and
ftraight; the flowers grow by threes, at the end
of the branches, hanging down; cup double and
tiled; the leaves grow by threes, are bent backward,
crowded together, and arched.
D E S C R I P T I O N .
STEM fturdy, upright, and a foot high; the
branches are covered with very lhort lelfer
branches, crowded together.
LEAVES grow by threes, are linear, arched,
crowded together, nearly three-fided, reflexed,
fharp-pointed, and very lhort foot-ftalks.
FLOWERS grow by threes, at the end of the
fhortcr branches hanging down.
EMPALEMENT. Cup double; the outer threeleaved,
the leaflets of a broad egg-fhape, Ikinny,
preffed to the inner cup, and tiled; the inner
four-leaved, the leaflets larger.
BLOSSOM conical, twice the length of the cup,
and pale green; the fegments of the border are
blunt, and ftraight.
CHIVES. Eight linear,flat threads. Tips beardlefs,
without the bloflbm, very long, and reddifh.
POINTAL. Seed-bud conical. Shaft threadfhaped,
without the bloflbm, and fomcthing longer
than the chives. Summit four- cornered-
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers in the month of April.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalement and Bloflbm.
2. The Empalement, magnified.
3. The Bloflbm.
4. The Chives, and Pointal.
5. A Chive, magnified.
6. The Pointal, magnified.