ERICA fpicata.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris aríftatis, incluíis; floribus pluribus,
denle fpicatis, fubterminuhbus; foliis fubfcnis.
DESCRTPTIO.
CAVJLIS frulicofus, pcdalis, crctus, ram is pluribus,
confertis, adlcendentibus.
FOLIA fubfcua, linearía, mucronata, patentia,
glabcrrima, fubtus fulcata, peliolis breviflimis,
rauli adpreflis.
FLORES plures, fubterminalcs aróle ftipati, in
fpicam durara; ima parte luteoli, fumma virefcens.
CALYX. Pcriauthium perfütcns, duplex; externa
polyphylhun, foliulislanccolatis, ¡nscqualibus;
interius tetraphylluní, flavcfccns, foliolis adunéis,
fpalhulatis, fumma innata, callóla, acuminata,
connivente.
COROLLA teretiufeula, baíi attenuata, ore obtufo,
quadiifido, oequali, connivente.
STAMINA. Filamenta ocio, capillaria, corolla;
fubsequalia, receptáculo inferta. Anthera; ariftata;,
incluía;.
PISTILLUM. Germen fubrotnndum. Stylus
ñÜformis, flaminibus longior. Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bona; Spei.
Floret a Novcmbri in Aprilcm.
R E F E R E N T I A.
1. Calyx ct Corolla.
1 . Calyx ct Braclca lente aucta.
3. Stamina ct Filiillum.
A. Stamina a Piflillo diducta, anthera una
lente aucta.
5. Stylus et Stigma lente aucta.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with bearded tips, within the blofToms;
which are numerous, on a clofc fpike, nearly terminating
the branches; leaves growing moiily by
fixes.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM fhmbby, growing a foot high, upright,
with numerous, crowded, undivided, and amending
branches.
LEAVES growing moiily by fixes, fharp-pointed,
threading, and fmooth, channelled underneath,
and preffed to the item by fhort foot-ftalks.
FLOWERS numerous, growing nearly at the
end of branches, in hard clofè-fet fpikes; the
lower part of a light yellow, the extremity of a
light green.
EMPALEMENT. Cup permanent, double; the
outer many-leaved,unequal, and fpear-fbaped; the
inner four-leaved, which are yellow, crooked, and
fpatula-fbaped; their upper part hard, inflated,
fharp-pointed, and tending to each other.
BLOSSOM fomcwhat cylindrical, with a tapered
bafc; the mouth blunt, and divided into a fourcleft,
equal border, whofc fegments tend to each
other.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads, nearly- of a
length with the bloflbm, fixed into the receptacle.
Tips bearded, and within the bloflbm.
POJNTAL. Seed-veffel roundifh. Shaft threadfhaped,
and longer than the threads. Summit
four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
In bloom from November till April.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalement with the Bloflbm,
•2.The Empalement andFloral-lcaves magnified.
3. The Chives and Pointai.
A. The Chives detached from the Pointai, one
tip magnified.
5. The Shaft and its Summit magnified.