ERICA tubiflora.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, ANTHERIS MUTICIS, FUB-EXFERTIS, FLORIBUS
FUB-FOLITARIIS, FCFFILIBUS, TERMINAÜBUS; COROLLIS CLAVATO
CYLINDRICIS, CURVALIS, PUBEFCENTIBUS; FOLIIS
QUATERNIS, TENUIBUS, CILIATIS.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIH HVXIBILIS, EREÉTUS, FUPERNE TOMENTOFUS;
RAMI FPARFI, FILIFORMES, FFEQUENTES, VILLOFI;
RAMULI FREQUENTIFLIMI BREVIFLIMI.
FOLIA QUATCRNA, TENUIA, OBTUFA, CILIATA, FUBRUS
FULCATA.
FLORES FCFLILES, IN RAMULIS TERMINALES, FUBFOLITARII,
PATCNTI, RACEMUM QUAFI FORMANTES LONGURN.
CALYX. FCRIANTHIUM TETRAPHYLLUM, FOLIOLIS
FPATBULATIS, CILIATIS, PEDUNCULIS (ERE NULLIS, BRACTEIS
TRIBUS ADPREFLIS.
COROLLA CLAVA TA, CÚRVALA, VILLOFA, CARNEA
ORIS LAEINIIS ACUTIS, REFIEXIS.
STAMINA. FILAMENTA O&O CAPILLARIA. ANTHERAE
MUTICAT, FUB-EXFERTCE.
PISTILLUM. GERMEN PEDICILLATUM, FUB-GLOBOFUM,
PROFUNDE FULCATUM. STYLUS FILIFORMIS,
ÁPICE CURVATUS, EXFERTUS. STIGMA OBFOLETE TETRAGONUM.
HABITAT AD CAPUT BONA; SPEI.
FLORET A MCNFI APRILI, IN JULIUM.
R E F E R E N T I A .
1. FOLIUM, AUÉTUM.
2. CALYX.
3. CALYX, AUCTUS.
4. COROLLA.
5. STAMINA, CT PIFTILLUM, ANTHERA UNA LENTE
rafa.
6 . PIFLILLNM.
7 . PIFTILLUM. AUCTUM.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, WITH BEARDLEFS TIPS, WITHIN THE BLOFFOM;
FLOWERS GROW MOFTLY FINGLY AT THE END OF THE
BRANCHES; BIO (TOMS BETWEEN CLUB AND EYLINDARFHAPCD,
CURVED AND DOWNY; LEAVES GROW BY
FOURS, THIN AND FRINGED WITH HAIRS.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM FLEXIBLE, UPRIGHT, AND DOWNY AT THE
UPPER PARI; BRANCHES FEATTERED, THREAD FHAPED,
NUMEROUS AND HAIRY, THE FMALLER BRANCHES ARE
VERY NUMEROUS AND VERY IHORT.
LEAVES GROW B Y FOURS, ARE THIN, BLUNT, FRINGED
WITH HAIR AT THE EDGES, AND FURROWED BENEATH.
FLOWERS FIT CLOFE UPON THE ENDS OF THE FINAL!
BRANCHES, MOFTLY FOLITARY, AND FPRCADING, APPEARING
LIKE A LONG BUNCH.
EMPALEMENT. C U P FOUR LEAVES, LEAFLETS FPATULA
FHAPE AND FRINGED, WITH FCARCE ANY FOOTFTALKS;
THREE FLORAL LEAVES PREFLED TO THE BLOFFOM.
BLOSSOM CLUB-FHAPED, CURVED, HAIRY AND FIEFHCOLOURED;
THE FEGMCNTS OF THE BORDER POINTED,
AND REFLEXED.
CHIVES. EIGHT HAIR-LIKE THREADS. T I P S BEARDLEFS,
AND JUFT WITHOUT THE BLOFFOM.
POINTAL. SEED-BUD GROWING ON A FOOT-FTALK
NEARLY GLOBULAR, AND DEEPLY FURROWED. SHAFT
THREAD-FHAPED, CURVED AT THE END, AND WITHOUT
THE BLOFFOM. SUMMIT OBFCURCLY FOUR-CORNERED.
NATIVE OF THE C A P E OF G O O D H O P E.
FLOWERS FROM APRIL, TILL JULY.
REFERENCE.
1. A LEAF, MAGNIFIED.
2. T H E EMPALEMENT.
3 . THE EMPALEMENT, MAGNIFIED.
4. T H E BLOFFOM.
5. T H E CHIVES, AND POINTAL, ONE TIP MAGNIFIED.
6. THE POINTAL.
7 . T H E POINTAL, MAGNIFIED.