ERICA fpuria.
CHARACTER S P E C I F I C U S .
ERICA, ANTHCRIA MUDÉIS, INCLUÍIS; FTYLO EXÍÉRTO;
COROLLIS TUB CYLINDRICIS, DILUA- PURPURÉIS- LACINIIS
REVOLUTIS; FLORIBUS TERMINALIBUS, L'UB QUATEMIS;
FOLDS QUALERNIS, FUB-CILIATIS.
D E S C R I PT10.
CAVJLIS FRUTICOFNS, PEDALIS, RAMOFUS; RAMULI
FREQUCNTIFFIMI, LUB-CRECTI.
FOLIA QUATERNA, LINEARÍA, FUB-CILIATA, FUBTUS
FULCATA; PEÑOL IS BREVITNMIS, ADPRCFFIS.
FLORES IN APICIBUS RAMULORURA LEFLILES, FUBQUATCRNI;
PCDUNCULI BRCVIFLIMI, BRAÍTEIS TRIBUS
MINUTIS, INFTRUÁTI.
CALYX. PERIANTHIUM TETRAPHYLLUM, FOLIOLIS
FUBULATIS, CARINATIS, ADPRCÍFIS.
COROLLA FUB-CYLINDRICA, POLLICARIA, DILUTE
PURPUREA; LACINIIS FUB-OVATIS, ACUTIS, REVOLUTIS;
ORE PARUM ARCTATA.
S T A M I N A . FILAMENTA OCIO CAPILLARIA, COROLLA
BREVIORA. ANTBCNE MUTICÍE, INCLUÍA;.
PISTILLCM. GERMEN OVATUM, FULCATUM. STYLUS
FILIFORMIS, EXFERTUS. STIGUIA TETRAGONUM.
HABITAT AD CAPUT BONA? SPEI.
FLORET A MCNFI APRILI, IN AUGUÍLUM.
R E F E R E N T I A .
1. CALYX, ET COROLLA.
1. CALYX, LENTE AUCTUS.
3. STAMINA, ET PIFLILLUM.
4 . STAMINA A PIFTILLO DIDIIRFTA, ANTHERA UNA
LENTE AUETA.
5. STYLUS ET STIGMA, LENTE AUCTA.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEA IN, WITH BEARDLCFS TIPS, «ITLIIN THE BLOFFOM;
FHAFT WITHOUT; BLOFLBMS NEARLY CYLINDRICAL, OF A
LIGHT PURPLE, FEGMENTS OF THE BORDER ROLLED BACK.;
FLOWERS TERMINATE THE FMALLER BRANCHES, MOFTLY BY
FOURS; LEAVES GROW BY FOURS, A LITTLE HAIRY AT THE
EDGES.
D E S C R I P T I O N .
S T E M FHRUBBY, GROWS A FOOL HIGH AND BRANCHING;
THE FINAL! BRANCHES ARE NUMEROUS, AND
NEARLY UPRIGHT.
LEAVES GROW BY FOURS, ARE LINEAR, A LITTLE HAIRY,
FURROWED BENEATH; WITH VERY IHORT FOOT-FIALKS
PREFLED TO THE BRANCHES.
FLOWERS GROW AT THE END OF THE FMALL BRANCHES,
GENERALLY BY FOURS, AND FITTING CLOFE UPON THEM ;
FOOT-FTALKS VERY IHORT, HAVING THREE VERY FMALL
: FLORAL LEAVES.
EMPALEMENT. C U P OF FOUR LEAVES, WHICH
I ARC AWL-FHAPCD, KEELED, AND PREFTED TO THE BLOFi
fom.
BLOSSOM NEARLY CYLINDRICAL, AN INCH LONG,
AND OF A LIGHT PURPLE; FEGMENTS OF THE BORDER
NEARLY EGG-FHAPED, LHARP POINTED AND ROLLED
BACK; THE MOUTH A LITTLE NARROWED.
C H I V E S . EIGHT HAIR-LIKE THREADS, FHORTER THAN
THE BLOFFOM. TIPS BEARDLCFS, AND WITHIN THE
BLOFFOM.
POINTAL. SCED-BUD EGG-FHAPED AND FURROWED.
SHAFT THREAD-FHAPED AND WITHOUT THE
BLOFFOM. SUMMIT FOUR-CORNERED.
NATIVE OF THE CAPE OF GOOD H O P E.
FLOWERS FROM APRIL, TILL AUGUFT.
REFERENCE.
1. T H E EMPALEMENT, AND BLOFFOM.
2. T H E EMPALCINENT, MAGNIFIED.
3 . T H E CHIVES, AND POINTAL.
4. T H E CHIVES DETACHED FROM THE POINTAL, ONE
TIP MAGNIFIED.
' 5. T H E SHAFT AND SUMMIT, MAGNIFIED.