ERICA fetacea.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, ANTHERIS BAFI BICORNIBUS, INCLUFIS¡ FTYLO
LONGIFFIMO, EXFERTO; FLORIBUS RACEMOFIS, TERMINALIBUS,
TEMIS; COROLLIS URCEOLATIS, PALLIDIS, MINUTIS;
FOLIIS LERNIS, HIFPIDIS; CAULIS FLEXILIS, FILIFORMIS.
DESCRIPTIO,
CAULIS RAMI ET RAMULI FILIFORMES, FLCXUOFI, TCNUIFFUNE
FCABRI, VILION.
FOLIA TERNA, LINEARÍA, ARCUATA, OBTUFA, FUPRA
FUB-FCABRIDA, MARGINE FETACCA, REVOLUTA; PETIOLI
BREVIÍÍIMI.
FLORES IN ULTIMIS RAMULIS TERMINALES, FUBTERNI,
IPICATI; PCDUN NLI LONGITUDINE RIORUM, BRACTEIS
TRIBUS, AD BAFIN INFIRUCTÍ.
CALYX. PERIANTLIIUM TETRAPHYLLUM, FOLIOLIS
OVATIS, ÁPICE PÜOFIS, ADPREFLIS.
COROLLA URCEOLATA, GLABRA, FUB-ALBIDA, MINUTA;
KEIMTE LIMBI FUB-ERCCLA;, OBTULTC.
STAMINA. FILAMENTA OCIO CAPILLARIA. ANTHERAS
INCLUÍA;, AD BAFIN BICORNUTAS.
FISTILLUM. GERMEN LUB-GLOBOFUM, FULCATUM.
STYLUS EXFERTUS, LONGIFLIMUS. STIGMA
MAXIMUM, TETRAGONUM, PURPUREUM.
HABITAT AD CAPUT BONAC SPEI.
FLORET A MENFI FCBRUARII, IN APRILEM.
R E F E R E N T ! A.
1. FOLIUM U I M M , LENTE AUCTUM.
2. CALYX, ET COROLLA.
3. CALYX, AUCTUS.
A. STAMINA CT PIFIILLUM.
5 . STAMINA A PIFLILLO DIDUCTA.
Ö. STAMEN UNUM, AUCTUM.
7. PIFIILLUM, LENTO AUCTUM.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, WITH D P S TWO-HORNED AT THE BAFC, WITHIN
THE BLOFFOIN, THE FHAFT VERY LONG AND WITHOUT;
FLOWERS GROW IN LONG BUNCHES, TERMINATING THE
FMAU BRANRHES BY THREES; BLOFLBMS PITCHCRFHAPED,
PALE AND FINAL!; LEAVES GROW B Y THREES,
WITH HARFH HAIR ON THEM; FLCM WEAK AND THREADFHAPED.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM LARGER AND FMALLCR BRANCHES ARE THREADFHAPED,
GROW ZIG-ZAG, ARE A LITTLE ROUGH AND
HAIRY.
LEAVES GROW BY THREES, ARE LINEAR, BOWED,
BLUNT, ROUGHIIH ON THE UPPER FIDE, BRIFILY AND
ROLLED BACK AT THE EDGE; THE FOOT FTALKS VERY FHORT.
FLOWERS GROW MOFLLY BY THREES AT THE EXTREMITY
OF THE FMALLCR BRANCHES, FORMING A FPIKE;
THE FOOT-FTALKS THE LENGTH OF THE FLOWERS, HAVING
THREE FLORAL LEAVES AT THE BAFE.
EMPALEMENT. CUP FOUR-LEAVED,LEAFLETSEGGFHAPED,
HAIRY AT THE END AND PREFFED TO THE BLOFFOMS.
BLOSSOM PITCHER-FHAPC, FINOOTH, WHITIFH AND
FMALL; THE FEGMENTS OF THE BORDER ARE ALMOFT U P RIGHT
AND BLUNT.
CHIVES. EIGHT HAIR-LIKE THREADS. T I P S WITHIN
THE BLOFLBM AND TWO HORNED AT THE BAFE.
POINTAL. SEED-BUD Heady GLOBULAR, AND
FURROWED. SHAFT WITHOUT THE BLOFLBM, AND VERY
LONG. SUMMIT VERY LARGE, FOUR-CORNERED, AND
PURPLE.
NATIVE OF THE CAPE OF GOOD H O P E.
FLOWERS FROM FEBRUARY TILL APRIL.
REFERENCE.
1. A LEAF, MAGNIFIED.
2 . T H E EMPALEMENT, AND BLOFLBM.
3 . T H E EMPALEMENT, MAGNIFIED.
A. THE CHIVES, AND POINTAL.
5. THE CHIVES DETACHED FROM THE POINTAL.
6 . A CHIVE, MAGNIFIED.
7 . T H E POINTAL, MAGNIFIED.