ERICA Walkeria.
CHARACTER SPECIFJCUS.
ERICA, antheria inuticis, fub-inclufis, foliis quaternis,
linearibus, glabris ; floribus feffilibus, erectisj
quaternis, tenninalibus; catycis folióla margine
membranácea, ferralo-lacera.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAVJLIS fruticofus, fpithamasus, crectus, ratnosus;
ramuli frequentiflimi, fub-erecti.
FOLIA qualerna, linearía, glabra) crafhnfcula,
nitida, patentia; petiolis brcviliîmis.
FLORES fefiiles, ereéti, faffigiati, quatemi,
terminales; fere pçdunculati.
CALYX. Periaiithiiim duplex, externa triphyl-
]um, Ibliolis fubulatis, marginibus membranaceis,
ferra to-laceris ; mterius tetraphyllum, foliolis
longioribus, apïeibus carneis, adprefïîs.
COROLLA ventricofa, pellucida, ore arctata,
extus pallide fanguinea, intusalba; laciniis fubcordatïs,
cxpaniis, maximis.
STAUINA. Filamenta ocio capillaria. Antheras
murica™, inclufic.
PisTiLLüM. Germen turbinatum, laeviter fulcatum.
Stylus fub-exfertus, filiformis. Stigma
letragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bona? Spei.
Floret a mend Februarii, in Junium.
REFERENTIA.
J. Calyx, lente auctus.
2. Corolla.
3 . Stamina, et Piftillum.
4 . Stamen unum, lente aueium.
5. Piftillum, lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with beardlcfs tips, juft within the blolfom
; leaves grow by fours, linear, and smooth ;
flowers sit close upon the ends of the branches,
upright, and by fours; the leaves of the cup are
fkinny at the edge, and fawed as if torn,
DESCRIPTION.
STEM fhrubby, a fpan high, upright, and
branching; fmaHer branches numerous, and
nearly upright.
LEAVES grow by fours, linear, fmooth, thickifh,
mining, and fpreading out; with very fhort footftalks.
FLOWERS fit clofe in upright bunches, by
fours, on the ends of the branches; fcarcc any
foot-ftalks.
EMPALEMENT. Cup double, the outer Urreeleaved,
which are awl-fhaped, having the edges
lkinny, and fawed as if torn ; the inner has four
leaves, which are longer than the others; the
points fiefh-coloured, and pretfed to the bloflbm.
BLOSSOM bellied out, and pellucid, the mouth
narrowed, without of a pale red, white within ;
the fegmcnts nearly heart-fhaped, fpreading, and
very large.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads. Tips bcard-
Iefs, within the bloffom.
POINTAL. Seed-bud turban-fhaped, flightly
furrowed. Shaft juft without the bloffom, and
thread-fhaped. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from February till June.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalement, magnified.
2. The Bloffom.
3 . The Chives, and Pointal.
4 . The Chive, magnified.
5. The Pointal, magnified.