ERICA fordida.
CHARACTER SPECIFICÜS.
ERICA, arJtheris mutîcis, exfertis: corollis piloNS,
curvis, ibrdidc-luteis ; floribus terminalibus,
feffdibus ; folia quaterna, linearía, pilis longis
tecla.
OBSCKIPTIO,
CAC LIS fruticofus, ercctus, apice pilofus;
rami fparíi, e r e c l i ; ramuli frequentiffimi, piloli.
FOLIA quaterna, linearía, pilofa, obtufa; pet
i o l i s breviffimis,
FLORES leffiles in omnibus ramulorum apicibus,
folitarii, bini, vel terni; pedunculi brcviffuni,
bractcis tribus, adprellis, initrucli.
CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, fobolis
foliis fmiilibus, adpreilis.
COROLLA tubulofa-clavata, curva ta, pollicaria,
fordide-lutca, pilofa ¡ oris lar.iniis rccurvatis.
STAMINA. Filamenta ocio capillaria, apice
incurvata. Antheraa mullese, exferüe.
PISTILLUM. Germen ovatnm, fulcatnm. Styl
u s iiliformis, cxlertus. Stigma tctragonum.
Habitat ad Caput BOIIEC Spei.
Floret a menu Augulfi, in Deccmbrem.
REFERENT]A
1. F o l i u m , auetum.
2 . Calyx, et Corolla.
3. Calyx, auctus.
A. Stamen et Piftilium, anthcra una, aucla.
5. Stigma, auétum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with beardlefs tips, without the bloffoms,
which arc hairy, curved, and of a dirty
y e l l o w ; flowers terminate the branches, fitting
clofe to the i t e m : leaves grow by fours, linear,
and covered with l o n g hairs.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM fhrubby, upright, hairy at the top;
branches fcattered, upright; fmaller branches
numerous, and hairy.
LEAVES grow by fours, linear, hairy and
b l u n t ; with very ihort foot-ftalks.
FLOWERS lit clofe upon the ends o f the fmaller
branches, growing folitary, or by twos, or threes;
the foot-flalks are very fhort, having three floral
leaves prelled clofe to the cup.
EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, the leaflets
like the other leaves, and prelled to the
bloffom.
BLOSSOM tubularly club-fhaped, curved, an
inch long, of a dirty yellow colour and hairy;
the fegments of the mouth rolled back.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads, curved inwards
at the points. Tips beardlefs, and without
the bloffom.
POINTAL. Seed-bud egg-ihaped, and furrowed.
Shaft tbread-ihapcd and without the
bloffom. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of G o o d Hope.
Flowers from the month of Auguit, till December.
REFERENCE.
1. A leaf, magnified.
1. The Empalement, and Bloftbm.
3 . T h e Empalement, magnified.
A. T h e Chives and Pointal, a l i p magnified.
5. T h e Summit, magnified.